Council preview: city to bring up new grant
Athens City Council will meet at 7 p.m. for their weekly meeting at City Hall.
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Athens City Council will meet at 7 p.m. for their weekly meeting at City Hall.
Bob Evans, 357 E. State St., is rewarding veterans today with a free stack of pancakes in celebration of Presidents' Day. All that's necessary is showing a valid military ID to a Bob Evans employee.
One second you’re holding an autistic child’s hand, and the next they’re out the front door.
Public transportation in Athens was exponentially better in 2013, city officials said, pointing to several entities that had high ridership numbers last year thanks to service upgrades and new marketing techniques.
Athens City Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. for its first committees meeting in three weeks, with each chair presenting updates and ideas. Chair of city and safety services, Kent Butler, will discuss "revocable licenses" throughout the city, and Michele Papai will introduce updates regarding city transit. Chris Fahl, with planning and development, plans to speak on Athens Beautification Day and extending the city's recycling contract. Chris Knisely, chair of finance and personnel, will discuss the city's block grant for community development, a grant that won't be received until 2015. Knisely will also present new information on the city's path to electric aggregation and energy efficiency for Athens Community Center.
Judy Jenkinson, who owns her own farm in Athens County near Albany, hasn’t been allowed any snow or cold days, but she’s spent many early mornings monitoring the weather forecast, trying to start her tractor and bundling up to check on her week-old lamb.
The morning after a winter storm, it’s not uncommon to see students making their trek down Jeff Hill at a glacial pace, staggering and slipping with every other step.
The 138 males currently on death row at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution might see their execution dates pushed back or eliminated, opponents of capital punishment are saying.
The Athens City Commission on Disabilities and Ohio University’s Presidential Advisory Council on Disability Accessibility and Planning will now officially share resources, council members said at their meeting Monday evening.
Athens is home to passionate environmentalists, a university with the largest in-vessel composting system in the nation, and a growing organic food movement.
A collection of bills aimed at stressing voter identification and the prevention of voter fraud may make the way Ohioans cast their ballots in the 2014 senate elections a little different.
Athens City Council allocated $460,000 to provide housing and rental rehabilitation for Athens residents in need, finalizing what city officials described as an effort to spruce up local homes and rentals for residents who lack the funds to do it themselves.
Athens City Council allocated $460,000 to provide housing and rental rehabilitation for Athens residents in need, finalizing what city officials described as an effort to spruce up local homes and rentals for residents who lack the funds to do it themselves.
More than double the number of people flocked to Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly’s office last year to apply for concealed carry licenses than had done so in 2012, according to local officials and data from the state.
Athens city leaders plan to put some of the city’s oldest vehicles — such as street cleaners, police cruisers and pumper trucks — to rest this year and replace them with state-of-the art vehicles that are more efficient but pricey.
Both Athens County and City officials entered 2014 with resolutions of their own: see improvements at the local wastewater treatment plant, renovate the city’s parking garage, implement electric aggregation county-wide and seek a new location for the county sherriff’s office. But budgets can be sparse, more pressing issues can arise and projects can be put on the backburner. That’s why officials are now planning for the likelihood (or unlikelihood) of some of the area’s largest projects coming to light.
Three families The Post showcased in December spent their holidays with a few more gifts under their tree and in their wallets.
Ohio University students might return in the fall to find several on- and near-campus streets connected, extended or rerouted, city officials said.
When the time arrives for Uptown coffee shops to offer peppermint-inspired lattes and deck their walls in holiday decor, shop owners begin anticipating one of their most profitable seasons: the end of the Fall Semester — final exams week.
As students prepare for tedious finals and nights spent studying, Athens City Council will pore over estimates for next year’s budget.