menu Home

hammerstrom.bill



Dover Light and Power earns awards

October 9, 2025

DOVER – The Mayor is putting the city’s Light and Power Plant on a pedestal this week. The employees at Dover Light and Power and the electric field division earned multiple awards at this year’s American Municipal Power Conference. The honors included two awards for safety in generating, transmitting and […]



Dover Mayor: Commercial development coming to former GE property

October 8, 2025

DOVER – City officials are anticipating some more commercial development along South Wooster Avenue after the sale of a portion of the former General Electric property. Mayor Shane Gunnoe says the development group MTTJ Properties has purchased just over three acres of land fronting South Wooster Avenue across from Speedway. […]


Band assistant sentenced to probation, residential treatment

October 8, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A former New Philadelphia band assistant will spend five years on probation for exchanging inappropriate photos with a student. Brandon Furbay, 27, in August pleaded guilty to two fifth-degree felony counts: “illegal use of a minor or impaired person in nudity-oriented material or performance,” and “disseminating matter […]



Dueling Pianos event benefits homeless shelter

October 6, 2025

NEW PHILADEPHIA – The Friends of the Homeless are planning a dueling pianos fundraiser as Jack’s House of Hope homeless shelter nears an expected December opening. Board President Rev. Joe Svancara says the Friends of the Homeless have raised $4.5 million toward a $5.5 million dollar goal, mainly through donations […]




In court, officers describe August drownings at Atwood

September 30, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Law enforcement officers provided the most detailed description of the Aug. 23 drowning deaths at Atwood Lake in court on Monday. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Ernest sided with Prosecutor Ryan Styer in not granting bail for 40-year-old Ruth Miller, who is in jail and […]