By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Jones the Florist, a Cincinnati floral company, will be opening in Jungle Jim’s Feb. 8, just in time for Valentine’s Day, according to Debby Hartinger, public relations marketing coordinator for Jungle Jim’s. The shop will be located to the left of the front entrance in the international market. Jones the [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Batavia Township trustees approved a memorandum of understanding with the University of Cincinnati Clermont College during their Feb. 4 meeting after making a few changes to the document. The memorandum of understanding, an agreement trustees have been working on with UC Clermont, pertaining to Brian Wilson Field, the baseball field [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Eighth grade students at Batavia Middle School took home second place in the state and earned several other awards during the Future City Engineering Competition Jan. 19 in Columbus. Several students presented their city, Pema Koe, to Batavia Township Trustees during their Feb. 4 meeting, and were recognized for their [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Bethel Village Council members have a newly remodeled council chambers and updated technology that will allow them to record their monthly council meetings. Travis Dotson, village administrator, said they decided to implement new software to increase government transparency in the village. “We are still in the final implementation stages of [ Read More ]

Staff report Program officials with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Ohio Department of Agriculture will host an informational forum Feb. 11 to answer questions about the recently issued revised environmental assessment. The revised assessment, which was released Jan. 16, provides additional information, research and a preferred [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Guests at Jungle Jim’s International Market in Eastgate, enjoyed cutting into The Big Cheese, a 7,155 pound block of Wisconsin mammoth cheddar, Friday Jan. 25. Jimmy Bonaminio, creative marketing director and son of “Jungle” Jim Bonaminio, said the enormous block of cheese has been aged for several years, and will [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Fifth and sixth graders at Batavia Middle School were able to get a hands on science learning experience thanks to COSI on Wheels Jan. 23. COSI on Wheels is a traveling outreach program of the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus that provides an assembly along with hands-on science [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Amelia Mayor Todd Hart swore in a full-time police officer Jan. 25 to join the village police department. Officer Greg Marsh has been a part-time officer at the Amelia Village Police Department for six years. Council approved the hiring of Marsh during their Jan. 22 council meeting. They have been [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff There is a new restaurant in town, and it is one that will take customers back in time to the 1950s. Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes and Fries is a casual, sit-down restaurant that resembles a 1950s diner with food to match. The only location in the area opened Jan. 26 [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Members of the Bethel Asian Longhorned Beetle Citizens’ Cooperative, a local citizens advocacy group, hosted a town hall meeting Jan. 29 at Grant Career Center in Bethel. The meeting was designed to update the public on the recently issued revised environmental assessment released by the United States Department of Agriculture [ Read More ]