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WOODSFIELD Monroe County officials met with the Ohio & Lee Water & Sewer company to discuss options for a proposed wastewater project that affects multiple communities in the county.
In Monroe County, there is no publicly owned water distribution or wastewater treatment system. Instead, four different private entities are contracted to provide water service and wastewater treatment. Ohio & Lee Water & Sewer company serves customers in Ohio and Lee townships.
The company’s wastewater system has been in need of major repairs for more than two decades; however, due to high repair costs and lack of funding, the project has been tabled. Local officials have agreed to assist the utility company with the project that affects three communities in the county Hannibal, Sardis and Duffy.
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WOODSFIELD The Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation District is again helping high school students and recent graduates in the county further their education by providing money toward their college tuition.
The Monroe SWCD will sponsor three $1,000 scholarships for local students who live in the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District. Katie Kovaly, district program administrator of the Monroe County SWCD, said the organization has sponsored scholarships for local students for years and plans to continue the program.
In previous years, the organization sponsored two $500 scholarships but has since increased its awards to three $1,000 scholarships, Kovaly said.
“Last year they increased the scholarships. … They decided to go with that again this year, the three $1,000 scholarships, one for each of the home high schools here in the county and the district,” she said.
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Pictured, from left, are Mick Romick, career readiness coordinator for the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District; Monroe County Commissioner Bill Bolon; Monroe County Commissioner Mick Schumacher; Monroe County Commissioner Diane Burkhart; and Jim Milleson, member of the National Association of Royalty Owners. (Photo by Carri Graham)
CLARINGTON Local officials met Friday to discuss the benefits the oil and natural gas industry has brought to local communities, including providing funding for community projects, schools and road repairs, among others.
In response to a recently published report by the Ohio River Valley Institute that found a lack of economic impact on the region by the industry, the National Association of Royalty Owners and Mike Chadsey, director of public relations for the Ohio Oil & Gas Association, hosted the event Friday at the Hannibal Industrial Park.
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