Whispering Ridge Tree Farm, located in Monroe County and owned by John and Bess Lusk, has been named the 2018 Ohio Tree Farm of the Year by the Ohio Tree Farm Committee, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
Gifts of Love Coordinator Audrey Lohrey wants to help as many children as possible during the holiday season.
In order to accomplish that, Gifts of Love is working with the Lewisville Community Pantry to try to provide for every child in need in the county.
The proposed natural gas power plant at the former Ormet site in Hannibal cleared its second of three hurdles Tuesday, Oct. 9 when the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District Board of Education approved a memorandum of understanding with Ohio River Partners Shareholders.
Nicole Snyder saw her company had radios it wasn’t using and she immediately thought of how it could benefit the county where she works.
Monroe Central High School graduate Ciara Smith was named Muskingum University’s Science Student of the Month in September.
Smith is a senior Biology major on the pre-medicine track at Muskingum University.
Local firefighters attended a county fire training recently at the Woodsfield Fire Station.
Members of the Antioch, Beallsville, Graysville and Woodsfield volunteer fire departments attended the training.
For 96 years, the Woodsfield Kiwanis Club has played a role in the Woodsfield and Monroe County communities through its community service projects.
After 96 years, the Club is still going strong and has begun planning the annual Thanksgiving Dinner project.
It was a bittersweet 76th Annual Meeting of the Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) as the late David Landefeld, who had been a staple at SWCD office for 36 years when he passed away in July, was honored with The Clarence Reich “Friend of Conservation” Award Saturday, Oct. 6.
Woodsfield Moose Lodge 2247 presents scholarships to local students each year.
This year, eight area students were presented scholarships by Woodsfield Moose Lodge 2247 and the Women’s Chapter of the Moose No. 1569.
The volleyball program at Woodsfield Elementary School and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department are teaming up once again in the fight against cancer.
On Wednesday, Oct. 24, the two groups will be competing in their third annual Volley for a Cure game.
Staff at Monroe County Care Center and Brandywoods Assisted Living loved having Laverne Shapley and her two-year-old German Shepherd dog Nahla come visit their residents Sept. 26.
Nahla is being trained as a therapy dog.
It was supposed to be my crowning achievement, the pinnacle of my adult-life athletic success.
Whispering Ridge Tree Farm, located in Monroe County and owned by John and Bess Lusk, has been named the 2018 Ohio Tree Farm of the Year by the Ohio Tree Farm Committee
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Beallsville gave itself a chance to pick up its second win of the season Friday, Oct. 12 when it hosted Conotton Valley.
It was supposed to be my crowning achievement, the pinnacle of my adult-life athletic success.
