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After a year without movies being shown in downtown New Philadelphia, they return to the silver screens tonight in Quaker Cinema.  The Quaker had to shut down because of state health guidelines due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, with the last showing on March 15, 2020. The theater is reopening April 2, 2021, a little more than a year later.  The first movies to be shown in the theater at 158 W. High Ave., New Philadelphia, this weekend will be “Godzilla vs. Kong” and “Tom & Jerry: The Movie.”  Owner Michael Ernest said he decided about four weeks ago to reopen b...

The New Philadelphia resident died Monday, March 8, in Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in  Dover. Retired Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas Judge Roger Lile had Zion as his English teacher his sophomore year. “He’d also talk about history, so he provided a good foundation for when I went to college,” said Lile, who now resides in Dover. “He was always fun to be around and just a pleasant, easy-going person,” Lile said. “I think that he really lived a long time because he didn’t get excited and upset about something he couldn’t take care of doing. He was great as one of ...

On Thursday (March 4) the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation conducted an undercover human trafficking operation in Lauderdale County, which resulted in the arrests of two individuals and the recovery of

When the annual Rainbow Connection Telethon takes place from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 7, it will already be off to a solid start. As is often the case, students from area schools help raise money for the Tuscarawas County agency’s primary fundraiser each year. One of those is New Philadelphia’s Central Elementary, which only has fifth-graders this year. “We started with a $1,000 goal, which we met pretty quickly,” Principal John Zucal said. “We raised it to $1,500, then to $2,000 and that wasn’t a problem. We ended up raising over $3,100. Michelle Pipes, our Student Leadership...

Fire damages house near Dennison Firefighters from several departments extinguished a blaze at a house between Dennison and Stillwater this afternoon at about 1:30 p.m. The fire was reported at 9834 Lehigh Drive SE, Uhrichsville. It was reportedly at a house under construction located off of Latto Road and Feed Springs Road off state Route 800, about 3 miles south of Dennison. Several firefighters were sent back to their stations about 3:30 p.m, but Dennison remained on scene at 7 p.m.