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Interactive map connects Athens County residents to local history
More than 600 sites of historical significance to Athens County are documented in a new Ohio University exhibition.
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Ex-director charged with stealing $1.5M from Athens housing authority
Jodi Rickard pleaded not guilty to charges that she wrote checks on Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority accounts to pay for vacations and a swimming pool.
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Nelsonville hires Tracy Galway as interim city manager
Nelsonville City Council hired Tracy Galway at a special meeting Monday night.
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Athens features in Ohio University alum’s new award-winning memoir
Prince Shakur’s new memoir traces his development from family roots in 1960s Jamaica, to familial trauma and loss, explorations of identity, political radicalization and global travels.
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Project seeks to capture Appalachian herbal remedies, stories
ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio — An Athens County resident is part of a team that received a grant to capture traditional stories of folk medicine before they’re lost to time. Talcon Quinn and Morgantown, West Virginia-based journalist and filmmaker Clara Haizlett received $10,000 from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation’s Central Appalachia Living Traditions Folk and Traditional…
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Assault charges filed after attack at Artifacts Gallery protest (Updated)
Misdemeanor criminal charges for assault have been filed against an Athens resident for what was described as a sudden physical attack during a protest outside Artifacts Gallery on Court Street Saturday.
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Former city manager to pay Nelsonville restitution
The amount Scott Frank owes the city is exactly equivalent to the total amount the city paid Frank’s child in 2022 for working at the Nelsonville city pool.
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Two Nelsonville City Council members resign less than one week after city manager
Read time: About 4 minutes NELSONVILLE, Ohio – At its regular Monday night meeting, Nelsonville City Council formally accepted the resignation of former City Manager Scott Frank, effective last Friday, Jan. 6. The next morning, council members Justin Booth and Cory W. Taylor resigned from the body. Both represented the entire city as at-large council…
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Jeffrey Carter “LJ” Adams
Jeffrey Carter “LJ” Adams, 2, beloved son, grandson, brother, great-grandson and nephew, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital. Born June 11, 2020 in Parkersburg, WV, he was the son of Jeffrey Adams and Megan Koehler. Though LJ only had two years of life with us, he had an everlasting…
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Scott Frank resigns as Nelsonville city manager
Scott Frank, the controversial Nelsonville city manager, resigned from that position on Friday.
