By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff The Batavia Local School District is moving forward with the building process for the new elementary school. At the March 18 school board meeting Treasurer Michael Ashmore updated board members on the financial process, and Superintendent Jill Grubb highlighted where they were in the process of finding an architect for [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Batavia Local School District Superintendent Jill Grubb congratulated board members on earning a Gold Level Effective School Board Award from the Ohio School Boards Association Southwest Region during their meeting March 18. “Thank you for all of the time and effort you put into the district,” Grubb said during the [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Bethel Village Council member Donna Gunn announced during the March 14 council meeting that the village would soon remove the log cabins from Burke Park. “We’re going to catch some flak on this I’m sure,” Gunn said. “It just can’t continue.” Gunn, council member and member of the parks committee, [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff The East Fork Watershed Collaborative, the Valley View Foundation and several other organizations are collaborating again this year to organize the annual Spring Litter Clean-Up throughout Clermont County and beyond. The event will be held April 20, and the organizations are looking for volunteers to help clean up the banks [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff West Clermont Local School District will be holding three Superintendent Feedback Forums in the coming weeks. The forums are being held at 4 p.m. March 12 at Amelia High School in the multi-purpose room, 6:30 p.m. March 25 at Union Township Library Branch and 9:30 a.m. March 28 at the [ Read More ]

By Art Hunter Editor Students in art teacher Meggie Bierkan’s classes at Bethel-Tate High School have applied their talents to making the world a better place. Bierkan and her students have partnered with the Regional Storm Water Collaborative on a project designed to increase the use of rain barrels by increasing their appeal. Students in [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff On March 7, Sporty’s Pilot Shop and Clermont County Airport activated new weather technology that marks a milestone for the airport and will benefit pilots. Hal Shevers, founder and chairman of Sporty’s Pilot Shop, said the Automated Weather Observing System digitally reports weather information, which can be accessed by pilots [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Children at Summerside Elementary School and with Child Focus participated in the first live performance session of Books Alive! for Kids in Clermont County March 12. The program featured an interactive performance for children based on a book they read in class called “My Mama Had a Dancing Heart.” Books [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Several local environmental and agricultural organizations are collaborating to host a farm field day in Brown County that will explain the benefits of cover crops March 22. “We are working with our farm service agency partners and the USDA to host workshops where we are promoting the practice of cover [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Amelia Village Council approved applications for two Community Development Block Grants during their March 12 council meeting. One grant is for a new snow plow and the other is to purchase a piece of land on Main Street in the village. Amelia Mayor Todd Hart said the village wanted to [ Read More ]