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Dennison Mayor Greg DiDonato says village will go to court to get income tax payments from Uhrichsville under terms of 1998 contract

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; �...

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) We haven’t seen Joe Biden or Nancy Pelosi denounce the growing number of states that have declared themselves to be Second Amendment Sanctuaries, but give it a few weeks and we may get to that point. As it is, a number of Left-leaning media outlets are starting to fret over the increasing popularity of the 2A Sanctuary movement, including VICE News, which is home to a new piece warning that the movement could “destroy Joe Biden’s gun control plans” (fin...

UHRICHSVILLE Uhrichsville Councilman Robert Baker is recovering at a Canton hospital after having a heart attack during Thursday nights council meeting. Mayor Mark Haney said Police Chief Vince Beal, Council President Robert Cottrell, and councilmen Ron Miller and Michael Huff put the unconscious councilman on the floor while Haney notified firefighters. Three city firefighter/paramedics who were down the hall from the council chamber in the fire station responded immediately, Haney said...

UHRICHSVILLE The city and Council President Robert Cottrell have settled a lawsuit over public records brought by a city service department employee. The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the case at the request of the Kent attorney who represented Jeffrey D. Morris in the mandamus action. He had sought to have the state high court order Cottrell and the city to give him certain documents. The case was resolved through mediation, according to Service Director Belle Everett. Drew Piersal...

The Times-Reporter Uhrichsville Mayor Mark Haney returned fire in his issue with Council at Thursday nights meeting. At the Nov. 23 meeting, Council President Robert Cottrell read a statement stating that Haney tried to remove the city from an agreement made with Dennison and Claymont Board of Education over the tax income on the Claymont High School. Cottrell stated Haney had acted without council’s knowledge or approval and the agreement stands until council makes a decision otherwise. At...