Local bike/outdoors shop set to open in August
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
PORTSMOUTH Starting in August, local outdoors enthusiasts will have a downtown location to purchase equipment and exercise gear for their active pursuits.
Through the River City Adventure Company located at the former Bridge Street Carryout on 2nd Street, owner Heith Gray hopes to provide an opportunity close-to-home and not just through online shopping for those wanting to take advantage of the area’s outdoor amenities.
“The community is embracing outdoors and activity, and it’s becoming a big thing and I want to promote that,” the Lucasville resident said. “You have the trails at Shawnee, you got people running and cycling, hiking and camping, and I just want to make sure they have what they need here to do that to make it more accessible.”
‘The time has come’: City WTP to be demolished in 2025
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
PORTSMOUTH When it comes to getting water to the city and a fair share of county residents, the Portsmouth Water Treatment Plant has held that responsibility for more than 70 years.
On Wednesday, the
Daily Times joined Director of Water Filtration and City Manager Sam Sutherland in a tour of the facility just east of the New Boston Walmart.
“I know it might be hard to see, but there are a lot of areas of the facility that are in bad shape,” he said, serving in the department for the past 32 years.
Minford fourth grader sets up lemonade stand
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
SCIOTOVILLE With summer heat rolling into town, one Minford Elementary School fourth grade student is offering refreshing beverages for passersby outside his great-grandparent’s home in Sciotoville.
At the intersection of Milldale Road and Bonsers Run Avenue, 9-year-old Landon Dingus has set up a lemonade stand in his great-grandparent’s driveway which has attracted many in its first three days of operation.
With assistance from Rachel “Sudzy” Colley, the business has transformed from a stop to water to a homemade lemonade mix available going for 50 cents a cup.