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Pau Hana: “Work completed” by Licking County swimmers
Pau Hana Swim Team, founded in 1968, is a local club swim team that practices out of the Trumbull Aquatics Center at Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
Family remembers Jerrie Mock on the 60th anniversary of her around-the-world flight
“Do you know who the first woman to fly around the world was?” Susan Reid asked. “Her name was Jerrie Mock. She was my sister.”
As a local rugby program grows, so do the relationships among its players
The Warrior Rugby program for Southwest Licking School District students has made significant strides since its inaugural 2016 season.
The Deepest Break
Victims of intimate-partner violence may suffer brain injuries. Sophia Sobota thinks they deserve to know.
Emily and Jack talk about trees
A spring walk in the woods is a renewing ritual, especially when we learn what we’re looking at
From Newark High School to March Madness: Two sisters shooting for national glory
Katie Shumate, a senior at Kent State, and her younger sister, Emma, a sophomore at Ohio State, will both get to participate in this year’s Big Dance, hoping to bring a national championship to their home state of Ohio.
$19 million renovation breathes new life into historic Arcade, adds housing units and enhances downtown Newark business district
Like a team of doctors and nurses who work feverishly to save a patient on the brink of death, the crew of craftsmen and women reviving the historic Arcade in downtown Newark walk with their heads high and smiles on their faces.
Early Birds Breakfast: Come to St. Louisville for the gravy, stay for coffee and hugs
“If I ate somewhere else, I’d feel like I was cheating on them.”
Licking County’s volunteer-operated emergency warming shelter struggling to meet growing need
There are 23 government-operated warming centers — a short-term emergency shelter location open during extreme low temperatures — in the greater Cincinnati area. There are nine in Columbus. There are […]
Newark-Heath Airport’s new $5 million terminal open for business
The new building was inspired by the anticipated development in central Ohio and safety risks created by the old terminal, built nearly 50 years ago.
Granville girls basketball coach using once-secret internet platform to generate national attention for players
Tate Moore has quietly held a huge internet platform throughout his tenure as coach of the Granville girls basketball team. Now, the secret’s out, and he’s generating national attention for his players.
The Last Sermon
Karen Chakoian retires as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Granville after 23 years. Her spiritual path is still unfolding.
West Church Social builds community in Newark through live music and events
‘We wanted to make a really special community-driven location so that people could come, feel safe, play games, watch sporting events, relax, have some beer, watch some live music.’
Jerry Griffin’s bread pudding: A recipe for harm reduction
“When you get homemade foods, especially homemade desserts, that means a lot to people.”
Aladdin: A Granville landmark
While restaurants, shops and banks come and go along Broadway, Aladdin remains virtually untouched by time.
Luster returns to a historic gem on Newark’s Courthouse Square
Sullivan Building in final phase of painstaking restoration
WATCH: Newark artist Emily Sekerak found her ‘soul medium’ in printmaking
“When I finally found printmaking I knew that was the medium for me.”
LOCAL NEWS
Pad-a-palooza: Granville Middle student implements free menstrual dispensaries around village
Three Granville restaurants are participating in the project: Three Tigers, Harvest Pizza and Station.
The Village of Alexandria’s police department is back after a 12-year absence
Bunting has been the sole police officer in Alexandria since 2018, and is working to rebuild the department, defunct since 2012.
Pollinator Pathway launches program to replace invasive Bradford pears with native trees
“The distinctive white blooms of Bradford pears are a false harbinger of spring’s beauty, masking the harm they inflict on our local ecosystems.”
April flooding reveals gaps in communication and planning for emergency evacuations, meeting in May could provide missing links
When any local emergency responders feel the time has come for evacuation, he said, they need to contact the EMA immediately so that it can activate the emergency plans that involve a network of partners and volunteers.
Future is uncertain for fire-ravaged Avalon Building and many former residents who still have no permanent housing
In the days and weeks that followed the fire, residents were forced to seek other accommodations. Some were able to move in with family and friends, at least temporarily, while others secured apartments in an already limited housing market.
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Licking Park District adds all-terrain wheelchairs to Infirmary Mound Park
Though the park district has already acquired two GRIT chairs, commissioners hope to one day have an entire fleet of all-terrain wheelchairs.
Hebron hopes to breathe new life into historic school building
Hebron Mayor Valerie Mockus has plenty of ideas about how to utilize the 110-year-old building and hopes it could someday house Hebron Village Hall, a community center, a library or a new space for the local historical society.
The Reporting Project journalist named as recipient of the 77th Louis Kussmaul Friendship Award
The award, presented since 1947, is typically given to a graduating Denison student who contributed significantly to “friendly relations between Granville and the College.”
Southwest Licking utility moves forward with plans to build a sewage-treatment plant west of Granville
In addition to concerns about how the discharge of treated wastewater might affect water quality in Raccoon Creek, local officials have concerns about how the treatment plant would affect growth and development in Granville, Monroe and St. Albans townships.
Buxton Inn Tavern reopens after fire and renovations; Restaurant to remain closed
The hotel reopened to overnight guests six months after the fire, and General Manager Jennifer Valenzuela said the inn will offer spaces in the inn for private events.
Barbara Franks remembered in a Taco Dan’s memorial as a fun-loving friend to all
Family and friends stood in a line a block long on April 6 to pay their respects to Franks, who died unexpectedly at age 73 on March 28.
Live solar eclipse coverage: On the scene with Ohio observers
Thousands of Ohioans live in the 124-mile-wide path of totality for the eclipse, and communities have planned ahead to handle the barrage of traffic and the influx of travelers hoping to see the eclipse.
New garden club brings monarch butterflies, native plants and a popcorn garden to Granville Intermediate School
Garden Club is brand new this year at GIS, and leaders are taking on a significant challenge: getting students away from their phones and televisions.
Potentially deadly poison hemlock is back. Now is the time to kill the invasive weed.
The noxious weed is taking hold in farm fields, in roadway ditches, along bike trails and fence lines and in yards across Ohio and beyond.
Newark native Charles P. Henry helped define Black history at Denison University
Now 76 years old and retired, Henry keeps busy with his writing and human rights work. Sometime before 1996, he realized that he wouldn’t be able to change the world as much as he thought he might be able to back when he was 18 or 21. But he continues to savor the challenge.
