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Nelsonville City Council president receives no confidence votes from city employees (Updated)
Two sets of Nelsonville city employees have filed votes of no confidence with their unions over conduct by City Council President Rita Nguyen — whose status on council is in question.
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Board of elections to hold special meeting Friday
The Athens County Board of Elections will have a special board meeting at 3 p.m. Friday , March 1, to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee. The meeting will take place at the Athens County Board of Elections Office, 15 S. Court St. Room 130, Athens. If…
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Nelsonville utilities, auditor office closed Thursday morning
The City of Nelsonville Utilities Office and Auditor’s Office will be closed Thursday, Feb. 29, from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. so that employees can attend the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new wastewater treatment plant. Payments can and should be left in the payment box at City Hall and will be processed as they…
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Millfield fire destroys two-story home (Updated)
The structure fire occurred in a residential neighborhood along Millfield Road last night. No one was injured.
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Boil order on Madison Street in Nelsonville
The Nelsonville Water Department has issued a boil order for all customers on Madison Street from West Washington Street to Cross Street until noon on Thursday, Feb. 29. The boil order is due to crews tying into a new water line. When a boil order is in effect, we ask all who are affected to…
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Athens names new street for county’s first Black attorney
The City of Athens will be hosting a street sign unveiling on February 29 at 10 a.m. to commemorate naming a new street after Athens County’s first Black attorney, Andrew Jackson Davison, and his wife, Eliza Brown Davison. Eliza is famous in her own right as cook for General George Custer during the Civil War.…
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Nelsonville intersection closed Feb. 26–27
The City of Nelsonville announces that the intersection of Madison Street and West Franklin Street will be closed to traffic at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 26, until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27. The closure is to perform water main tie overs for a new water main. There will be detour signs posted, and the detour…
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Public officials respond to Athens’ ceasefire resolution
Public officials contacted by the Independent did not say they were taking local resolutions for a ceasefire in Gaza into account.
