jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Argyle Clarke leans in to hear Jack Hansis check her in to vote at the First Church of the Nazarene in Marietta on Tuesday. Photo by Janelle Patterson
Whipple residents check in at the First Church of the Nazarene to vote in Marietta Tuesday. Photos by Janelle Patterson
Miles Mallett, right, leans in to take a bite out of aunt Jana Millerâs vote on the Marietta City Schools earned income tax levy Tuesday at the Marietta Township Recreation Center.
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Miles Mallett, right, leans in to take a bite out of aunt Jana Millerâs vote on the Marietta City Schools earned income tax levy Tuesday at the Marietta Township Recreation Center.
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Jason Pyles, right, aids voters in electronic voting machines at the Marietta Township Recreation Center on Tuesday.
Marietta Township turnout:
¯ The 1-mill renewal passed with 75.1 percent approval (377 out of 502 votes.)
¯ The 1.6-mill renewal passed with 73.05 percent approval (374 out of 512 votes.)
¯ Each levy was passed for an additional five years and would next be eligible to reappear on ballots in 2026.
¯ Registered voters in the township: 3,199.
¯ Ballots cast: 513.
Source: Washington County Board of Elections.
RENO– Lawn signs leading up to the Marietta Township Recreation Center on Sandhill Road reminded voters Tuesday that the three renewal fire protection and emergency medical services levies were nothing new.
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115-117 Gilman Ave. in Marietta have been declared by the Washington County Common Pleas Court to be both a blight and public nuisance as defined by Ohio law.
Deadlines and timelines are still drawing scrutiny in Marietta following a court declaration of blight and a public nuisance on Gilman Avenue.
But the court’s deadline for the city law director to return a journal entry was not met Monday, nor each subsequent day through Wednesday.
“I talked with Judge (John) Halliday’s secretary today and it will be ready for him to review Monday morning,” reported Marietta City Law Director Paul Bertram, after being questioned concerning the delayed filing.
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Washington County Common Pleas Judge John Halliday speaks to Irwin Alexander Gray via teleconference in the Washington County Courthouse on Wednesday during a sentencing hearing.
One-third of a set of defendants in a methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking case from last summer is headed to more than a decade of prison service.
“He’s doing an additional two years in Pennsylvania after he gets out for violating terms of his last prison release,” said Lt. Josh Staats, of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and commander of the joint Washington Morgan Noble Major Crimes Task Force. “His criminal record is pretty lengthy, not only with drugs but also firearms.”
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Historic photo compiled by Art Smith
The Historic Harmar Bridge has a storied, more than 150-year history, with its first iteration across the Muskingum River open to pedestrians and those traveling by horse and buggy.
The trajectory toward solvency continued Tuesday for the Historic Harmar Bridge Company, with internal controls for financial accounting and federal nonprofit standing discussed in the group’s monthly board meeting.
Board Director Charlotte Keim, a Marietta real estate agent and past CEO and president of the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce, introduced suggested protocols and safety checks to restore public and government trust in the group which lapsed in its nonprofit 501(c)3 status with the Internal Revenue Service both in 2013 and 2018.