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NEW PHILADELPHIA – The city is considering putting a parks levy on the ballot this November. After months of tense budget discussions among city administrators and Council members, Mayor Joel Day told Council the city’s financial structure is outdated and unsustainable, and a 5-year, 2.4-mill levy to fund the parks […]

The Tuscarawas County Health Department will spray for mosquitoes in Fairfield Township Wednesday night from 8 to 11 p.m. It will be rescheduled if the weather is bad. Health officials say surveillance along Ohio Route 212 identified a significant increase in the adult mosquito population, with large trap counts exceeding […]

BOLIVAR – Fort Laurens on Saturday will rededicate its tribute to American soldiers who lost their lives defending Ohio’s only Revolutionary War fort. The rededication of the Tomb of the Unknown Patriot will take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday in honor of 23 soldiers who died at Fort Laurens […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Panelists at Thursday’s property tax forum at the Tuscarawas County Public Library did not have an answer for what could replace property taxes as the main source of funding for most local government agencies. Leonard Gilbert from the Committee to Abolish Property Tax says governments would have […]

DOVER – These are the final weeks before city offices move to a new location a block away. The move from 110 E. Third St. to 321 N. Wooster Ave. has been anticipated since the city bought the former First Federal Bank building in 2024. Delays, including a significant one […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Former Uhrichsville mayor Mark Haney is in the Tuscarawas County Jail to begin serving a 10-day jail sentence. Haney pleaded guilty to felony theft and soliciting improper compensation in April related to charges from the state auditor’s office alleging he used city funds to pay for personal […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office has identified the body found in the Tuscarawas River Monday afternoon as 29-year-old Jacob Holbrook. The coroner’s report on the cause of death is still pending. The report lists Holbrook as homeless and of the New Philadelphia area. Sheriff’s Detective Capt. Adam […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Rescue workers pulled a body from the Tuscarawas River Monday afternoon. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Detective Capt. Adam Fisher spoke shortly after rescue workers brought the body to the shore near the dock by the Waterworks ball fields just after 4 p.m. At the time, he said they […]

DOVER – A new restaurant moving into an old downtown location is the latest beneficiary of the city’s bed tax grants. Tribute Bistro is moving into the former Factory Street Pub & Grill in a 100-plus-year-old building on North Tuscarawas Avenue. The city is giving the new restaurant owners $4,100 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – There have been developments in several previously reported on criminal cases in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court. ACCUSED DRUG DEALER CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER SENTEND TO 5-7 ½ YEARS An accused drug dealer will spend five to seven and a half years in prison for providing the drugs […]