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This Hocking Hills Town Is A Surprisingly Affordable Retirement Destination
Nestled in the rolling hills of southeastern Ohio, Logan is a small city that retirees are quietly discovering as one of the best-kept secrets in the Midwest. With a population of just over 7,000 people, this charming Hocking County seat sits along the Hocking River and offers a peaceful, small-town lifestyle without the big-city price tag.
The Logan Daily News
Commissioners approve bids for three sewer projects
LOGAN — At the Hocking County Commissioners’ meeting on Thursday the commissioners heard from Kevin Smith, director of environmental health at the county health department, regarding sewer repair and replacement projects paid for through the Ohio EPA’s Water Pollution Control Loan Fund. Smith presented the board with recommended bids for three projects. Two contracts were awarded to JC Excavating and Septic Services, while the third was awarded to MD Excavation and Construction. All three were officially approved. The board later approved a series of appropriations, including appropriation transfers for the Hocking County Board of Developmental Disabilities, the court of common pleas and the recorder’s office; three additional appropriations for the commissioner’s office, certificates of additional revenue for the commissioner’s office, the auditor’s office and the sheriff’s office; and a fund transfer for the commissioner’s office in order to pay for the Rockbridge sewer bond. They also approved a certificate of additional revenue, an advance request and an appropriation in order to pay Gutknecht construction for a project. Josh Givens, the county’s lodging tax compliance manager, shared the October lodging tax report, which tallied 1,976 known lodging units in the county, including seven hotels and motels with 295 rooms, and one
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Waste contract renewal prompts debate on council
ATHENS, Ohio — An ordinance to renew the Cty of Athens’ contract with Rumpke for two more years progressed in city council this week. The council held first reading of Ordinance 107-26 Monday night, which would extend the city’s refuse contract with Rumpke for up to $2.6 million per year. The contract expires June 30, 2027; it would renew into 2029.
Athens Messenger
Speaker to discuss the Civil War, politics and the creation of West Virginia
ATHENS, Ohio — The Southeast Ohio History Center’s Lyceum Luncheon Brown Bag Speaker Series will host author and United States District Judge Edmund Sargus of Belmont County, Ohio, on Nov. 19 at noon. Sargus will talk about the creation of the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War. Sargus and fellow authors, Eric Wittenberg and Penny Barrick wrote Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia. Their thesis presents a unique legal, social, and political analysis of how the western counties of Virginia broke away to form a new state when Virginia decided to join the Confederacy. Their book chronicles the unprecedented mechanism used to create West Virginia during a national emergency. It focuses on the constitutional questions that deeply concerned President Abraham Lincoln, who went as far as polling his entire cabinet before signing the statehood bill. Edmund Sargus is an alumnus of Brown University and Case Western University School of Law. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1995. The Southeast Ohio History Center is located at 24 West State St. in Athens. For more