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DENNISON (WJER) (June 5, 2023) – Village voters will likely be deciding on a property tax increase in November. Mayor Greg DiDonato says they’re planning to ask for a replacement of the town’s 2.4-mill operating levy to offset inflationary costs. “As you know, we just gave massive raises, and they […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 5, 2023) – The New Philadelphia VFW was trying to line Broadway with images of local military veterans for Memorial Day but missed the goal by a couple of days. Post Commander Steve Chenevey says their inaugural batch of Hometown Hero banners will still be going […]

DOVER – (WJER) (June 5, 2023)  – A new playground is opening this week at the Tuscarawas County YMCA, built from about $175,000 in donations. YMCA CEO Meagan Shaheen is inviting the community to a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at 1:15 p.m. to debut the project spearheaded by the Dover-New Philadelphia […]

DENNISON (WJER) (June 2, 2023) – The annual Dennison Railroad Festival kicks into high gear today with its first full day of activities downtown. The festival ran in just the evenings its first two days Wednesday and Thursday. But that changes today, with the midway opening at noon. Festival Board […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 1, 2023) – Firefighters say no one was injured in a late-morning blaze at the Quaker Mobile Home Park that was originally called in as a burn complaint. New Philadelphia Fire Captain Bert Snyder says they decided to treat the call as a working structure fire, […]

DENNISON (WJER) (June 1, 2023) – Ninety years of flood reduction and recreational history for the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District is now on display for the public’s viewing. That’s the theme of a new exhibit filling a train car at the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, a mother-son collaboration between Museum […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 31, 2023) – Tuscarawas County’s JFS office is extending a helping hand to the 75 people whose lives were upended by Sunday’s fire at the Jaycee Village apartments. Eligibility Referral Supervisor Debbie Whitney says the agency has funding available through its Prevention, Retention, and Contingency program […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 31, 2023) – The State Highway Patrol says a 29-year-old Newcomerstown man driving a Chevy Impala suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a head-on crash with a dump truck this morning. It happened in the 2800 block of Stonecreek Road Southwest between New Philadelphia and Stone Creek just […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – (WJER) (May 31, 2023) New Philadelphia Rotary Club members have the community now awaiting further improvements at Tuscora Park. At the Ferris wheel re-opening ceremony where they showed off the new orange gondolas that are handicap accessible, Rotarian and Rainbow Connection board member Brian Flood announced more […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 30, 2023) – City leaders are celebrating the Ferris wheel’s return to operation at Tuscora Park. A ceremony was held there Sunday to acknowledge the New Philadelphia Rotary Club, RTY, and other groups responsible for the $250,000 in fundraising and renovation work to get the wheel […]