Miami County Child Advocacy Center to hold open house, ribbon-cutting
TROY — The Child Advocacy Center at Isaiah’s Place is holding an Open House and Ribbon Cutting event from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 27.
Local YWCA happenings
PIQUA — The local YWCA has several opportunities for community members.
Gas aggregation program to go before Troy voters
TROY — Voters in the city of Troy will have the opportunity to vote on a city-wide gas aggregation program during the May 2 primary election.
Miami County CAC to hold meeting Thursday
TROY — The Miami County Community Action Council will be holding the next board meeting on Thursday, March 9, 2023.
Several men arragined in court
By Haylee Pence
Students compete at Ohio History Day District Competition
PIQUA — Qualifying students from the Upper Miami Valley spent Saturday morning at Piqua Junior High School for Ohio History Day District Competition. Sponsored by Ohio History Connection, Ohio History Day is an affiliate of National History Day.
Out with the old
City of Troy worker Joe Lehmann dismantles a set of bleachers at North Market Street softball field on Monday, March 6. He and co-worker Matt Clifton were removing the old bleachers and prepping the area for a concrete and gravel area before the start of this spring season. Ernst Concrete has donated 30-cubic-yards of concrete for the project. The work will be done by Countryside Construction with the project is being funded by Troy Softball Boosters and the city of Troy.
UVCC board tours Automotive Technologies labs
PIQUA — A tour of the Automotive Technologies labs was a highlight of the Upper Valley Career Center’s Board of Education meeting Feb. 27 meeting.
Director, conductor Neal Gittleman returns
DAYTON — Dayton Performing Arts Alliance continues its 2022-2023 Masterworks Series with a concert featuring three composers’ musical reactions to war and their hopes for peace in “Perspectives: War and Peace.” Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra’s Artistic Director and Conductor, Neal Gittleman, returns to the podium after a brief medical leave for an evening including Lili Boulanger’s “For a Soldiers Funeral,” featuring Kenneth Shaw (baritone) and the Dayton Philharmonic Chorus; the premiere of DPAA’s commission of Michael Schelle’s “Resilience,” showcasing DPO’s violist Sheridan Currie and cellist Johnathan Lee; and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Pastoral” Symphony No. 3 with soprano and Dayton Opera Artist-in-Resident, Kayla Oderah. Friday, March 10, and Saturday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center.
EV drivers can now plug in at Urbana fish farm
URBANA — Electric vehicle owners have a new place to stop and recharge in Champaign County: Freshwater Farms of Ohio, one of the area’s top attractions for tourists and locals.
