Newest Beer Barrel opens on Harding Highway
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
Lima’s newest Beer Barrel is open at 2755 Harding Highway on the east side of Lima, across from the Allen County Fairgrounds.
Inside Lima’s newest Beer Barrel are 27 big-screen TVs and plenty of seating.
John Heaphy, right, owner of Good Food Restaurants. and his son, Tony Heaphy, vice president, welcome customers to their newest restaurant on Lima’s east side, across from the fairgrounds.
BATH TOWNSHIP The newest Beer Barrel Pizza & Grill has opened its doors. It’s located in Bath Township, right across from the Allen County Fairgrounds on Harding Highway.
Protestors rally in the parking lot of the Bath Township building.
Dozens of people gathered at the Bath Township Trustee building in Fairborn Wednesday night to protest the controversial bio-waste operation on Herr Road owned by Central Ohio-based Renergy Inc. The protestors said they know their opposition will be a marathon, not a sprint.
Last week, Greene County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Buckwalter ruled that the Bath Township biodigester is a public utility, because it creates a small amount of green energy. That makes it exempt from local zoning rules, per Ohio state law. Township trustees said earlier this week in a Facebook post that they would filed a motion to appeal the decision.
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Judge rules in favor of Renergy in zoning case
By London Bishop - lbishop@aimmediamidwest.com
BATH TOWNSHIP, Greene County A Greene County judge has ruled in favor of Renergy and Dovetail Energy, LLC, stating the biodigester facility operated by the company is a public utility, and therefore exempt from Bath Township zoning regulations.
The decision, handed down Thursday by Greene County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Buckwalter, reverses the Bath Township Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) ruling that the biodigester, 1156 Herr Road, was in violation of the township’s zoning regulations. The decision is a win for Renergy, which operates the Dovetail facility but a loss for Bath Township and Fairborn residents, who have long opposed the biodigester due to the smell, health concerns, and environmental impacts.
Trustees will appeal biodigester ruling
By London Bishop - lbishop@aimmediamidwest.com
London Bishop | Greene County News Protesters outside the Bath Township building prior to the trustee meeting the evening of May 5.
Cars honk at protestors, who gathered at the Bath Township building Wednesday to object to a ruling declaring the Dovetail biodigester a public utility.
BATH TOWNSHIP The Bath Township trustees will move forward with an appeal of a Greene County Common Pleas Court ruling declaring the Dovetail biodigester, located in Bath Township, as a public utility. The ruling, handed down by Judge Michael Buckwalter, exempts Dovetail from township zoning regulations and would require the township to vacate notices of violation against the facility.