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BOIL ADVISORY IN HEATH
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Boil Advisory has been issued in Heath for residents on Custer Road
from 11 to 96 Custer and also 651 Partridge Road in the Southgate
Addition.
A water main break is the reason for the advisory, which will
remain in effect for the next 48 hours.
SHOOTING DEATH IN NEWARK
One man is dead
after apparently shooting himself outside a Newark bar.
Tuesday a little after 11:20 p.m. police responded to a call
of shots being fired at Eastern Beer, Liquor and Food located at 597
East Main Street. By the time they arrived on the scene they found the man
lying outside the establishment.
He fired several rounds into the building before turning the
gun on himself. The
man’s name has not been released.
NEWARK FIELD
FIRE
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Tuesday afternoon fire in Newark scorched almost two acres of land
at the Newark Area Soccer Association fields located off of North
21st Street. Crews from several fire departments were called to the
scene shortly after 4:30 p.m. and had the blaze contained in about
thirty minutes. Officials
believe a wheelbarrow full of wood that was burned Saturday near the
fields tipped over and sparked the blaze.
RENTAL REGISTRATION
Newark’s Rental
Registration Ad Hoc Committee will meet for the first time tomorrow
night in City Council Chambers.
4th Ward Councilwoman Rhonda Loomis says the
committee was formed to address blight in the city.
Newark
4th Ward
Councilwoman Rhonda Loomis
Loomis said having
property owners registered will hopefully make it easier to address
problems. Thursday’s
meeting gets underway at 5:30 p.m.
HUDSON
LEAVING NORTHRIDGE
Northridge
Local Schools Treasurer Jim Hudson is leaving the district for a
similar position in northeast Ohio.
Hudson has been hired as the new treasurer for the Medina
City School District. He has served as Northridge treasurer for
close to two years. His
first day on the job in Medina will be March 1.
GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED
FOOD
Higher-yield, genetically-engineered food is often touted as the answer
for food insecurity, but some say it’s leading our agriculture
system down a dangerous path. The
founder of the Center for Food Safety, Andrew Kimbrell, says without
regulation, toxic chemicals will become more and more prevalent in
the food we eat.
Andrew
Kimbrell Founder of the Center for Food Safety
Supporters of
genetically-modified foods say they can solve hunger and help a
farmer's bottom line. Opponents
counter that they could be dangerous, and that there aren't
regulations in place to manage them responsibly. Kimbrell will speak
at the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Conference on February 19 in
Granville.
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