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Getting to know each other
The full Jay County Development Corporation board of directors held its first meeting with new executive director Ceann Bales on Tuesday, hearing a report about what she has done in her first weeks on the job and going through an orientation process.
New vet clinic planned
Portland City Council referred a tax abatement request from NAC Holdings for $250,000 in renovations to 1609 N. Meridian St. to the city’s tax abatement advisory committee. Plans are to utilize the building for the new Nose-to-Tail Animal Clinic.
Seniors honored
Jay County High School’s seniors were awarded almost $1.8 million in awards and scholarships Monday during its annual Honors Night.
Redkey woman gets 18 months in prison
Christina Moles, also known as Tina Lashley, 50, Redkey, was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $567,010 in restitution in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Shifting timeline
Jeff Hersha of Jones and Henry Engineers of Fort Wayne, updated Portland Board of Works on the project Thursday and asked that a work session be scheduled to update the city’s long-term control plan.
Fatality on 26
Gregory C. McEldowney, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident on the north side of the highway between county roads 500 East and 600 East.
Battery storage pause advances
Portland Plan Commission members voted unanimously to recommend to Portland City Council that it place a one-year moratorium.
Reviving Giles
It was a special treat during state testing, a chance to leave those stresses behind and enjoy the 78-degree, sunny weather.
Dunkirk man pleads to series of car thefts
Anthony T. Myers, 23, 10770 W. 200 North, pleaded Monday in Jay Circuit Court to four burglary charges, all Level 5 felonies, along with two Level 5 felonies for theft of a firearm, a Level 5 felony for altering a firearm’s identifying marks and 12 counts of auto theft, all …
County selects Jessica Curtis
Jay County Commissioners selected Jessica Curtis as the department’s new shift supervisor, also referred to as a director, and training officer on Monday.
Former JEMS director charged
John R. McFarland, 49, 805 W. Race St., Portland, was charged Monday in Jay Circuit Court with two Level 5 felonies, three Level 6 felonies and two misdemeanors for charges relating to possession of narcotics, controlled substances, marijuana and paraphernalia, as well as unlawful possession of a syringe.
Head Start closed in Dunkirk
Pam Robbins of West Jay Community Center reported to Dunkirk City Council that the Head Start classroom that was located in the facility has been shut down.
Moratoriums put in place
County puts freeze on new solar and battery storage facilities to review and develop ordinances
Hosbach leading state association
A local health care provider is leading a statewide organization. Dr. Edward Hosbach of Mercer Health was recently inducted as the president of the Ohio Osteopathic Association. During the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium in Columbus.
Viability concerns
Portland Redevelopment Commission spent most of its meeting Friday discussing the county’s planned development of 68 acres on the city’s west side.
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