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2024 Hike for Hospice planned for May 18
The 2024 Hike for Hospice will take place on Saturday, May 18. The event will begin in the parking lot of the SOMC Hospice Center, with registration at 8:30 that morning and the walk itself beginning an hour later at 9:30. Hike for Hospice is a fundraiser for the SOMC...
Lynchburg-Clay team wins Envirothon
The Area 5 Soil and Water Conservation District held its annual Envirothon on April 23 at Camp Oyo in New Portsmouth, Ohio. The competition is designed to stimulate, reinforce and enhance interest in the environment and natural resources among high school students. Each student on an Envirothon team is challenged...
Former Piketon Gaseous Diffusion Plant Being Cleared and Re-Developed
Chillicothe and Pike County — The former Piketon Gaseous Diffusion Plant is gradually making way for industrial redevelopment. Two speakers explained what is happening at the decommissioned federal atomic fuel plant for the League of Women Voters of Chillicothe – Ross County. For Earth Day they hosted Jeremy...
What to know to start your week: Another super load, public comments for bridge replacement
CHILLICOTHE – As part of the Ohio Department of Transportation—District 9’s Planning Department, the district’s Environmental Office is seeking public input for a bridge replacement project on Township Road 428 in Pike County. PIK-TR-428-0.04 (PID 117984) It is proposed to replace the bridge on TR 428...
The Boneyfiddle Trumpet Man takes his bow
PORTSMOUTH— For many years now, those setting out to explore the historic Boneyfiddle area for dinner at one of its five restaurants, or those visiting a community favorite event such as Winterfest or Chocolate Walk to make memories with the family, people wishing to sit in a park to relax with a book in hand, or friends simply walking around to soak in the historic architecture, there was a very good chance you’d be greeted by the sound of a lone trumpet echoing through the air and bouncing off the facades of historic buildings as if it were a sound that had always been there.
Community Calendar April 24-27
WASHINGTON TRUSTEES—The Washington Township trustees meet at 7 p.m., at the township building on U.S. 52. BRUSH CREEK TRUSTEES—The Brush Creek Township trustees meet at 7 p.m., at the township hall in Otway. THURSDAY, April 25. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS—The Scioto County Commissioners will meet in regular session at 9:30...
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