The Bulletin Board

Local news roundup Three of the first four projects funded by the state’s $500 million Appalachian Community Grant Program are based in part in Athens County, with $17.6 million going to the rehabilitation of the Athens Armory into a coworking space; $26 million to an initiative of the Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program to create a…

Local news roundup “This Court finds that Plaintiff injected herself into the one controversy, that is, applying and being hired as the Council Clerk while her father was on Council.” Former Nelsonville City Council Clerk Andrea Thompson-Hashman’s defamation lawsuit against the Nelsonville CrackHeads Facebook page was dismissed by Athens County Judge George McCarthy. (Case Western…

Local news roundup Athens Public Transit received a $3.2 million federal grant for a new service facility, to be built on land donated by the City of Athens, and its operator HAPCAP is now seeking matching funds from the county. (Athens Messenger) Jacqulyn “Brandi” Sanders, the former fiscal officer for the body that oversees the…

Local news roundup Low-income families are struggling as the state’s SNAP expansion ends. (WOUB) Athens’s plastic ban will go into effect this year, in keeping with the city’s sustainability goals. What’s unclear is the impact on local small business owners. (The Post) Inspired by the Southeast Ohio History Center’s Tom O’Grady, a new Ohio University…

Local news & public meetings in Athens County for the week of 2/27/2023.

Local news roundup Correction: In last week’s Bulletin Board, we relayed some incorrect statements from an Athens Messenger story about campaign filings for the Athens municipal elections later this year. Three at-large seats are up for election this year, each with just one candidate. One of those candidates is Micah McCarey. Although the initial error…

Public meetings & local news in Athens County for the week of 2/13/23.

Local news roundup Using the Baileys Trail System as an example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (which includes the U.S. Forest Service) commits to an outdoor recreation economic development strategy for areas near national grasslands and forests such as the Wayne National Forest. (States Newsroom) Athens County EMS chief Rick Callebs is developing a formal…

Local news roundup The 911 radio system Athens County uses is incompatible with those used by the cities of Athens and Nelsonville, neighboring counties and much of the rest of the state — and there’s three years left on the county’s contract. (Athens Messenger) State Rep. Jay Edwards (R-Nelsonville), after breaking with Republicans to vote…

Local news and public meetings in Athens County for the week of 1/23/2023.