Category: In Your Neighborhood
18
Nov
A Clothesline of Quilts
by Emma Stefanick
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When Donna Sue Groves and her mother Maxine moved to an Adams County farm in 1989, an old Mail Pouch Tobacco barn sat on the property of their new home. Finding it to be ugly, Groves made...
18
Nov
Two Ohio towns claim they’re the “Switzerland of Ohio”
by Nathan Hart
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Rolling hills, a sea of green, fertile land and ample space are what settlers from Switzerland saw when they came across Monroe County, sometimes referred to as...
18
Nov
In Zanesville, Alpaca Farm Looks to Educate: Albert and Rebecca Camma have grown to love the animals, and look to spread their knowledge
by Will Price
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As Albert Camma walks his farm, he has time to reflect on the endeavor he’s been working on for over a decade. “We’ve always felt...
04
May
Food Cupboard lends a helping hand
by Justin Thompson
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Nelsonville Food Cupboard, powered by volunteers, feeds the hungry and fosters community On a cold Saturday in February, the sidewalk outside the Nelsonville Food Cupboard is covered...
04
May
Pump House Center for the Arts, Rich History with Present-Day Success
by Larissa Berwell
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How a 19th Century arts center remains a staple in the Chillicothe community Pump House Center for the Arts in Chillicothe is one of the...
04
May
The Plains Lions Club Bags to Benches Project
by Mackenzie Mayer
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The Plains Lions Club has served The Plains community since the 1990s. It does what is necessary to help seniors, youth groups, hospitals and clinics. Like so much else in...
04
May
Inside Logan’s local Axe Throwing Bar
by Emily Gayton
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Cheers and the sound of clattering axes ring out from the wooden stalls of Bury the Axe Hatchet Throwing Bar inside Logan’s Hungry Buffalo. In one stall,...
01
Dec
Motorcycle Maverick
by Grant Richey
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Record-Setting Hillclimber Early Bowlby Calls Logan Home A wooden cottage sits atop a gravel driveway. A deck on its outer end faces a wall of trees blocking...
20
Sep
Artist Turns Beer Caps into Portraits
by Molly Zunski
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Sitting inside Zanesville’s Weasel Boy Brewing Company, artist John Taylor-Lehman talks about his passion for artwork, which, at a distance, some confuse for paintings. Upon closer inspection, spectators come to...
20
Sep
Professors Turn Pollution into Paint
by Courtney Perrett
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Dr. Guy Riefler, an engineering professor at Ohio University (Athens), has devoted his research efforts to solving the extensive acid mine drainage problem in Southeast Ohio. “As...