As we age, we all slow down to some degree, and if you are moving slower, you are likely taking more time to notice what is going on around you. For many of us, that means you take a larger interest in birds. Go ahead and admit it. You now wonder more about what is chirping outside your ...
Ever been driving out the interstate and watched a commercial truck swerve a little — maybe cross the center line and quickly right itself — and wonder how in the world they drive as much and as often as they do and keep themselves and the rest of us safe? Well, the truth is (just like drivers of smaller vehicles) sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they make mistakes because they are distracted. Other times, it is because they are exhausted. But Ohio officials have a plan to make a difference on that front by adding at least 1,400 truck parking spaces across the state where drivers ...
Among the sites that could be negatively affected by the United States’ intention to leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is the Serpent Mound in Peebles, Ohio, in Adams County. The site was already on a tentative list for nominations to be designated World Heritage Sites, but that recognition may never come. According to U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce, the U.S. withdrew from UNESCO because it “works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, a ...
It’s not every day the governor calls and asks you to be part of a working group because he was impressed by work you did five years ago, but that’s just what happened for Fort Frye Local Schools Superintendent Stephanie Starcher. There are more than 600 public school district superintendents in Ohio. She is one of only two to be chosen for Gov. Mike DeWine’s Property Tax Reform Working Group. “DeWine actually reached out to me and called me and asked me if I would serve on their work group as a public school representative, and he knew that I was in a rural school area,” ...
The Washington County Democrats would like to thank all those who donated cash or items for the Drop in Center, to help in their mission to provide services for the homeless. These gifts were collected during the July First Friday event. Local Democrats will again be outside Democratic headquarters on Putnam Street this First Friday, August 1, and will be collecting paper products, hygiene items, laundry soap, or cash donations to benefit residents of the Eve Shelter for victims of domestic violence. Come and join us for good music, icepops, and an opportunity to help those in our ...
It gets a little harder each time to match state officials’ public optimism that Intel will live up to all its promises to Ohioans, when the news is that — again — the company is letting off the gas. In fact, last week Intel said it will “further slow” the pace of construction on a microchip facility that was supposed to be up and running THIS year. The last time we got such news, The Columbus Dispatch reported Intel was delaying its opening to at least 2030 or 2031. It is not clear now how much further that date might be pushed. “While the pace of construction in Ohio ...
