07/26/2024

Berea's Treehouse Adventure: Kids and Adults Flock to Rope Bridge Attraction: Around the Town

BEREA, Ohio — I wrote about the Coe Lake Treehouse shortly after Zerbe Construction Co. broke ground for it in March and again following a first look a couple of weeks before the ribbon was cut on July 16 — opening the $700,000 project to the public.

07/26/2024

Ohio Department of Development Gives $1.5 Million for Monroe County Road Repair, Saving 35 Mining Jobs

MONROE COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — One month of rain, dozens of road slips.

Flooding damage in Monroe County put access to a mining business in jeopardy, until a state program stepped in to repave, and save 35 jobs.

A small ceremony at American Mine Services Thursday commemorated work five years in the making.

07/25/2024

How to Watch the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is set for Friday. 

Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 10,500 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 3.7 miles. This will start the ceremony, not mark the end of it, another break from tradition.

CEREMONY START TIME

The ceremony starts at 1:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CEST and is expected to last more than three hours.

07/25/2024

County Engineer Celebrates Retirement, Passes Torch

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Montgomery County Engineer is celebrating “no work ahead.”

Paul Gruner has served as the Montgomery County Engineer for 13 years, after serving in the private sector for 30 years.

On Thursday, his office celebrated his next chapter — retirement. Colleagues from throughout his career joined in the party, signing a construction sign made for the occasion.

07/25/2024

Bridgeworks Design Evolves Again - Minus Hotel

An ever-changing lending market has caused designs to change again for the proposed Bridgeworks development, 2429 W. Superior in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. Some things were noticeably different in the plans — no hotel, no retail/restaurants, a big increase in the number of apartments, and a variety of colors and materials in the façade which, at first glance, makes the long building look like five or six structures.