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These signs were the subject of controversy in Marquette

These signs were the subject of controversy in Marquette

Sign issue resolved in Marquette

Elizabeth Hunter
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The Marquette Village Board unanimously voted to approve an amendment that will require property owners in Marquette to apply to the county zoning commission for permits to display “yard art” during its regular meeting Monday night.
Those attending last week’s Streeter Apartments open house included, front from left: Jannelle Seim, Jeff Juzyk, Kimberly Jasa Harris. Second row: Matt Shaw, Julie Jensen, Kelsey Bergen. Third row: Justise Rhoden, Jennifer Dennis. Fourth row: Jake Richardson, Michelle Lubken. Back row: Jesse Dubas, Christian Evans, Gary Warren, Nick Heinrichs, Jacob Arendt, Wade Regier.

Those attending last week’s Streeter Apartments open house included, front from left: Jannelle Seim, Jeff Juzyk, Kimberly Jasa Harris. Second row: Matt Shaw, Julie Jensen, Kelsey Bergen. Third row: Justise Rhoden, Jennifer Dennis. Fourth row: Jake Richardson, Michelle Lubken. Back row: Jesse Dubas, Christian Evans, Gary Warren, Nick Heinrichs, Jacob Arendt, Wade Regier.

AHDC celebrates debut of Streeter Apartments

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Two new apartment complexes were showcased last week during an open house celebrating the cooperation and partnerships required to expand Aurora’s housing inventory.The Aurora Housing Development Corporation hosted the event Oct.
What was once the kitchen for the former Hordville School is undergoing a $60,000 renovation for its current use as the kitchen of the Hordville Event Center. The work is being funded mostly by grants from the Hamilton Community Foundation.

What was once the kitchen for the former Hordville School is undergoing a $60,000 renovation for its current use as the kitchen of the Hordville Event Center. The work is being funded mostly by grants from the Hamilton Community Foundation.

Hordville plans for community growth

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The Village of Hordville in northern Hamilton County saw a big jump in the town’s operating budget for the new fiscal year when the budget was approved last month — 178 percent!
Outgoing Hamilton County Emergency Management Director Kirt Smith works at his desk at the Aurora Fire Station.

Outgoing Hamilton County Emergency Management Director Kirt Smith works at his desk at the Aurora Fire Station.

Smith reflects on 32 years with county EMS

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Hamilton County’s first full-time and now outgoing emergency management director, Kirt Smith, looks back on his more than three decades of working in local emergency services with a great deal of satisfaction and gratitude for those around him who he says have made his job easier.
Aurora 4R School Board news

Aurora 4R School Board news

4R school board focused in on strategic plan

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The Aurora 4R School Board could start discussing reports and possible action items, including facility needs, as early as next month stemming from a strategic planning process that began approximately two years ago.Supt.
Gene Joseph displays a day’s catch on one of his many fishing trips to Lake Erie. He has been taking friends to an island near Port Clinton, Ohio, for the past 15 years.

Gene Joseph displays a day’s catch on one of his many fishing trips to Lake Erie. He has been taking friends to an island near Port Clinton, Ohio, for the past 15 years.

Gone fishin’ on Lake Erie

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The lure of the great outdoors is always calling Gene Joseph’s name.The Hampton businessman finds himself often thinking of or planning the next hunting or fishing excursion and has a lifetime of stories to share.
Jeremy Burgener carries one of the geese he downed on a hunting outing last winter.

Jeremy Burgener carries one of the geese he downed on a hunting outing last winter.

Jeremy Burgener enjoys the fellowship of the hunting blind

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Since Jeremy Burgener became an avid waterfowl hunter several years ago, he suspects his wife, Tessa, sometimes regrets she urged him to take up the sport after the couple moved to Aurora.
Up to 128 bags of shoes were collected by the Aurora Chapter of Philanthropic Educational Organization (A.C. PEO) and were placed by the storage building of Hamilton Telecommunications Oct. 9 for pick-up. More than $1300 will be collected by PEO to give back to women in the community through grants, loans and scholarships.

Up to 128 bags of shoes were collected by the Aurora Chapter of Philanthropic Educational Organization (A.C. PEO) and were placed by the storage building of Hamilton Telecommunications Oct. 9 for pick-up. More than $1300 will be collected by PEO to give back to women in the community through grants, loans and scholarships.

PEO funds 3,200 pairs of shoes

Elizabeth Hunter
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Aurora chapter members of the Philanthropic Educational Organization (A.C. PEO) gathered Oct. 9 to load 128 bags containing 3,200 pairs of shoes for pick-up as a result of its second annual shoe fundraiser.