Communicycle, a Tri-State Area nonprofit based in Aliquippa, Pa., presented a bicycle giveaway event at Clarke Field playground in Newell, hosted by Hancock County Savings Bank, Six Recycling and the Newell Community Improvement Coalition. This was their second such giveaway in Hancock County, ...
STEUBENVILLE — The Ohio Department of Higher Education awarded Franciscan University of Steubenville the Great Minds Fellowship Program grant. The grant provides approximately $200,000 in scholarships—up to $10,000 each for Ohio residents entering their junior and senior years in the university’s social work program. “This grant arrives at a crucial moment for all Ohioans,” said Ricardo Chaparro-Pacheco, assistant professor of social work and director of the social work program. “More than 20 percent of the population needs support from professional social workers to deal ...
CAMBRIDGE — Vicki King-Maple has been appointed as executive director of the Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association, the organization’s board has announced. King-Maple will assume the role on Nov. 1 after Executive Director Jeannette M. Wierzbicki retires on Oct. 31 after 12 years of ...
NEW PHILADELPHIA — The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District has received the Horizon Award from the Ashland Soil and Water Conservation District. Ashland SWCD selects a Horizon Award winner annually to recognize a pioneer in conservation in the county. The MWCD has been a longtime ...
RETIRED: Boris Slogar has retired after 16 years of service as chief engineer of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. “Slogar has helped MWCD reach significant milestones, including overseeing substantial upgrades to MWCD’s 14 dams and reservoirs, as well as the creation and ...
BARNESVILLE — The Nursing Administration Team at WVU Medicine Barnesville Hospital and Harrison Community Hospital has a combined total of 105 years of experience in the nursing field. Susan Redish, nursing director for both hospitals, is a registered nurse with more than 25 years of ...
