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TV Middletown’s founder at odds with station’s programming
The founder and former executive director of TV Middletown believes the public television station is infringing on its bylaws of being nonpartisan.In a May 7 letter to Executive Director Ty Thomas, former director Merrell Wood objected to the coverage and broadcast of the Middletown Community Pregnancy Center’s fund-raising banquet in ...
New chamber leader has eye toward regionalism
Rick Pearce is clear about his No. 1 goal as president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe and Trenton: grow members’ businesses.Pearce started last Wednesday as president and CEO of the chamber. The position opened after former president Bill Triick was asked to leave by the ...
Tadych to be promoted to public works, utilities director
The city will look to promote from within to fill the Public Works and Utilities director position, which was vacated in March 2012 and has been filled since by two interim directors.Middletown City Council will be asked to appoint Scott Tadych, the city’s assistant city engineer, to the job at ...
Lodging tax benefiting area communities, tourism efforts
Cities and townships in Butler and Warren counties have collected more than $14 million in lodging, or hotel, taxes over the past five years — funds they’ve used to improve roads, sustain police and fire services and market events and attractions that bring thousands of out-of-towners to the area.As the ...
Middletown man dies after single-vehicle accident
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal vehicle crash that happened earlier this morning on Ohio 123.At around 6:40 a.m., the vehicle driven by Michael D. Leach, 26, of Middletown, was westbound on Ohio 123 just west of Dearth Road when it went off the right side of ...
MidPointe: We are a modern, changing library
It’s uncertain how technology will shape libraries in the future, but advocates say they’ll always be an important part of the community.MidPointe Library System began last weekend celebrating its centennial anniversary. For most of the past 100 years, MidPointw had been consistent in what it offered and how those services ...
Historic Commission chair says ‘shame on you’ to City Council
The chair of the Middletown Historic Commission voiced her disagreement with City Council this week about the city’s attempt to have the former Rose Furniture building demolished.Last month, the Historic Commission voted 5-2 to support the city’s hardship appeal as to why it needed to demolish the building at 36 ...
Mayor calls Section 8 inquiry ‘relatively straight forward’
Middletown officials weren’t too worried Friday about the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s plan to conduct an on-site Civil Rights compliance review of the city’s subsidized housing program next month.And they weren’t ready to conclude that the review is related to the Middletown Public Housing Authority’s proposal to ...
HUD to conduct Civil Rights review on city’s Section 8 program
The city’s public housing authority has been selected for an on-site three-day Civil Rights Compliance Review by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.HUD, the Office of Fair and Equal Opportunity, and Columbus Fair Housing Center chose the Middletown Public Housing Agency for the review, which will take place ...
Email bills can save tax dollars
Of the 21,000 water bill accounts in the city of Middletown, only a few hundred are helping the city save money.Middletown has five water billing cycles every month, which means every five days thousands of bills are mailed to water customers. To help manage it, the city contracts with SmartBill, ...
Library reports increase in circulation, programming
MidPointe Library had a successful 2012, and 2013 is shaping up to be even better, according to the library system’s director.Director Anita Carroll reported the 2013 budget to City Council on Tuesday evening and reported a 15.42 percent increase in circulation in 2012 over 2011 and an increase in programming ...
Franklin schools prepare for potential August disappointment
The city school board has elected to have a backup plan in case the continuing 7.92-mill operating levy request fails in the Aug. 6 special election.Franklin City Schools is asking voters to approve the levy that will generate nearly $3.1 million in additional revenue annually for the Warren County school ...
Library system expects rise in expenses
MidPointe Library is projected to spend about $8.2 million from its general fund in 2014, which includes placing $1 million into its capital improvement fund.The library system, which has branches in downtown, West Chester Twp. and Trenton, will present Tuesday its budget to Middletown City Council, which is the taxing ...
Middletown man withdraws from race against Boehner
The Middletown steelworker who wanted to dethrone U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner from his 8th Congressional District seat has decided against it because of conflicting interests. Middletown native Andy Hounshell, 37, announced on his campaign website Sunday afternoon he is withdrawing from the race just two months after ...
Middletown is supporting Sorg’s revitalization
Thousands of dollars have been donated to the revitalization of the Sorg Opera House since the new ownership group took it over this past August. Stained 1054 Bistro donated more than $1,800 to Sorg Opera Revitalization Group last month following its “Friends and Family VIP Party” the Saturday before it ...
MidPointe: We are a modern, changing library
It’s uncertain how technology will shape libraries in the future, but advocates say they’ll always be an important part of the community.MidPointe Library begins today celebrating its centennial anniversary. For most of the past 100 years, libraries had been consistent in what it offered and how it was provided to ...
Commission votes to save Rose Furniture’s facade
The Middletown Historic Commission told the city it can raze the Rose Furniture building, but it needs to leave the facade.The commission Thursday voted 5-2 the city’s hardship appeal as to why it needs to demolish the building at 36 S. Main St in the historic South Main district. The ...
Former Journal building to be converted into apartments
The former Middletown Journal building at South Broad Street and First Avenue has been sold and will be converted into loft apartments.Cox Media Group, which owns The Journal, announced Thursday the sale of the building to two Cincinnati investors for an undisclosed price, said Robert Zikias, the media group’s financial ...
MidPointe to celebrate centennial on Saturday
The MidPointe Library has been the city’s “cultural heart” for a century, and it will continue to remain so, said John Mueller, president of the Friends of the MidPointe Library.The library system is throwing a month-long party to celebrate its centennial, which was founded in January 1913 with a Andrew ...
Group’s investment in downtown restaurant paying off
Stained 1054 Bistro opened last month because 35 Middletown advocates invested their money to bring a destination restaurant to downtown.About six weeks into the opening of the sit-down restaurant, the group is seeing a return on their investment — though not monetarily.“I’ve talked about it for the last 10 years, ...
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