Monday night, after “closed session” interviews with five of six candidates for two open village council seats, Barnesville council members selected two former members for the positions for the remainder of 2025.
The Barnesville School Board approved several measures including a new contract for the district’s treasurer at the February 20 meeting.
On Thursday, Belmont County Sheriff James G. Zusack announced that Andrew Isaac Griffin, 32, was arrested in Hawaii on February 28 for the 2021 homicides of Angela and Thomas Strussion of Belm
The Barnesville Chamber of Commerce seeks nominations for the Citizen of the Year.
Six citizens applied for the two open village council seats by the Wednesday afternoon deadline, according to Mayor Jake Hershberger.
Barnesville Village Council met on Monday, February 10.
District 5 VFW Commander Roy Campbell Jr., a member of the New Matamoras VFW Post, visited Barnesville Post #2792 Thursday evening to present a certificate of appreciation for the local post’s donation to the Ohio Gold Star Families Memorial Monument.
The Village of Barnesville invites interested residents to apply for a vacant council member position. This role involves active participation in local governance and decision-making processes. Applicants must have been residents of the village for at least the past 12 months and be committed to attending regular council meetings.
Water service to Hendrysburg and Fairview may become a reality if grant funding comes through.
The flurry of comments on social media platforms when it became known that property values in Belmont County were increasing by double digits, some as high as 50 percent, dramatically increased recently when first-half 2024 tax bills arrived in property owners’ mailboxes