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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 7, 2023) – T4C is taking signups for the next installment of its holiday assistance program. Share-A-Christmas applications for 2023 are available at area schools and libraries. Co-chair Karen Beinkampen says they’re due on October 14th and can be mailed to the T4C office at 1458 […]

DOVER – The city’s legal fees are piling up as the trial dates for several court cases keep getting pushed back. The city’s case against Dover Chemical – where it is both a defendant and a counter claimant – is the one eating up the most money. Mayor Shane Gunnoe […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 7, 2023) – A local celebration of independent films is getting underway for another year. The Quaker Cinema has its 6th annual Tuscarawas Valley Film Festival with double features each Thursday in September beginning this week. Owner Mike Ernest says it’s an opportunity to present some […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County Commissioners have placed Job and Family Services Director David Haverfield on administrative paid leave, they announced in a two-sentence press release Wednesday afternoon. The other sentence says there is no further information or comment at this time. Haverfield has been director at JFS since […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 5, 2023) – Site work is about to begin for the facility that will eliminate the long lines early voters have encountered in past elections. Tuscarawas County leaders are using almost $5-million in American Rescue Plan money to construct a new elections office and multi-purpose building […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 29, 2023) – Tuscarawas County JFS officials have proposed a countywide property tax to fund the local foster care system.   Director David Haverfield met with the commissioners Monday to ask them to pursue a five-year, 1.6-mill child welfare and adult protective services levy in the spring. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 5, 2023) – The Congressman whose district now includes Western Tuscarawas County has been using their end-of-summer recess to learn more about the area. Troy Balderson toured Buckeye Career Center Thursday and got to see students working toward industry-recognized credentials by the time they graduate high school. […]

DOVER (WJER) (Sept. 5, 2023) – There’s a whole new collection of family knives through the decades now on display at the Ernest “Mooney” Warther Museum & Gardens. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held recently for the Dale E. Warther Tribute Exhibit, named for the late grandson of Mooney who passed […]

 NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 31, 2023) – There was a somber gathering on the square Wednesday evening to remember everyone we’ve lost to drug use. Representatives from the Tuscarawas County Addiction Task Force and member agencies led an Overdose Awareness Day tribute on the plaza in front of the courthouse. […]

DOVER (WJER) (Aug. 31. 2023) – The son of the subject for the bestselling book “Tuesdays with Morrie” is headed to the Dover Public Library to talk about the newest work involving his late father. “Tuesdays with Morrie” focused on lessons shared by sociology professor and author Morrie Schwartz while […]