Search Results for:

Letter to the Editor

  • October 29, 2009
  • Comments
  • 582 Views
To the Editor:On behalf of the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce, I would like to express our support for State Issue 2, which would create the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board. The board is a common-sense approach to setting standards governing the well-being of livestock and poultry in Ohio and will ensure thousands of Ohio farmers are able to remain in business and protect our state’s...

General Election offers citizens the right to determine political future of local and national interests

  • October 29, 2009
  • Comments
  • 618 Views
Last year’s presidential election turnout was significant, but it is important that voters remain engaged in the political process whether or not they are choosing a highly visible person such as a new president. There are many critical issues and offices being decided on the state and local level at this fall’s general election, and without the input of local citizens, the choices may be...

ODOT District 11 ready for first snow

  • October 29, 2009
  • Comments
  • 690 Views
With an emphasis on safety, fiscal responsibility, and the environment, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 11 is ready for the 2009-2010 winter season. As cooler temperatures begin to register across the state, ODOT District 11 is beginning to prepare for winter weather by readying its fleet of snow-clearing equipment and highly-trained crews. Over the next three weeks, 118...

Red Cross recognizes local volunteers and community leaders

  • October 29, 2009
  • Comments
  • 645 Views
Nearly 125 Red Cross volunteers and supporters from Carroll, Harrison and Tuscarawas counties were recognized for their generosity and countless number of hours devoted to helping others over the past year at the Muskingum Lakes Chapter of the American Red Cross annual community recognition dinner.“Without our community volunteers, the Red Cross would be unable to deliver its life-saving...

Steer weigh-in set for 2010 junior fair

  • October 29, 2009
  • Comments
  • 651 Views
The 2010 Tuscarawas County 4-H and FFA junior fair steer weigh-in will be held Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds, show arena. Members must have their steers weighed in at that time to be eligible to show at the 2010 fair. All steers must be castrated and de-horned before weigh-in. Steers must also have a halter on and be halter broke. Any steers that do not have a...

Still time to purchase a capsule from Quakers

  • October 29, 2009
  • Comments
  • 638 Views
The New Philadelphia Marching Quaker Band has extended the deadline for purchasing time capsules to be buried at the Tuscarawas County Courthouse.The deadline to purchase a capsule is Nov. 4. The vault containing all of the time capsules will be buried at the courthouse on Wednesday, Nov. 11, following the Veterans Day Ceremony. The band will be in attendance at the ceremony.Time capsules are $25...

Evening to Remember program

  • October 29, 2009
  • Comments
  • 634 Views
The Toland-Herzig Funeral Homes & Crematory of Dover, New Philadelphia, and Strasburg are announcing a special event as a part of the Evening to Remember series, which highlights the funeral home’s Famous Endings collection of funeral mementos. This special Evening to Remember will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m., in the Kent State Tuscarawas auditorium and will feature Robert...

Kiwanis Club holds ‘entertaining’ breakfast

  • October 29, 2009
  • Comments
  • 631 Views
The New Philadelphia Kiwanis Club has the answer for all those hungry pancake lovers. The club will hold its annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the New Philadelphia Tuscora Park Pavilion, Tuscora Ave. NW. This year’s fun includes entertainment, hourly door prizes and a bake sale throughout the event. Entertainment includes Paul “Ren” Reynolds at 9 a.m...

KSU Tuscarawas packed with Friday Night Lights fans

  • October 30, 2009
  • Comments
  • 672 Views
More than 300 people filled the Kent State University Tuscarawas Founder’s Hall auditorium Tuesday, Oct. 20, to hear Pulitzer Prize winner H.G. Bissinger expound on Friday Night Lights-20 Years Later, bringing this year’s One Book, One Community event to a climactic close.Several people also attended a meeting earlier in the day at the Daily Grind Café in New Philadelphia, where area writers...

CSB Bancorp, Inc. reports earnings for third quarter 2009

  • November 2, 2009
  • Comments
  • 679 Views
CSB Bancorp, Inc. recently announced third quarter 2009 net income of $858 thousand, or $.31 per basic and diluted share, as compared to $890 thousand, or $.37 per basic and diluted share for the same period in 2008. On a year to date basis, total revenue is 13.5 percent ahead of the prior year, while net income is 11 percent below the prior year’s nine month period. Total revenue amounted to...