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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...

NEW PHILADELPHIA City council members and officials with New Philadelphia City Schools held separate meetings this week to talk about a new lease for Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium, with discussions continuing to focus on public access to the facility. Meanwhile, the school district is looking at making repairs to the stadium this summer to address problems with crumbling brickwork and a boiler that needs replaced. Councils finance committee discussed the lease on Monday. Councilman Rob Maurer, who...

The Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments in Northwick Park and Ealing hospital were ranked as the best forming departments in the country.

On Monday, council approved a $33 million operating budget for the city for 2021. "Its a lean budget," Maurer said. "Its just been a crazy year with the pandemic. Who would have known last March when everything was shut down where our income tax base would be?"  The budget includes money for the hiring of two new police officers, one of whom will be a detective who will work on drug-related crimes. "We didn’t fare too badly in 2020, given all of the circumstances that were a headwind against...

Southside Community Park remains construction site, mayor says NEW PHILADELPHIA  Mayor Joel Day is reminding residents that Southside Community Park is not open for use and remains a construction site. "On Sunday I drove by the new entrance to the park on Oldtown Valley Road and had to stop to rehang the chain across the entrance road that had been taken down," he told city council on Monday.  "Over the past three months, the city has received reports of the entrance chain being removed and v...

Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox starred on 'CHiPs.' But though their characters were pals, the stars had a complicated relationship off-screen.

UHRICHSVILLE Portions of Newport Avenue and Washington Avenue have begun to slip in recent days, a problem that Mayor Mark Haney attributes to the removal of a low-head dam on Big Stillwater Creek in October. "Newport Avenue, back of the dam, has gotten worse every day," Haney said, noting that a catch basin there has separated from a pipe. Meanwhile, Waterworks Hill Road south of town remains closed to traffic, with the portion of the highway next to the creek continuing to sink. The 1,200-foo...

Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio General Assembly are looking at ways to bring broadband access to the nearly 1 million resident of the Buckeye State who lack a high speed connection — an issue that came to the forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lack of access is a major concern in rural areas such as Tuscarawas County. DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted are recommending that the legislature spend $290 million toward broadband expansion in the next two-year state budget. The investment woul...

Council members received the veto notice shortly before two committee meetings on Monday.

NEW PHILADELPHIA The New Philadelphia City Health Department has given the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 1,727 people since December, Mayor Joel Day reported to city council on Monday. "City Health Commissioner Vickie Ionno says that the health department’s mass vaccination clinics at Tuscora Park are going well, and will continue to be held each Thursday as long as there is supply and demand," he said. Ionno provided these vaccination numbers:  • February (to-date) 1,019  • De...