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Albany man seeks to bridge food access gap with grocery store
Gregg Montella plans to utilize the strong farming community that surrounds Albany to supply the store.
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Debbie Phillips to step away as Rural Action CEO (Updated)
Phillips said she is stepping away to pursue other work and would not address the nature of her separation from Rural Action.
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Local 3D-printing company trains young people, bricklayers
Through the Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program’s partnership with Vitruvian, the company is training students, people aging out of foster care, and former brick layers in the new industry.
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Chauncey celebrates streetscaping project at groundbreaking
The project will bring new sidewalks, lighting, murals and other amenities to the village.
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Local organizations drive big changes in Glouster
Public, nonprofit and private organizations have come together to update dilapidated buildings on Glouster’s High Street and bring businesses, housing and social services into the village.
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Lien filed on Lostro Project property
A company is seeking more than $200,000 for its work on the Lostro Project property that it says it was not paid for.
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OU jettisoned diversity division staff along with their programs
Unlike some other universities, Ohio University did not seek to reassign employees affected by the state-mandated closure of DEI programs.
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Intense summer rains damage crops and harm local businesses
Months of above average rainfall has resulted in crop loss and shrinking revenue for local farmers.
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Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program faces lawsuit from former director
Jen Seifert alleges that SAOP, its board and its contractor cost her and her consulting company over $4 million by spreading false statements about her and interfering with her business relationships.
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Local nonprofit apparently fired longtime employee over Palestine activism
Nancy Epling was terminated from Passion Works over accusations of religious discrimination, apparently related to her activism against Israel’s war on Gaza.
