Work begins on controversial Hamilton County Duke Energy pipeline March 06, 2021 at 11:53 AM
CINCINNATI –– Once completed, the pipeline will span 13 miles from Golf Manor to Sycamore Township s northern annex adjacent to Sharonville. The pipeline will also run through neighborhoods in Cincinnati, Amberley Village, Evendale, Blue Ash, Reading and Sharonville.
Work began Monday at the pipeline s northern terminus after years of pushback from neighbors who live along the route, as well as from county leaders. In 2016, then-Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune called the pipeline a bad idea. They re bad for Hamilton County. They re bad for the neighborhoods they run through. They re bad for Duke (Energy), he said.
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Current and former Hamilton County commissioners Monday dedicated the county administration building in honor of Todd Portune on the one-year anniversary of his death.
Portune served in local public office for nearly three decades, including five terms as county commissioner. He battled cancer and other severe health problems for more than 20 years.
Former Commissioner Victoria Parks remembers him as a mentor, friend and dedicated public servant. Commissioner Portune spearheaded a county agenda focused on fiscal discipline; improvement of public health; environmental justice; care for and prevention against abuse, abandonment, and neglect of the county s seniors and children; economic development; strategic and prudent transportation improvements; and so much more, Parks said.
Hamilton County building dedicated in honor of late Commissioner Todd Portune
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HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio â Hamilton County Commissioners on Monday morning dedicated the County Administration Building in honor of the late Todd Portune.
Portune, the longest-serving elected commissioner in Hamilton County history, died of cancer on Jan. 25, 2020. The 61-year-old spent 27 years in public service, where he was known for a tireless work ethic and devotion to the needs of average citizens.
Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus, a longtime friend of Portune, said he was prolific in his vision and iconic for his leadership and compassion.
Cincinnati and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year that was 2020
Some nice things happened! (Like, two) Cheers, 2020! You were horrible. (Source: WXIX) By Brian Planalp | December 29, 2020 at 1:50 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 6:50 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Difficult. Trying. Unprecedented.
These are the words just a few of them we use to describe what kind of year it’s been. (Did they run out of meaning by April or June?)
Meanwhile, the year itself, “2020,” lurks somewhere between a lament and a punchline hard to say aloud without laughing, whether it’s funny or not.
Often it was not. Businesses closed. People went missing. Beloved community members died. Shootings turned grotesquely commonplace.