Heavy rain delays Nelsonville bypass construction
By Sam Howard | Aug. 25, 2013If you drove through Nelsonville during your move back to Athens this past week, blame bad weather earlier this summer for your trip on the one-lane road through town.
If you drove through Nelsonville during your move back to Athens this past week, blame bad weather earlier this summer for your trip on the one-lane road through town.
After a slump in applications, the numbers are back on the rise — more students have applied than ever before to Ohio University.
“You have come to Ohio University for a reason, not for a season.”
Ohio University is planning to expand and promote its rental car service so it doesn’t have to pay the difference for its lack of use as specified in contractual obligations.
Police are still looking for a man who held up the Chase Bank at 920 East State St. in Athens earlier today.
A solar-power venture backed by American Electric Power wasn’t approved by the state, but Ohio University might be able to reap the benefits if top administrators decide to finance the new solar plant.
A lawsuit seeking money for the loss of a former Ohio University student’s arm was recently settled, leaving OU shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This weekend is all about Ohio University students re turning to the college town they know and love.
As buildings were assembled throughout campus this summer, so were top administrator teams.
Even with allegations of wrongdoing that would leave him with some explaining to do, Sheriff Pat Kelly said this sum mer is unlike any other.
A larger incoming class and changes in state funding could result in a budget surplus nearly double what Ohio University of ficials originally expected for this school year.
A new face will be making major decisions along with Ohio University President Roderick McDavis and the rest of the board of trustees next school year.
Deferred maintenance caused costly emergency construction projects this summer, and offi cials are considering a proposal to raise the debt allowance to pay for building upkeep.
While students were off cam pus doing internships, odd jobs and being couch potatoes, Ath ens City Council was still in ses sion. Most of the time.
Quiet is the word most closely associated with crimi nal activity during a summer in Athens, yet multiple hap penings managed to make some noise and keep law en forcement stirring during the four-month span.
The sounds of crumbling rubble and pounding industrial tools might serve as a reminder of the changes made this sum mer to the university’s land scape and how it will continue to be modified throughout the next decade.