Lucas Bechtol

1 day ago | bryantimes.com | Lucas Bechtol

It's called the "no lid" coffee trend, and it's exactly what it sounds like: Order your morning coffee without a plastic lid. When you forget your reusable cup, the next best thing is to minimize your disposable waste. People are choosing to get cups without lids, since plastic lids are nearly impossible to recycle. Plus, coffee connoisseurs say drinking from a cup makes coffee taste better and is more enjoyable for the senses. When you want a second cup, just refill the first!

1 day ago | bryantimes.com | Lucas Bechtol

MONTPELIER— The Montpelier Exempted Village Schools Board of Education heard updates and took care of various staff and other business issues. Superintendent Travis Lichty said the school had some recent wind damage that was being fixed. "It should be finished up a couple of weeks," he said. "It's an insurance claim, so it's not going to cost us anything."During the legislative report, Patti Rockey, board member, said House Bill 155 had its first hearing on May 6.

1 day ago | bryantimes.com | Lucas Bechtol

DEAR ABBY: My father’s wife, “Carole,” loves to thrift-shop. She enjoys hunting for a good deal, particularly if she can find things for our 5-year-old daughter, “Liana.” It’s sweet how excited she gets when she brings over a pile of new clothes. The problem is, Carole has really different taste than my husband and I do, and most of her purchases aren’t appropriate for a little girl to be wearing.

2 days ago | bryantimes.com | Lucas Bechtol

MONTPELIER — A five-year forecast that brings cash on hand down to $300,000 is based on what Montpelier Exempted Village Schools' Treasurer Carla Rice hopes is the worst possible outcome. The forecast reflects the current House of Representatives version of the biennial Ohio budget, which has yet to be passed and signed into law. The law is currently in the Senate. Once it's out of the Senate, Rice said, it will go to committee to reconcile the differences before going to Gov.

2 days ago | bryantimes.com | Lucas Bechtol

American Legion Post 680 from Ney, Post 137 from Farmer and the American Legion Auxiliary, have selected five Fairview High School students to attend the 2025 American Legion Buckeye Boys State and Buckeye Girls State programs. Boys State and Girls State are each one-week, intensive education programs, focusing on the operation of a hypothetical state’s government. Each participant will play a part in the operation of this state's government, at the local, county and state levels.