Virginia M. Garee, 86 - The Review

Virginia M. Garee, 86
The Review
Later in life she worked as a security guard at the Beaver Valley Power Station and was as graduate of Jefferson Union High School in Richmond, OH. Mrs. Garee enjoyed writing poetry, gardening, sewing and collecting antiques.

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Community lining up help for Memorial Day parade - Lancaster Eagle Gazette

Community lining up help for Memorial Day parade
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Don Grant and members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will present colors and fire a cannon in lieu of a 21-gun salute. Skydivers from Sky Dive Columbus will drift above. Items from various wars will be on display.

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Columbus Mileposts: May 5, 1962 | Use of 'Beeliner' spells end to city rail ... - Columbus Dispatch


Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Mileposts: May 5, 1962 | Use of 'Beeliner' spells end to city rail ...
Columbus Dispatch
Union Station was virtually empty of this day in 1962. By the fall of 1979, passenger rail service had ended. By Gerald Tebben The New York Central Railroad was “ringing the death knell of north-south railroad service through Columbus,” Columbus ...

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Cleveland Marathon entrants set a new goal ... avoid paying $8 for parking ... - Plain Dealer


Plain Dealer
Cleveland Marathon entrants set a new goal ... avoid paying $8 for parking ...
Plain Dealer
Union (gambling) halls: The Cleveland/Cincinnati Ohio Casino Workers Council reports that it has worked out a deal with Rock Gaming LLC and Caesar's Entertainment that makes it much easier for several unions to try to organize workers in the casinos.

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House slaps rules on human trafficking - Toledo Blade

House slaps rules on human trafficking
Toledo Blade
BY JIM PROVANCE COLUMBUS -- From the legislative floor to the governor's office, Ohio's latest effort to wipe out the scourge of modern-day slavery was approved unanimously on Tuesday. The House voted for a wide-ranging bill to reach out to victims, ...

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Kaleidoscope: Fun trip to 'new' COSI, other capital sites - Aurora Advocate

Kaleidoscope: Fun trip to 'new' COSI, other capital sites
Aurora Advocate
Back in the 1960s, I remember the old Union Station on North High Street (east side of the district) and the Ohio Penitentiary (west side). Union Station served railroad passengers from 1850 to 1977, when it was razed. The site is now occupied by the ...

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Cleveland won't renew Occupy group's permit - Atlanta Journal Constitution


Atlanta Journal Constitution
Cleveland won't renew Occupy group's permit
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) A man walks along the tow path approaching the Station Rd. Bridge at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Brecksville, Ohio, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Five men have been arrested for conspiring to blow up the high level bridge over ...

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