Monday February 9, 2015 12:04 PMSee the original online story hereJohnstown Village Council's Feb. 3 meeting was mostly business as usual, with the exception of a mild debate regarding a street sweeper.Village service director Jack Liggett asked council to approve a measure that would allow the village to lease a new street-sweeping machine.Liggett said the… Continue reading Council sweeps aside street-cleaner lease request
Thursday February 5, 2015 5:37 PMFrom ThisWeek NewsThe family-friendly William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream is coming to Westerville this week.The Westerville South High School Theatre Department will perform the Bard's comedy at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6-8.Director Matthew Wolfe said he was surprised at how excited students… Continue reading South brings ‘page to the stage’ this week
View the online article hereMonday February 2, 2015 11:55 AMJohnstown leaders should know within two months whether applications for state funding have been approved.Johnstown in 2011, 2012 and 2013 requested a state grant to rebuild Concord Road.This year, the Ohio Public Works Commission appears to have come through with a $290,000 grant and a $340,000… Continue reading Johnstown poised to get funds for major repairs
Find it online hereImagiNeers robotics team advances to state championshipWednesday February 4, 2015 12:57 PMOne of Dublin’s middle-school robotics teams, the ImagiNeers, has qualified for the state championship for third time in a row. The FLL (First Lego League) State Championship will take place at the Ervin J. Nutter Center at Wright State University on Feb.… Continue reading Robotics team advancing to States
Originally published in ThisWeekNews Wednesday January 21, 2015 7:10 PMAt the first Dublin Board of Education meeting of 2015, the Board President and Vice-President were re-elected and online school board meeting agendas were debuted.The district will no longer distribute hard copies of agendas. Instead, community members are invited to go online to view the agendas, minutes,… Continue reading Board elects officers, hears task forces updates
Originally published in The Dublin Villager. See it online here. Wednesday January 21, 2015 11:23 AMWhile Partha Unnava was attending Dublin Coffman High School, he broke his ankle playing basketball, spent six weeks using uncomfortable traditional crutches.He started to think how he could build less-painful crutches.After graduating in 2010, he started a company, called Better Walk,… Continue reading ‘Forbes’ picks Coffman grad as one of its ’30 Under 30′
Wednesday January 21, 2015 11:29 AMAQUAPONICS LABORATORY(Photos from Gardner Watkins)David Dailey drilling holes after school Originally published in The Dublin Villager. See online version here At Dublin Scioto High School students are learning about sustainable food and environmental science first hand through a new aquaponics lab.Aquaponics combines raising aquatic animals and hydroponics.Hydroponics is the growing of plants… Continue reading Students learn about sustainable food, environmental science
Originally published hereWednesday January 14, 2015 11:03 AMParents braved the cold weather recently to attend a meeting in Karrer Middle School to discuss possible changes to the Dublin middle school schedule.Dustin Miller, the Dublin City School District's director of secondary education, walked parents through what the Middle School Schedule Task Force has been working on… Continue reading Middle school schedule discussed in parent meetings
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAYVideo from King's speeches, music, student speakers and volunteer opportunities plannedBy DEBBIE GILLUMWednesday January 14, 2015 11:06 AMDublin's 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Remembrance Celebration is planned from 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 19, in the Dublin Coffman High School Performing Arts Center.Unlike in previous years, the keynote speaker… Continue reading Dublin’s celebration Monday at Coffman
Originally published in ThisWeek News Wednesday January 14, 2015 10:58 AMDublin City Schools' commitment to efficiency has earned the district two grants totaling $85,000 from the Ohio Development Services Agency, district officials said this week.The ODSA awarded the district $50,000 for post-secondary job training and employment programs for students with developmental disabilities.The district also received a… Continue reading District receives state grants totaling $85,000
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