For months, motorists attempting to navigate Stimson Avenue have been greeted by one-way signs and a sea of orange cones as construction crews work on a major overhaul of the roadway.
Now, the project completion date may be moved back a month due to the antiquity of the road â and what lies beneath.
Stimson Avenue was originally built in the 1960s where rail beds had once run from Athens Block to customers across the country and around the world.
Vestiges of that history reappeared recently when the construction crews encountered a mystery pipe system. The system didnât appear on any city maps or Columbia Gas maps, said Athens Mayor Steve Patterson.
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Our second half of results will be revealed next week.
PEOPLE
K9 Alex â OUPD
For another year, K9 Alex reigns supreme in terms of area law enforcement officer popularity. To be fair, most categories in our âPeopleâ section that find an animal as a nominee also find an animal as the top finalist. In K9 Alexâs case, itâs really hard to compete with those soulful, brown eyes.
Also garnering honors were Jimmy Childs, of the Athens County Sheriffâs Office, and Athens County Sheriff Rodney Smith.
Local business owner/entrepreneur
Emily Christine â Tavolino
This yearâs top business owner or entrepreneur is Emily Christine, who owns and operates Tavolino. The restaurant is well known for its Italian cuisine, but many may also recognize it as a business that continually gave away free lunches â packed with fresh bread and hearty soup, no less â during the pandemic. Congrats, Emily!
‘Support for Communities’
By Kyle Shaner - Special to OVP
Pictured far right is U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on a previous visit to the University of Rio Grande (prior to the pandemic) for a roundtable discussion about jobs in southeast Ohio and the act of telecommuting. (OVP File Photo)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is introducing legislation this week that would provide financial assistance to local governments affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and give them more control in how the funds are spent.
Sen. Brown, a Democrat from Cleveland, held a conference call Wednesday afternoon during which he discussed his Direct Support for Communities Act. The bill would create a fund to provide cities, towns, villages and counties with direct federal assistance for relief from lost revenue.
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