Stan Sobel News Today

BELMONT — Village Council approved hiring an environmental firm in a sign of progress toward demolition of the former Belmont school building During a meeti

BETHESDA — Samantha Burkhead is reflecting on her term as mayor of Bethesda, having decided not to seek reelection. Next year she will hand over the reins

BELMONT — Village Council heard updates on road and waterline repairs on Thompson Road and paid tribute to former councilman Dan Scott this month. Mayor Ron

May 13, 2021 Public offices can be hard to fill these dayss, but the village of Belmont recently had no problem filling two public service positions. Village Council welcomed two new members this month following the resignations of councilmen Dan Scott and Shaun Bruce. Scott stepped down after serving several years in his post, and Bruce is moving out of the community and will no longer be eligible to serve. Filling two council vacancies is no small task in a community of just 346 people, accor...

For The Times Leader BELMONT — Village Council on Thursday welcomed two new members following the resignations of councilmen Dan Scott and Shaun Bruce. Mayor Ron Woods announced that Scott had submitted his letter of resignation in late April and that two residents had submitted letters of interest to fill the vacant seat. Councilwoman Lorie Grob spoke in praise of Scott and his service to Belmont, “Dan’s done a really good job for us, and we’re going to miss him. He really cared a lot ...

Mother’s Day is a bittersweet time for me. My mom, the late Grace Compston, was never one to make too big of a fuss over most holidays and birthdays. Christmas was always a big deal, of course, but for Mother’s Day just about anything we did for her was good enough. Sometimes, my Mother’s Day gifts to her weren’t really gifts at all. Instead of buying her some perfume or a fancy trinket, I would simply scrub the front porch or perform some other chore I knew she either dreaded or simp...

For The Times Leader BELMONT — Village Council decided to discard an ordinance aimed at abatement of hazardous buildings in the village, opting instead to use the Ohio Revised Code to go after property owners who allow structures to deteriorate and become unsafe. At the request of Mayor Ron Woods and council, Village Solicitor T.J. Schultz had drafted the ordinance. He used as a guide one that has been successful in the nearby village of Barnesville to abate dangerous structures while giving ...

Managing Editor Things don’t always turn out the way we expect, and that’s something we should keep in mind as we enter 2021. It occurred to me as 2020 was winding down that I had started something during the initial pandemic-related lockdowns that I neglected to complete. Way back in March (a little more than nine months ago) I started making a daily social media post to encourage my friends to maintain a positive attitude while staying at home as much as possible. Right around March 17, w...

For the Intelligencer File Photos by Jennifer Compston-Strough – Stan Sobel, center, is honored at the end of his term as mayor of Belmont about a year ago. He was succeeded by Ron Woods, right. At left is Councilman Mike Murphy, who along with Sobel, holds signage dedicating the new village playground in Sobel’s honor. Sobel died Tuesday. BELMONT – Stan Sobel, a man who made a big impact on his community and on hundreds of local students, died last week at age 74. Born in Colum...

Dec 21, 2020 MORRISTOWN — The challenges of conducting education remotely featured in Thursday’s meeting of the Union Local School District Board of Education. The board started the meeting with a moment of silence in honor or former Belmont mayor Stan Sobel, who died Tuesday. Sobel had been a past board member and had been a longtime science teacher at Union Local High School. Once the meeting was underway, Superintendent Ben Porter said students and staff continue to cope with the remote ...