Jim Phillips

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Audit finds water line project putting strain on village’s budget

3 weeks ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

A recently released state audit of the village of New Straitsville covering the years 2021 and 2022 found the village in some financial distress due primarily to expenses for replacement of old water lines. “The village expenses for the water operating funds have exceeded revenues in past years due to expenses incurred from the Waterline Replacement Phase 2 project,” explains the audit report, which was released by the Ohio Auditor of State’s Office on May 8.
Court won’t order village to provide water/sewer taps to development

3 weeks ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

NEW LEXINGTON — A court has turned down a request by a developer who is suing Shawnee village officials, and who had asked for a court order to compel the village to provide water and sewer taps to the site of a planned tiny home community.
Speaker says COSI ready to help with workforce development

1 month ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

An official from the Columbus-based Center for Science and Industry (COSI) spoke to the Perry County Chamber of Commerce recently, sharing insights on how the organization has been reinventing itself to keep up with the changing times. He also talked about opportunities for local communities and schools to partner with COSI to improve STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) education and enhance workforce development efforts.
Man arrested after fake bomb threat closes park

1 month ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

CROOKSVILLE — A 31-year-old Crooksville man was arrested and jailed Sunday after he allegedly left a box with a hand-written bomb threat in Crooksville Village Park. Joseph C. Fey, Jr., is facing charges of inducing panic and making terroristic threats. According to authorities the cardboard box Fey is accused of leaving in the park contained not a bomb, but a call phone. The written threat, however, led to the park’s being evacuated around 6 p.m. Sunday. kAm“p?
Fire ravages New Lex restaurant, arson suspect in custody

1 month ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

NEW LEXINGTON — A 29-year-old New Lexington man was arrested Monday in connection with a fire early Sunday morning at a popular local restaurant, that reportedly has been ruled an arson. Dylan T. Davies was arrested by New Lexington Police after footage from surveillance cameras placed him in the area of Dodson’s on Broadway around the time of the fire, Police Chief Douglas Gill said Tuesday.
Historic village building faces possible demolition

1 month ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

NEW STRAITSVILLE — An historic building in New Straitsville that was scheduled to be torn down has gotten a temporary reprieve, while a regional non-profit scrambles to come up with a plan to save it. The building, which has served as town hall, firehouse and jail, is reportedly over 150 years old. kAm“xE :D E96 @=56DE 3F:=5:?8[ AC@323=J[ :? }6H $EC2:EDG:==6[ 2?5 :E H2D 3F:=E C:89E 2C@F?5 H96? E96 E@H? H2D 7@F?565[” D2:5 z6==J6 q=@DD6C[ 2 3@2C5 >6>36C 7@C E96 @C82?:K2E:@?
New Lexington sues to block construction project

1 month ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

NEW LEXINGTON — The Village of New Lexington has gone to court to try to stop construction on a five-unit apartment building that the village claims has never been issued the necessary permits, and violates federal floodplain regulations, a roadway easement, and setback requirements.
Village tells developer that ordinance ‘does not say what you think it says’

2 months ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

NEW LEXINGTON — A developer who’s suing the Village of Shawnee and village officials, over their failure to provide water and sewer taps to the site of a planned tiny home community, recently filed a motion asking a judge to order the village to install the hookups. In a response to that motion, the defendants in the case have denied that Shawnee Village Council ever committed to immediately provide the water connections.
Hardy perennial home & garden show springs up in new location

2 months ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

NEW LEXINGTON — This year’s installment of the Perry County Tribune’s annual Home & Garden Show will take place in a new (and temperature-controlled) location, and offer the same great attractions as in past years, plus a few new ones. A spring tradition for over three decades, the show this year, set for April 25–26, is moving from the Perry County Fairgrounds to the Mt. Aloysius Community Center, at 5375 Tile Plant Road in New Lexington.
Perry County vet finally gets recognition he earned decades ago

2 months ago | perrytribune.com | Jim Phillips

When U.S. Marine veteran John Foster of Crooksville came home after serving his country, his military records didn’t reflect the full extent of his service — they left out the time he spent in Vietnam. This meant that he was denied medals and awards that he had rightly earned. That injustice was rectified recently, after the Perry County Veterans Services Commission went to bat for Foster and got his records corrected.

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