Page 3 - Edwin Martell News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Packard encourages COVID vaccine, shares poster idea By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com 6th Ward Councilman Dennis Packard (left) discussed his idea of promoting the Covid-19 vaccines through a poster campaign during the City Council session on Dec. 28. Photo by Patrick Keck. SCIOTO — COVID vaccines are being carried out by the hundreds in Scioto County each day and Portsmouth 6th Ward Councilman Dennis Packard wants the public to not just support it, but to actively promote it. During his first report as a Council member on Monday, Packard suggested citizens create posters that en...

Portsmouth Polar Plunge slated for Friday PORTSMOUTH — With a year like 2020, many are ready to take the plunge into 2021. The 20th Annual Portsmouth Polar Plunge will take place January 1, 2021. A parade to the Court Street landing will start at the American Legion Post 23 on Court Street at 11 a.m., with the plunge following at noon. Funds raised this year will benefit the Jim Saddler Fund at the American Legion. “Sam Simon started it 20 years ago, but it has been for a great cause,” Portsmouth- Scioto County Visitors Bureau, Executive Director, Kim Bauer said. “Some years it has 20...

Council increases city employees’ salaries in final 2020 session By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com Portsmouth City Council assembled for the final time this year on Monday, passing all seven items on their agenda. PORTSMOUTH — Mayor Kevin Johnson struck the gavel slightly after 7:20 p.m. to adjourn the City Managers’ session Monday, concluding both the meeting and the year for Portsmouth City Council. A considerable portion of the meeting was spent in executive session, a 32-minute closed doors discussion regarding employee pay, before attending to the seven items on their ag...

Haas, citing First Amendment, says no to Rebel flag ban By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com PORTSMOUTH- A discussion item in the past two Portsmouth City Managers sessions seems like it will remain in that status following a response from City Solicitor John Haas. Haas received an inquiry from 2nd Ward Councilwoman Charlotte Gordon during the Nov. 23 meeting regarding the presence of Confederate flags on city property, more specifically on the city-owned campgrounds by the riverfront. He said then that he would need time to review the legal merits of prohibiting the symbol, which woul...

Competing visions of Rebel flag shared at City Managers By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com Gerald Cadogan of the Portsmouth Unity Project feels that its "Band Together" mural's message, pictured here off of Market Street, is challenged by the Confederate flag's presence on city property. Photo by Patrick Keck PORTSMOUTH — Earlier this week, conversation surrounding confederate flags during a prior Portsmouth City Managers’ session caught the attention of a national organization dedicated to its descendants and proponents of its history. John Anson, Ohio Division Commander of the ...