The Newark Advocate

1 day ago | newarkadvocate.com | Maria DeVito

Etna Township trustees declined to vote on a proposed cultural assessment and civility training program. The township administrator threatened to resign unless the trustees addressed the toxic work environment. A consultant proposed a 10-week program costing $30,790 to address the issues.

3 days ago | newarkadvocate.com | Dave Weidig

New service flags are flying above the Veterans Memorial at Cedar Hill Cemetery, thanks to Newark High School's Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. The new flags, which students installed in time for a Memorial Day ceremony to announce that parts of State Route 161 will be renamed Veterans Memorial Highway, were the result of students seeing an issue and devising a plan to address it, said Master Sgt. Robert Barnette, a main instructor for the Air Force JROTC.

4 days ago | newarkadvocate.com | Jim Weiker

Hexion, the Columbus-based adhesives and chemical company, plans to establish a research and development center in Dublin that is expected to employ 100. The company, which traces its roots to 1857, plans to consolidate its five existing research laboratories into one building to bring its chemical engineering, manufacturing and materials science teams under one roof.

4 days ago | newarkadvocate.com | Kurt Snyder

Kurt SnyderNewark's Emma Quackenbush shoots over an Akron Hoban defender during the She Hoops Ohio Best of Ohio event at Newark on June 1, 2025. Kurt Snyder/The AdvocateGranville's Elle Mortimer works in the post against a Brecksville-Broadview Heights defender during the She Hoops Ohio Best of Ohio event at Newark on June 1, 2025. Kurt Snyder/The AdvocateNewark's Leah Eckenrode drives against an Akron Hoban defender during the She Hoops Ohio Best of Ohio event at Newark on June 1, 2025.

5 days ago | newarkadvocate.com | Kurt Snyder

OBETZ — Dan Hayes sent captain Logan Stentz to accept the runner-up trophy May 31. Hayes began Warrior Rugby a decade ago, and players of Stentz’s ilk have embodied the spirit of a program that quickly became a dynasty. Warrior Rugby fell 30-17 to Medina in the Single School state championship game at Fortress Obetz. “Logan’s a great kid. He’s a C-TEC student but was basically done with high school and had been for some time, doing his internship,” Hayes said.