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Parks improvements put on hold
Uncertainty surrounding a lease between MetroParks of Butler County and the city of Middletown means improvements at Sebald Park have been put on hold.The city’s second 10-year lease with MetroParks expired at the end of last year. Instead of renewing the lease for another decade, the city approved extending the ...
Downtown foot traffic picking up
Downtown Middletown has had no problem drawing scores of people to concerts and events held there, but maintaining a daily flow of foot traffic once the fanfare subsides continues to be a challenge. Hundreds of people — some of them out-of-towners — attend the monthly First Friday events at the ...
Trustees hire retired Glendale police chief
The Fairfield Twp. Police Department has named its fifth chief since the department became a full-time agency in 1975. Trustees voted 3-0 on Friday to hire Matthew Fruchey, a retired Glendale Police Department police chief. Police Chief Richard St. John announced his retirement last October after 13 years leading the ...
Middletown to join other cities against proposed legislation
City Council next week is expected to vote to oppose a tax uniformity bill that could cost the city upwards of $600,000 a year if it passes. House Bill 5, which is the re-introduction of House Bill 601 from the 129th General Assembly, is proposing sweeping changes in ...
As businesses leave Middletown, so do leaders
Look down the roster of any Middletown government committee, council, commission or nonprofit’s board of directors, and you will likely see a lot of the same names.They’re the same people who have volunteered or sought political office time and again. They’re from prominent families in the city, and many work ...
Monroe to install new traffic signals, fiber optic cable
The Ohio Department of Transportation will award a $1.3 million project next month to install new traffic signals and fiber optic cable in Monroe.However, one City Council member felt Monroe’s $239,466 share of the state project could have been better spent.“We have a lot of streets that need fixed; we ...
Hundreds of jobs committed to Middletown in next decade
Ten tax incentive agreements between the city and local companies are expected to create more than 850 new jobs and inject millions of dollars into Middletown’s economy by 2025.A Middletown Journal analysis of the city’s Enterprise Zone Agreements found that more than one-third of those jobs, or 329, paying more ...
$1.3M project to upgrade traffic signals on Ohio 63
A proposed $1.3 million project designed to upgrade traffic signals along Ohio 63 also includes installing fiber optic cable to help with future economic development.The Ohio Department of Transportation will bid and manage the construction of the so-called Signal Inter-Connect project, which will connect nine traffic signals within the city ...
3 teens hurt in Middletown crash
Three people were transported to a Middletown hospital following a two-car accident around 2:30 p.m. today near the interesection of North Breiel Boulevard and Rosedale Road, according to police.It appeared the accident victims were high school age, police said. They were transported to Atrium Medical Center.The two cars were towed ...
Imagination Library fundraiser set for next weekend
The Middletown chapter of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library is succeeding, according to anecdotal and statistical data, but supporters say it can achieve more success.Since 2009, the program named for the country singing legend has seen more than 60,000 books being distributed to pre-kindergarten children in the Middletown, Monroe, Edgewood ...
New downtown Middletown restaurant open
Mark Bursley said his new restaurant, Stained 1054 Bistro, can be another destination location in downtown’s revitalization. Bursley, who also owns The Red Onion in Monroe, will open the new restaurant today. “Just like the Red Onion, we’re going to pull from Cincinnati and Dayton, we’re going to be pulling ...
Majestic brings curb appeal to customer’s property
Rick Gibbs can often be seen around the city singing — at churches, weddings or various community events, or even while cleaning some of the city’s windows.For the past 14 years, Gibbs, a Madision Twp. native and owner of Majestic Window Cleaning & More, has been cleaning windows in Middletown ...
City Council considers sale of Weatherwax under certain conditions
A majority of Middletown City Council members say they are willing to sell the 41-year-old Weatherwax Golf Course; it’s just a matter of when. Councilman A.J. Smith says to sell it now. Vice Mayor Dan Picard acknowledged he would listen if a buyer came along with the right offer, but ...
Middletown native to run against Boehner
Andy Hounshell believes he can do something no one has done ever: beat Speaker of the House John Boehner for his 8th District seat. Hounshell, a 37-year-old AK Steel employee and IAM Local 1943 vice president, will announce his candidacy for the 2014 race against Boehner on Friday at a ...
Partnership to help city’s small businesses grow
To help Middletown grow its business base, a series of four seminars at Cincinnati State Middletown are designed to give new and young entrepreneurs owners a better chance at success. The series is expected to serve as an incubator of sorts for the city and help develop start-ups and new ...
Drivers still adapting to Butler County superstreets
After one year in operation, three Butler County thoroughfares on the cutting edge of transportation engineering in Ohio still have motorists divided: they either love them or they hate them. The state-of-the art infrastructure is a cost-effective way to manage traffic in growing suburban areas, according to the county engineer’s ...
Butler County cities must repair critical water, sewer lines piece by piece
Butler County’s two largest cities will spend nearly $10 million this year repairing aging water and sewer lines. More than $7.2 million worth of water, sanitary and storm water repair work is scheduled in Middletown for 2013.In Hamilton, an estimated $2.3 million in water main replacement projects are scheduled for ...
City to continue golf course debate Tuesday
Weatherwax Golf Course will be the subject of a second work session in as many months on Tuesday, and a possible direction on the future of the subsidized public course could be announced.The city financed a bond to pay for the course to be remodeled in the 1990s. There’s just ...
Cultural exchange program comes to Middletown
Art Central Foundation’s first piece of public art will celebrate a rare trip to the city by two Cuban artists. Beginning April 1, artists Jorge Nuñez and Luis Eliades will visit Middletown as part of ReART, an international cultural exchange program. They will present their works at the Pendleton Art ...
Sorg work more than just a roof repair
While replacing the Sorg Opera House’s roof is necessary, the group that purchased the 19th century building says the project means so much more. That roof replacement is a linchpin in the revitalization efforts of the historic downtown building at 63 S. Main St. “It’s a building-saving effort,” said Chuck ...
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