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Mary Katherine Hostetler

Mary Katherine Hostetler, 82, of New Philadelphia died Tuesday, June 10, 2014 in Hennis Care Center at Dover following a period of declining health. A daughter of the late Michael and Helen (Thomas) Pompey, Mary was born at Elizabeth, N.J. Nov. 22, 1931. A graduate of New Philadelphia High School, Mary devoted most of her time to her children. After raising them she was employed by the former...

June Dalrymple Milliken

June Dalrymple Milliken, 83, of Bowerston passed away June 9, 2014 at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover following a brief illness. Born June 2, 1931, in the village of Little York, June was a daughter of the late William Paul and Florence (Meredith) Dalrymple. She moved to the Bowerston area with her family in early childhood. June graduated from Bowerston High School in 1950 as class...

6/17/14 West Holmes resignations due to changes in vision, direction

SUMMARY: Superintendent, curriculum and federal programs director, cafeteria supervisor resign together. The decisions are due to changes in vision of the district, Superintendent Kris Perone said. Top administrative officials in the West Holmes School District tendered their resignations Monday, citing changes in vision for the district. Superintendent Kris Perone, curriculum and federal...

6/17/14 Wooster man dies in motorcycle crash

SUMMARY: Ohio State Patrol, Wooster Post troopers are investigating the one-vehicle crash, which occurred on a Messner Road Monday evening. The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Wooster Post, is investigating a Monday evening crash that claimed the life of a Wooster man. Nicholas L. Claus, 24, Congress Road, was killed in a one vehicle accident on Messner Road. According to Wooster Post reports, Claus...

Pardon My Dust

Struggling with loads of laundry, clutter in the kitchen and chaos in your life? Stress can easily steal our joy. Trish Berg reminds us to simplify the small stuff and find Joy in the Journey. Pardon my dust, but I am in the middle of sanding and re-finishing my front porch. It started out as a small little task involving a little bit of sanding and re-staining, but has quickly turned into an...

FROMONLINE | 2014-06-18

Pot-luck is always a gamble Column Summary When many cooks come together bringing their foil covered 9 x 13’s, their insulated tote covered casseroles, and their plastic wrapped bowls to the table, the variety may not always be so. After church pot-lucks, carry-in dinners, family reunion picnics, and holiday celebrations are some of the best eatin’ events around. If you go to a Rib Fest you...

COLUMN: Not all those who wander are lost

I'm not a radical. I grew up in a sleepy town that afforded me certain freedoms city folk just didn't have. The days of summer were slow, languid and stretched out like a rippling curtain of promise. Mornings spent eating cereal at a table with a vase of daffodils, packing a lunchbox with baloney sandwiches and hopping on my pink Huffy bike to ride off where the wind blew. The back alley was...

A New Life for Gish Barn

According to Denise Weis, “When our country was only 50 or 60 years old they were building our barn” and the Weis family have decided to share their pre-Civil War beauty with the public creating the Gish Barn and Gathering Place. Tucked in the very northern edge of Wayne County, the Germanic-style forebay bank barn stands on the former Gish farmstead where tobacco was originally grown in the...

6/19/14 Measles cases in Knox County slowing

SUMMARY: Cases where measles outbreak began number 192; confirmed cases in outbreak stand at 343, eight hospitalized The rate of confirmed cases in the epicenter of the Ohio measles outbreak are slowing, even as new cases are being reported in other counties. Pam Palm, director of health promotion services with the Knox County Health Department and spokesperson for a coalition of six Ohio...
New Towne Mall up for sale

New Towne Mall up for sale

Glimcher Realty Trust announced in April its intent to put some of its malls up for sale. There are 13 malls on the list, including New Towne Mall of New Philadelphia. Director of Corporate Communications Karen Bailey said in an email that Glimcher was putting the malls on the market to “better understand pricing for our centers in the current market. Our goal through this process is to sell...