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Local Family Business Celebrates a Major Milestone
ZANESVILLE, Ohio – Four generations ago, the Rittberger family, began a retail butcher shop in the Zanesville City Market. 116-years-ago, they expanded that business into a wholesale operation based from their farm on Lutz Lane. “Carl Rittberger Sr. came from Germany in 1897, as a 16-year-old kid, with his...
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AEP Ohio Rebranding As Ohio Power Company
Heads up for AEP Ohio customers: Beginning October 1, Columbus-headquartered AEP Ohio is rebranding as Ohio Power Company. They say the monthly statements rolling out in October will feature a clean, updated design built to give you a clearer breakdown of your energy consumption and specific supply costs. Important facts...
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Under the orchard lights. Farm-to-table dinners celebrate a taste of Appalachia
There's a place outside Somerset that used to be just an empty hayfield. Now more than 12 years later, a metamorphosis has turned it into an enchanted orchard with twinkling lights, a terrace of fruit trees and flowers and a place to share dinner with your loved ones. Fern Hollow Farm, co-owned by husband and wife Erik Peterson and Olivia Miller-Peterson, is what's called a permaculture farm and event venue, meant to emulate Appalachian ecosystems. It was born out of four generations of farmers, and it more recently introduced a dinner series that uses locally sourced ingredients, some as close as an arm's reach away. "The joy of eating food that is ripened at that moment. It's the freshest. It's the tastiest. It's the peak flavor, peak nutrition," Olivia said. "We're surrounded by all of these wonderful farms and farmers, and really just eating some of the best food. It was just born out of that. We can eat really well here, and we can really celebrate Perry County, celebrate Appalachia in this way." "We think it's important to cultivate closeness, intimacy with the dining experience," Erik added. "It's quiet out here. It's peaceful. So, for me, it's not just
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Chillicothe to see return of paper manufacturing
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Recruitment and hiring are underway in Chillicothe with the return of American-made paper at U.S. Paper Mill. The company said it is prioritizing those who worked at Pixelle Paper Mill before it closed last August, with 13 current employees focused on reviving the plant’s 12 Paper Machine, known as The Chief. Officials said it will be fully operational by December.
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Midtown Market Officially Opens in Cambridge
Cambridge, Ohio –– The Midtown Market in Cambridge celebrated its opening Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. According to a press release, almost $1.5 million was invested to renovate the two-story historic building located at 1023 Wheeling Avenue in the heart of Cambridge’s downtown district. The market will operate as a mixed-use market housing a business cooperative, food vendors, office space, and indoor recreation.
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: In Ohio, renewably sourced electricity can be an affordable choice
Most of the time I am grateful to live in Ohio. Ohio is one of only 13 states that allow consumers to choose their electricity supplier, and one of only 9 states to allow municipal energy aggregation. The city of Marietta, for example, is able to negotiate with electricity suppliers to get a good, fixed-rate deal for AEP customers within city limits. AEP owns and manages the grid in southeastern Ohio, and supplies electricity to those who don't designate an alternative supplier. AEP's standard service option (SSO) rate per kWh is 10.97 cents from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2026, and the City of Marietta's aggregated electricity rate from October 2025 through December 2026 is 9.86 cents per kWh.
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Parkersburg sauce and rub company wins 3rd in competition
A Parkersburg company recently placed in an international taste competition of barbecue rubs and sauces. Angry Ape's BBQ received third place in the Pork Division of the 2026 Rubs of Honor in a competition hosted by the National BBQ and Grilling Association and its publication, Barbecue News Magazine. The competition was over 10 days in the divisions for beef, poultry, fish, pork and overall, and involved 45 judges.
Times Recorder
New Albany Company affiliate buys 217 acres near Frazeysburg for business park
FRAZEYSBURG – Farmland just outside Frazeysburg recently found a new owner after a decade on the market. The Frazeysburg Land Company, created in April 2025 as an affiliate of the New Albany Company, recently closed on the purchase of 217 acres wedged between Frazeysburg, Black Run Road and Ohio 16, confirmed a company spokesperson Sept. 21. It's part of 664 acres within the area that it either owns or controls, they added. However, the company doesn't have any further details or any immediate development plans to announce, the spokesperson added. The Muskingum County Auditor's Office told the Times Recorder of two recent conveyances from Sept. 16 between the Frazeysburg Land Company and G&G Land Holdings II, the latter of which owns much of the land directly between Black Run Road and Frazeysburg. One transfer was for two parcels totaling 61.9 acres and $1.4 million, and the other was for six parcels totaling 155.3 acres and $11.85 million. The auditor's website also notes a transfer from Aug. 13 from the Mount Perry Land Company to the Frazeysburg Land Company for $999,000. It was for a 10-acre parcel along Black Run Road. It was previously transferred from G&G Land Holdings (not G&G