Solid Rock seniors have got the look, nationally
For the second straight year, Solid Rock Photos has achieved national recognition from Senior Portrait Artists (spa), an international guild of portrait photographers specializing in high school seniors. Solid Rock, which is located at 121 W. 3rd St., Dover, is one of the two portrait studios in the U.S that has earned a regional winner in the international spa high school model search. Dover...
Fort Laurens Chapter of DAR meeting notes
On Nov. 13, the Fort Laurens Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at 12:30 p.m. in the Union Country Club at Dover. The chapter meets the second Saturday of each month. Lunch was served followed by the meeting. The chapter discussed what would be needed for the December program, Remembering Our Elders. Members volunteered to bring items for the project. After the...
Saturday night dances experiencing a big comeback at local community center
Dozens of people swirled across the dance floor in response to the callers directions to do-si-do, allemande right, circle left, swing, and promenade home on a recent Saturday night in the small village of Stonecreek, south of New Philadelphia. The dancers were gathered for yet another evening of dancing, good food, and plenty of socializing at the Tunnel Hill Community Center, formerly the...
Welcome home
Cold weather that included rain and then snow did not stop the Christmas Tour of Homes on Sunday, Dec. 12. With more than 300 tickets sold, it was apparent that members of the community certainly have an interest in both old and new homes and churches decorated for the season. The Christmas Tour of Homes is sponsored by The Tuscarawas County Heritage Home Association (TCHHA). Members served as...
Just in time, home - at last - for the holidays
A Bargain Hunter story in 2006 featured the trials of Rita, who began adoption proceedings in Sierra Leone in May 2003 for her daughter, Cinda, then a resident of the All as One orphanage. Cinda was six at the time and had lived at the orphanage for about one year. Records showed she was born in a camp for displaced persons (like a refugee camp) in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The West African...
Flagpole honors vets, current military personnel
When a resident of Shel Mar Estates in New Philadelphia asked new owners Hugh and David Reid to put up a community flagpole in front of the clubhouse, the Reids were happy to oblige. The Reids, who purchased the facility Nov. 1, asked new managers Glendon and Wendy Smith to make the project happen, and on Dec. 7, the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, they did just that during a community ceremony...