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Longtime residents of Green Chapel Road watch on TV as dignitaries christen the “Silicon Heartland” just across the road
They weren’t invited to the party across Green Chapel Road on Friday. No calls, no mailers, no knocks on the door of Danny and Barbara Vanhoose about the big event hosted by their new neighbor. Intel is moving in, and everything along Monroe Township Road 63, a mile south of Johnstown, has changed in a matter of weeks.
Hopers & Prayers & Magic-Bean-Buyers
Students cook meals on wood-burning stoves. They feed food scraps to the chickens. They endure 40 degree nights in their bedrooms. This is college living close to nature. But is it really helping the environment?
Who’s gonna pay for all this?
This is a wide ranging look at the environmental impact of the modern college campus–from whether or not red solo cups should be recycled, to questioning whether recycling even matters at all. Oh, and how’s the garbage man doing?
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After 2 decades, First Federal gets OK to demolish Granville house under certain conditions
Neighbors and the planning commission staff have said for years that the bank was practicing “demolition by neglect” by not maintaining the property, which is just east of Prospect Street, behind the brick building formerly occupied by Three Tigers Brewing Co.
World War II veteran invited to help lead Columbus Independence Day parade recalls liberating concentration camp
The mission was as sickening as it was vital to ending World War II. The U.S. troops moving toward Nordhausen, Germany, in April of 1945 could smell death from two miles away, said Robert Coyne, who at the time was a tank gunner so young that he hadn’t yet finished high school in his hometown […]
Women’s group founded in Granville will continue to fight for abortion access in ‘a world without Roe v. Wade’
In a word, the news was “devastating,” said Sam Woodring, the head of communications for Women Have Options / Ohio, relaying the feelings of the group after hearing Friday morning that the U.S. Supreme Court had reversed Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nearly 50 years ago. “We’re obviously devastated,” Woodring said. “It’s hard to […]
With July 4 coming soon, plans for Granville’s annual celebration kicks into high gear
The Independence Day celebration in Granville is just a few days away, but the planning for Licking County’s biggest July 4 event has been underway since the last one ended. Jerry and Lesa Miller organize the annual celebration on behalf of the Granville Kiwanis club, which has hosted the event as a community service since […]
INTEL on INTEL
From Farms to Silicon in the Heartland: Longtime Residents Watch the World Change from Their Living Room Window
It’s been half a lifetime since Barbara Vanhoose lived anywhere close to an ocean or the mountains. But outside the bay window of her living room in rural Licking County, she can picture places from her past. “I had told my husband when I was younger that corn makes me think of the ocean because […]
Repurposing Wood, Repurposing Land: A Local Business Faces Coming Change
Amy Kent ran her finger around a dark ring in the center of a 2-and-a-half foot wide walnut log. “A lot of the times, I can tell you exactly where the trees came from,” Kent said. She takes pride in repurposing downed trees from nearby woods for the small business she and her partner, Jeff […]
Report Raises Important Questions About Intel for Ohio’s Next Governor, Provides Historical Context for Large-Scale Development
Experts in finance and manufacturing at The Ohio State University point out in a new report that, while Honda is often cited as an example of what Intel could become in Ohio, there are plenty of examples of other large-scale development investments in Ohio and elsewhere that didn’t prove to be as successful or enduring.
Intel CEO Interview in The New York Times
In a recent interview, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger talked about the present and future of the chip manufacturer that is about to spark some big changes in Licking County.
President Joe Biden Refers to the Intel Project During his State of the Union Address
Comments made by the president during his State of the Union Address had some of us at The Reporting Project scratching our heads.
Johnstown Community Wants to Know What’s Happening
Johnstown, Ohio, officials told community members at a recent council meeting they are working to better respond to community concerns about the coming Intel project. Read Jack Nimeshiem’s story in The Newark Advocate.
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60th year of Granville Kiwanis’ Fourth of July celebration brings community together
Community, friendship and family. The four-day Independence Day celebration in Granville is a homecoming event that exudes the qualities of a Norman Rockwell painting. It’s visible on the faces of wide-eyed children lined up for the ferris wheel, Zero Gravity and Tubs of Fun rides. You can see it in the way people volunteer to […]
From Farms to Silicon in the Heartland: Longtime Residents Watch the World Change from Their Living Room Window
It’s been half a lifetime since Barbara Vanhoose lived anywhere close to an ocean or the mountains. But outside the bay window of her living room in rural Licking County, she can picture places from her past. “I had told my husband when I was younger that corn makes me think of the ocean because […]
Repurposing Wood, Repurposing Land: A Local Business Faces Coming Change
Amy Kent ran her finger around a dark ring in the center of a 2-and-a-half foot wide walnut log. “A lot of the times, I can tell you exactly where the trees came from,” Kent said. She takes pride in repurposing downed trees from nearby woods for the small business she and her partner, Jeff […]
Can Red Solo Go Green?
College students use a lot of plastic solo cups. A LOT! They use them and they throw them away.
One student dares to stand up and ask, “Can we do better?” Jack Reaney shares his experiences in this award-winning audio story.
