Family Pottery Day rescheduled
The Pottery Day was cancelled Saturday due to weather and is rescheduled for Feb. 1, from 9 a.m. to noon at West Holmes Middle School.
Natural gas outage in Walnut Creek due to faulty meter
A faulty meter has been attributed to loss of natural gas service to several Walnut Creek customers Jan. 6.Jason Gilham, with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, said Monday, Jan. 27, that a frozen meter was responsible for outages of natural gas service for 20 customers in Walnut Creek, including Walnut Creek Elementary. Gilham said his office contacted the Northeast Ohio Natural Gas...Small Farm Institute assists small farmers and landowners
The Small Farm Institute (SFI), a nonprofit organization, has been assisting small family farmers and landowners in the Holmes County area for more than 10 years, primarily working with members of the Plain Community. The institute was the vision of Leah Miller, who grew up on a farm and has continued her love of farming throughout her life and career. Among her many accomplishments, she served...
Important farm research taking place at North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Most people have no idea where the North Appalachian Experimental Watershed (NAEW) is located, or how important the research conducted there is to Holmes County, as well as other counties in Ohio. Few people even notice the small sign announcing the Hydrologic Station along state Route 36, north of Coshocton. The NAEW was established in 1935 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to search for...
Sugarcreek tourism grants awarded
Sugarcreek Village Council, upon recommendation of the villages Bed Tax Committee, approved grant awards totaling more than $5,500 toward three project requests through the new Tourism Grant Program. The Alpine Hills Historical Museum and the Carlisle Inn of Sugarcreek are the first organizations to receive grants funded exclusively through the three percent bed tax on overnight stays at the...
Nashville Tiger Scouts Pack 356 take Olympic-sized visit to GPI
With the 2014 Winter Olympics right around the corner, athletes around the world are in training in hopes of bringing home the gold for their country.One local group of Tiger Scouts used that premise to learn a little bit more about the world of media.Nashville Tiger Scout Troop 356 traveled to Graphic Publications, Inc. in Millersburg Tuesday, Jan. 21 to learn about how newspapers are made, thus...
Early voting hours set for May primary
Shorter early voting hours for the May 6 primary election should result in savings for the Holmes County Board of Elections’s (BOE) budget.Under a schedule set by Ohio Secretary of State John Husted, early voting for the 2014 primary election will be more in line with regular business hours, than the late evening hours, set during the 2012 Presidential election. Early voting hours in the 2012...Health board decides to test the waters before going back to voters with levy
Faced with a vote on a resolution to place a levy on the May ballot, the Holmes County Board of Health Friday, Jan. 17 decided to wait. The health board discussed the levy as part of an hour-long executive session, their final decision being to test public sentiment before placing another levy on the ballot. The executive session came at the end of the boards regular monthly meeting. The...