NEWCOMERSTOWN The village and ARTSNCT are asking local artists to submit sketches towards painting murals on all four sides of the monitoring station located inside what will become a new park along the Tuscarawas River near the former Simonds factory site.
Michael Wise, executive director of ARTSNCT, said the Village of Newcomerstown is seeking a local artist or artists to paint a mural on all four sides of the concrete tower at the site of a new boat ramp leading into the Tuscarawas River.
The tower is about eight feet wide and 16 feet high at the highest point. The brush and trees are being cleared around it and it will be power washed. The tower can be seen clearly from the park and a bridge that crosses near it.
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NEWCOMERSTOWN The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t spell defeat for the annual Rachel B. Stoffer Spelling Bee at the Newcomerstown Middle School on Jan. 9.
Thirty-six students in grades 6-8 entered the Spellnig Bee, and after 13 rounds of competition, a winner emerged. Sixth grader Jaxson Mayo, son of Jamie and Jay Lambes, and Michael Mayo, became the champion after correctly spelling the word perfume.”
All three grade levels at the Middle School were represented among the trophy winners, with first runner-up being Gunner Mitchell, grade 7, and Samuel McKnight, grade 8, capturing the second runner-up spot.
School officials thanked staff members for their help with the Spelling Bee: Pronouncer Tyler Kiner, Stage Directors Ashley Brooks and Don Stevens, Judges Jennifer Baker, Shelley Cline, and Michelle Golder, and audio recorder, Jason Peoples.