A fraud conviction hasn’t stopped high-profile Newtown business owner Doug Evans from collecting more than $400,000 from local government entity contracts and public purchases of items such as mulch and gravel in the past three years.
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The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency is testing the air in the village of Newtown and neighboring Anderson Township because of complaints about pollution and odors.
The testing began last September, after Newtown officials and residents raised concerns.
It is scheduled to continue through next September, Tom Mohr, spokesman for Hamilton County Environmental Services, said in an email.
The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency is a division of that department.
“The collected data will then be summarized and sent to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for review and analysis,” Mohr said.
Newtown Mayor Mark Kobasuk said the village has two asphalt plants and an asphalt-sealing plant in a one-mile area.