Fort Recovery woman decides cruising on her cycle helps her cope
By William Kincaid
FORT RECOVERY - Call it fate or impulse - at 60, Diana Grile purchased her first motortrike.
"I always liked motorcycles, but I probably wasn't on one since I was 24 or 25," says Grile, former deputy director of the Mercer County Board of Elections and now part-time waitress at North End Bar & Grill in Fort Recovery. [More]
An unusually high number of township roads will be paved this summer, thanks to the availability of Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) funds, county officials say.
This year, a $277,952 grant from OPWC to Mercer County will help pave nearly 20 miles of township roads. More than 13 miles of county roads also are slated for paving this summer, but no grant funds will go toward those projects. [More]
ST. MARYS - Board of education members have hired the district's first female superintendent. Mary Riepenhoff has accepted the position effective Aug. 1.
COLDWATER - Coldwater Exempted Village Schools Treasurer Sherry Shaffer was all smiles at Tuesday's school board meeting as she happily told the board the district underspent its revenue by $108,000 in the 2007-2008 school year.
NEW BREMEN - Heavy equipment will be moving into the Teton Subdivision soon to begin street reconstruction, according to reports presented to New Bremen village councilors Tuesday night.
A Celina man appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court last week and pleaded not guilty to eight charges stemming from a June altercation at the home of his girlfriend and the alleged abduction of their 4-year-old son.
COLDWATER - The amended student acceleration policy adopted at Tuesday's school board meeting needs the whole-hearted support of staff and parents to be effective, the board says.
The Grand Lake Mariners held off a Columbus rally on Monday evening to pick up an 8-7 road win over the All-Americans during Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action at Bill Davis Stadium on the campus of the Ohio State University.
