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A new Athens housing committee will focus on rental code enforcement and landlord accountability
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens City Councilmember Solveig Spjeldnes likes to share a story about a rental one of her sons lived in while attending Ohio University. The first time he opened the door, he saw part of the ceiling and roof in a pile on the floor in front of him.
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Parkersburg URA to consider bids for St. Marys Avenue, Fifth Street properties
PARKERSBURG – The city of Parkersburg’s Urban Renewal Authority on Tuesday will consider multiple bids for one property and a new offer for another after they tabled the prospective buyer’s first overture. Members of Parkersburg City Council will convene as the URA after the regular council meeting,...
Times Recorder
Take a tour of the former Longaberger Homestead's retail center
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Letter to the Editor: Buying Badger building
On Oct. 13 I spoke at the Belpre City Council meeting, bringing up issues with the city of Belpre buying the Badger Lumber Building. My purpose is to ensure that any actions taken by this council comply fully with Ohio Revised Code and protect the city from legal and financial risk. It is important to note that the city has previously this year been non-compliant under Resolution 28-2024 regarding executive sessions and keeping proper minutes, as confirmed by the settlement with the Open Government Advocates.
WSAZ
Historic hotel getting an upgrade in Mason County
WOUB
The community debated an ordinance to allow emergency shelters in Athens uptown during a public hearing
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — “Put yourself in their situation … would you allow this to be in your backyard?” asked Aaron Thomas during a City Council meeting Monday evening. Thomas was one of over 70 community members who packed Athens City Hall to speak...
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The Overlooked Small Town In Ohio To Retire On A Monthly Budget Of $1,750 Or Less
Ever wondered where your retirement dollars could stretch further while still enjoying the charm of small-town America?. Look no further than Logan, Ohio – the Hocking Hills region’s best-kept secret that offers retirees an affordable slice of paradise without sacrificing quality of life. Logan isn’t just another dot...
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This Charming Town In Ohio Is So Affordable, Retirees Say They Wish They Moved Sooner
Tucked along a scenic bend of the Ohio River sits a place where your dollar stretches further than a teenager’s first stick of chewing gum. Gallipolis, Ohio – that’s “Gal-uh-police” if you want locals to take you seriously – offers a refreshing alternative to the financial gymnastics required to survive in most American cities today.
WTAP
United Church Homes announces sale of The Harmar Place Community
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Parkersburg Urban Renewal Authority tables offer on downtown lot
PARKERSBURG – Acting as the Urban Renewal Authority, members of Parkersburg City Council voted to table an offer by a neighboring business to purchase a vacant downtown lot, with some saying the offer was too low. The offer of $3,000 for 318 Fifth St. came from Mike Williams, the...
wheninyourstate.com
This Irish couple built Ohio’s grandest frontier mansion—then Burr turned it into treason headquarters
The Blennerhassetts’ Downfall Through Burr’s Western Conspiracy. In 1798, Irish nobles Harman and Margaret Blennerhassett fled scandal to build a new life on an Ohio River island. They spent half their wealth on an 8,200-square-foot mansion that soon dazzled the frontier. Life was good until 1805, when former...
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Parkersburg introduces program to streamline, encourage building houses
PARKERSBURG — A new initiative by the City of Parkersburg’s Planning & Development Department aims to make it easier for people to build houses on vacant lots. The Neighborhood Infill Supported Development program offers five pre-approved building plans and additional support to streamline the approval process and “encourage small-scale, community-focused housing development,” according to a release from the department.
athensindependent.com
Lien filed on Lostro Project property
ATHENS, Ohio — A subcontractor working in Uptown Athens is seeking more than $200,000 for its work on the Lostro Project property that it says remains unpaid. Hebron, Ohio-based Bontrager Mechanical, LLC is claiming a lien on property at 63. S. Court St. in Athens, owned by Columbus, Ohio-based company Indus Hotels, doing business as Lostro Ventures LLC. A lien is a debt tied to a property, filed in order to secure payment.
WTAP
Labor Day demonstrators rally against wealth inequality across the MOV
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Protestors around the Mid-Ohio Valley took this Labor Day as an opportunity to call for worker solidarity in the face of growing wealth inequality and the increasingly dire economic conditions they say many Americans face. The Indivisible MOV group planned five separate Workers Over Billionaires protests...