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Voters approve all tax levies on ballot in Tuscarawas County NEW PHILADELPHIA  All tax issues on the May primary ballot in Tuscarawas County were approved by voters on Tuesday, including a 1% income tax increase in Midvale and a 2.5-mill additional levy for fire protection and EMS in Franklin Township, according to unofficial totals from the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections. Results include: • 4-mill renewal levy for police and fire in Dover — 684 for the levy, 190 against the levy; �...

Mount Morris will have a new mayor, and new trustees will take office on the village boards of Dansville and Lima following village elections on Tuesday. Former Mount Morris Mayor Joel Mike will be returning to the office after he was decisively elected by voters in village elections on Tuesday. Mike received nearly three-quarters of the ballots cast in the mayor’s race. In Dansville, former police chief Charlie Perkins outpolled two incumbents to receive one of two seats on the village bo...

Four candidates are seeking two open seats on the Village of Lima board. Republicans Brian Smith and Carolyn Fleming are seeking office as are Democrats David M. Cabrera and John

DOVER At a sometimes contentious special session Friday evening that lasted nearly three hours, Dover council voted to override Mayor Richard Homrighausens vetoes of two pieces of legislation. The first piece established rates for customers of Dover Power & Light and included a surcharge on electricity used by Dover Chemical Corp. Council voted 6-1 to override that veto. Law Director Doug OMeara has alleged that employees of the citys Electric Field Division had been maintaining and upgrading t...

DOVER The citys building and zoning administrator is recommending that Dover take action to ban the use of shipping containers as houses or storage buildings. "Im trying to get out in front of this before we do have some people start putting some shipping containers as storage buildings or building houses," John McFadden told council members during a meeting of the Planning, Zoning & Codes Committee. Shipping containers are gaining popularity as homes around the United States because they are ...