MSP Farmer’s Market returns to the Esplanade Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
The Farmer’s Market, sponsored by Main Street Portsmouth, has returned for another season to the Roy Rogers Esplanade in downtown Portsmouth.
“We have a collection of vendors with things like organic meats, baked goods, honeys, jams, planted flowers, and some vegetables,” Main Street Portsmouth Interim Director Sarah Surina said.
Surina herself was offering fresh honey for sale.
“My brother is a beekeepe...
Ohio Cannabis Rights amendment clears hurdle Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Friday certified the petition for the proposed constitutional amendment submitted by the Ohio Rights Group dealing with the legalization of therapeutic marijuana in the state.
On May 7, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office received a written petition to amend the Ohio Constitution by adding the Ohio Cannabis Rights Amendment. The submission was certified Friday as containing b...
Third Ward council seat now contested Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Kevin E. Johnson, the only person who filed petitions to have his name on the November ballot to become Third Ward City Councilman, may have opposition after all. According to the Scioto County Board of Elections, Lance Richardson, who resides in the Third Ward, has taken out a paper in anticipation of being a write-in candidate for that position.
A spokesperson for the Board of Elections said Richardson has...
Exsell opens new office in Wheelersburg Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Exsell Realty Group has hung up a new sign in a new location on Center Street across from the post office in Wheelersburg. Friday they were serving refreshments and meeting new people.
“This is our eighth year in real estate, me as a company and a broker,” owner and broker Nakia T.J. Steward said. “I’ve been in business for 10 years in the real estate business in the Scioto County area.”
Steward said locat...
Vinton County woman charged with rape Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Vinton County Prosecutor Trecia Kimes-Brown and Vinton County Sheriff Shawn Justice announced Thursday the arrest of a McArthur woman on a 12-count indictment alleging she sexually assaulted a child.
A Vinton County Grand Jury indicted Cassandra Holsinger on three counts each of rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, and kidnapping.
“The acts this woman is accused...
Bridge replaced at NB’s Millbrook Park Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
The Village of New Boston on Thursday installed a new walking bridge at Millbrook Park to replace the original wooden bridge that washed away in 2007 flood.
New Boston Councilman Dan Fetty said the village received $5,000 from a damage claim filed with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, after the original bridge was washed away in a 2007 flood that sank most of the lower-east end of the village u...
Wenstrup votes to repeal Obamacare Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
For the 37th time the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to repeal or defund the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is now in the final months before full implementation on Jan. 1. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH2) was one of those who voted for the full repeal.
The repeal measure was authored by Representative Michele Bachmann, former Republican presidential candidate and Tea Party leader,...
Film director promotes movie at Portsmouth Cinema Ryan Scott Ottney
PDT Staff Writer
In 2005, an unlikely team of high school boys in Gibsonburg, Ohio, had one of their worst baseball seasons ever with a first-year coach, only to come back in tournament play to win the state championship. Their amazing true-story inspired a book and movie, titled “Gibsonburg,” and director Bob Mahaffey was promoting the film at Portsmouth 8 Cinema Friday afternoon.
But the amazing success of the newcom...
SRS faces fee increase due to missing work permit Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Because of a little known ordinance, the city of Portsmouth has doubled the fee involved in the construction work being done at 3008 Willow Way, a house purchased by Scioto Residential Services for the housing of clients with disabilities.
In recent days the purchase has been a point of controversy with several citizens of that area coming before Portsmouth City Council to request intervention by the city, c...
Compass withdraws request for monastery rezoning Frank Lewis
PDT Staff Writer
Compass Community Health is withdrawing it’s request for the rezoning of the property at 2311 Stockham Lane in Portsmouth.
Compass Community Health was looking to turn the former Saint Joseph Adoration Monastery into a medical facility for women with high-risk pregnancies as a result of addiction or other social problems.
In an open letter to the community, Ed Hughes, CEO of Compass Community Health, said,...
