By public meeting standards, Monday night’s Barnesville Village Council meeting could be deemed very productive most notably progress on a decades old effort to expand public water service to Hendrysburg and Fairview. Below the surface, however, a division that has played out in public sessions for the past three years reached the point of no […]
Village officials issued a boil order Monday night at 9 pm. The order is in effect fof 48-hours.
The BHS Boys Bowling Team claimed the OVAC 3A Crown on Saturday, January 25.
The area experienced some of the coldest temperatures in a decade this past week disrupting schools, businesses and many activitties.
Thursday, a temporary sign went up at the location officially confirming the eatery coming to Barnesville is a popular eastern Ohio chain, “Tlaquepaque Mexican Grill & Restaurant” that will bring some south-of-the-border flavor and charm to western Belmont County.
n news previously shared with Barnesville Area News readers, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced this week that the agency is moving forward with plans to improve the Interchange of I-70 and SR 149 south of Morristown. Construction is expected to begin in 2026 and take place over two years. The project will include widening State Route 149 and replacing the current bridges on I-70.
The State Historic Preservation Office will host an online webinar on the nomination February 3 A nomination for listing on the National Register of Historic Places submitted to the Ohio History Connection this past fall will be considered by the State Historic Preservation Board in Columbus on Friday, March 14. The nomination, submitted by […]
At the very end of 2024, Captina Conservancy, closed on its largest agricultural easement to date, protecting 579 acres in Noble County. The Sanford family donated the easement to protect their legacy, a farm assembled and cared for by both the Everly and Sanford families going back more than 200 years. The conservation easement protects prime soils, sweeping hilltop vistas, and headwater streams to Buffalo Creek and Duck Creek in Center Township east of Caldwell.
At the January 13 Barnesville Village Council Meeting, Mayor Jake Hershberger announced several Boards and Commission appointments.
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