Children packed into the Doris Wood Library in Batavia April 2 with parents and grandparents in tow to celebrate the library’s 50th birthday with a magic show, refreshments and other activities. “We wanted everyone to come celebrate with us, and make it family oriented,” said Leslie Jacobs, manager of the library. The library opened its [ Read More ]

The Bethel-Tate Board of Education members will soon make a decision on whether to include bullying prevention programs in some or all district schools. At the March 15 board meeting, the Bethel-Tate Planning Commission presented research on several bullying programs already present in other schools. The programs, which vary in terms of content, age appropriateness [ Read More ]

Grants totaling over $200,000 were approved for the award-winning Clermont County Municipal Court Adult Probation Department’s 2012 jail diversion programs March 30. Commissioners Bob Proud, Ed Humphrey and Archie Wilson approved grants for both programs including $108,861 for intensive supervision probation and $104,566 for community work service. Chief Probation Officer Joe Ellison said the programs [ Read More ]

HealthSource of Ohio broke ground for two new health centers located in Eastgate and New Richmond last week. The projects, which are a combined investment of $9.7 million, are expected to create at least 169 construction jobs and up to 22 permanent health care jobs. The first groundbreaking, held March 31, was for the HealthSource [ Read More ]

When I looked in the mirror one morning last week I could see that it had happened again. Overnight I had sprouted three new curly eyebrow hairs, two gray and one black. They stood out like dandelions that pop up overnight in a freshly mown lawn. Where in the world do these wild hairs come [ Read More ]