Officials for the Village of Montpelier put an end to a series of projects spanning decades at the village council’s meeting. The village has been under a long-term control plan through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for several decades in order to complete combined sewer overflow projects, which separates storm …
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Bryan City Council poised to limit the sale and cultivation of adult use cannabis within the city limits.
Rather than banning the sale and cultivation of adult use cannabis within the city limits, Bryan City Council seems poised to limit those actions. Council previously had two ordinances it was considering that would have banned the sale and cultivation of adult, recreational use marijuana, which was approved earlier this …
Read More »Preliminary injunction is sought to broaden the scope of a health or life exception to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban.
Abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center sought a preliminary injunction to broaden the scope of a health or life exception to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban and to expand the sites where the procedures can be performed. The ban outlaws abortion even in cases presenting a serious health risk and …
Read More »Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7.
Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. That prospect seems increasingly uncertain. Existing abortion-related lawsuits are moving again through the courts now that voters have decided the issue, raising questions about how …
Read More »Galen A. Cornell, 62
Galen A. Cornell, age 62, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 11:37 A.M. on Friday, November 24, 2023, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Cornell was a 1980 graduate of Edgerton High School and had been employed by Edgerton Forge, retiring …
Read More »Luella M. (Scott) Rockey, 95
Luella M. Rockey, 95 of Montpelier, passed away on Thursday, November 23, 2023 surrounded by her family. She began and ended her journey in the same home that she lived in her entire life. She was born on May 18, 1928 to Harvey and Clara (Henry) Scott, Sr. In 1946 …
Read More »Frances I. “Fran” Platt, 75
Frances I. “Fran” Platt, 75, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Friday, November 24, 2023, in her residence. Fran was born March 1, 1948, in Bryan, Ohio, daughter of the late Charles F. and Nora J. (Moore) Koch. She was a 1966 graduate of Bryan High School, and received an associate …
Read More »Linda K. Kitchen, 78
Linda K. Kitchen, age 78, of Bryan, passed away Tuesday evening, November 21, 2023 at Parkview Bryan Hospital following a sudden illness. Linda retired as a field manager for the American Red Cross Fort Wayne Chapter with over 25 years of service. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, making …
Read More »Judith A. Roy, 75
Judith A. Roy, age 75, of Bryan, passed away early Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at her home following a sudden illness. Judy retired from the Montpelier School system as a 3rd grade teacher with 30 years of service. She was a very active and devout member of St. Patrick Catholic …
Read More »Budget time in Bryan.
The Bryan Board of Public Affairs is presented with the Bryan Municipal Utilities proposed budgets for 2024. On the electric side, operations and management shows a total of $21 million dollars in revenue, with $20 million of that coming from charges for service. Electric expenses are being proposed at $19.2 …
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