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DENNISON (WJER) (March 16, 2023) – That seasonal ice-skating rink village officials have been talking about building is now a sure thing. Council got the ball rolling Wednesday evening, approving a revised construction quote for just under $112,000 at the recommendation of Mayor Greg DiDonato. “If I get the heads […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 16, 2023) – The Ten Commandments plaque that got taken down from a stairwell at Welty Middle School in response to a legal challenge from an atheist group is getting a new home.  New Philadelphia school leaders are donating the plaque that’s been in storage collecting […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 14, 2023) – We now know who authorities believe dumped the chemical that created a vapor cloud over the west end of New Philadelphia a couple of years ago. Glenn T. Long of Kingsville, Ohio, is charged in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court with inducing panic; […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 6, 2023) – Dominion Energy is replacing more than two miles of older steel gas utility lines with corrosion-resistant plastic lines on the north side of the city. That work started in early March and is expected to continue until September in the neighborhoods around North Wooster […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 14, 2023) – The latest proposal for a new homeless shelter was shot down Monday. It was opposed by the mayor, the law director, and all three members of the Zoning and Annexation Committee who voted against it. Several residents who live near the proposed site […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 13, 2023) – City Council members are expecting a big crowd at its zoning and annexation committee meeting Monday at 6 p.m. That’s when the committee will consider a zoning change request to allow a new homeless shelter behind Preach the Word Ministries on state Route […]

New Philadelphia (WJER) (March 10, 2023) – New Philadelphia School District officials say there were no threats made by a student who was allegedly found with weapons at the high school Thursday. New Philadelphia police call logs indicate the high school student had a knife, a fake cap gun, and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 10, 2023) – Mayor Joel Day touted the city’s economic growth in 2022 in his annual state of the city report. Day shared the report March 1 and spoke with WJER about it this week. State__of__the_City He says multimillion dollar expansions at Battle Motors and Freeport […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 8, 2023) – The mayor has stopped plans to tear down a house after discovering it is owned by the former mayor’s son. The city’s law director thinks that information was hidden from him and other administrators. Mayor Shane Gunnoe last month announced the city was awarding […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 8, 2023) – Dover School District officials are thanking firefighters for their prompt response to a fire in the home locker room at Crater Stadium this morning. There were no injuries. Dover Fire Captain Brooks Ross says a couple of district workers first got to the fire […]