Michael D. Pitman
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Michael D. Pitman covers government news, including police and fire, for Middletown, Monroe and Madison Twp.
He also enjoys telling features about people, and the interesting lives they have led. He was born and raised in the Greater Cincinnati area. Pitman graduated from Wyoming High School and earned my B.A. from the College of Mount St. Joseph.
He also has a Masters in Sport Administration from Xavier. He has a twin brother, an older brother and older sister. He lives on the west side of Cincinnati with his wife, Christy, and daughter, Emma.
Lately, he's taken an interest in fiction writing and has dabbled in that for about a year. He is always trying to learn something new in his craft, and has a desire to be constantly learning new things.
Latest from Michael D. Pitman
Cities, townships vary on prayer at public meetings
Some Butler County cities and townships start their public council or commission meetings with a prayer or invocation, a practice that will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court this year, in a case coming out of New York state.Hamilton’s city council members take turns starting meetings with an “offering ...
Middletown councilman won’t seek re-election
The race for two open City Council seats this November will be a three-way tango between two sitting council members and the president of the local NAACP chapter.On the heels of Vice Mayor Dan Picard and Councilwoman Ann Mort announcing at Tuesday night’s council meeting they have filed their petitions ...
Discussion of Middletown’s fire service future continues
Part two of Middletown City Council’s discussion of the future of the fire department resumes Tuesday night.A few weeks ago, city staff and council spent nearly two hours discussing the future operations of the Middletown Division of Fire, which included changing the operation model and creating new revenue streams through ...
Food drive totals down from 2012
The 2013 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive brought in just under 50,000 pounds of food for the Shared Harvest Food Bank, which is about 10,000 pounds shy of last year’s totals.The two Hamilton post offices combined to bring in just more than 17,100 pounds of food, which is more than ...
Revitilization isn’t limited to the city’s bookends
It took several years for the East End and downtown to become a shell of their former selves, and city officials said it could take that long to rebuild them.Millions of dollars have been spent on road reconstruction on the East End with the recent work on Ohio 122 and ...
Farmers market planned downtown
A downtown business owner says Middletown is ready for a farmers market and intends to launch it by the First Friday event in June.Deborah Rumford, co-owner with her husband Don of The Music Store and Rumford Productions, wants to bring farmers and artisans to the former Swallen’s lot — which ...
HUD to respond to Middletown’s Section 8 proposal ‘shortly’
The U.S. Housing and Urban Development plans to respond to the city’s proposal and subsequent letters saying it will proceed with the reduction of 1,008 vouchers, according to HUD spokeswoman Donna White.“HUD has not approved its plan at this point,” she said. “We are working on a response and we ...
Healthcare law could mean more oversight, hiring changes for cities
Middletown and Monroe are meeting some of the major objectives of the federal health care law, but it may mean more oversight which means more tax dollars.The Affordable Care Act — more commonly known as Obamacare — takes full effect in January 2014, which means employers will have to offer ...
Chamber board picks a Middie graduate for its top spot
Rick Pearce has been hired as the new president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe and Trenton, the chamber’s board of directors announced Thursday.Pearce, a 1981 Middletown High School graduate and a 1989 Miami University graduate, will succeed Dick Slagle who had been leading the 500-member ...
New brew business set to open
Brent Osborn is building it, now he’s hoping customers will come to his new specialized home brew store.Home brewing has been a growing industry, said Osborn, who will open Osborn Brewing at 820 Lebanon St. It’s seen a 20 percent to 25 percent annual growth for the past seven years, ...
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