Hopewell News

ZANESVILLE -- Voters heading to the polls in several precincts Tuesday morning will be casting ballots in different locations this year.

GRANVILLE -- Mayor Steve Butcher and mayoral election challengers Michael Fox and Terry Beekman discussed taxes, police and attracting industry at a Candidates Night forum on Oct.

NEWARK -- Local banks have money to lend and local residents want commercial loans to start new businesses.

ZANESVILLE -- They can strike at any time. Jean McFerren of Hopewell and her husband were headed into Zanesville to fill a prescription when they became statistics.

COSHOCTON -- They can strike at any time. Jean McFerren of Hopewell and her husband were headed into Zanesville to fill a prescription when they became statistics.

GRANVILLE - Challenger Mark Johns faced off against Heath Mayor Richard Waugh over the traffic cameras at Thursday's Candidates Night at the Granville Inn.

NEWARK -- The following person appeared Friday in Licking County Municipal Court in front of Judge David Branstool for a bond hearing.

Following nearly the same route that might have been taken thousands of years ago by American Indians, about 30 people intend to set out Saturday to trek almost 70 miles from Chillicothe to Newark.

HOPEWELL: Allen Leslie Gill, 90 of Hopewell passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at Genesis Hospice.

NEWARK -- In November 1933, Newark Mayor Charles P. Martin dedicated a monument high atop Horns Hill Park to remember one member of the Hopewell culture.

ZANESVILLE -- The Chuckie Murrey Memorial Benefit Banquet will take place Oct. 21 at the Muskingum County Fairgrounds.

The Native Harvest Festival combines cultural activities and an indigenous Hopewell-period garden this weekend at the Great Circle Earthworks in Heath.

ZANESVILLE --Seeds were planted in the spring and the gardeners' efforts were celebrated at the Harvest Festival at Brighton Presbyterian Church on Lexington Avenue.

Two thousand years ago, central and southern Ohio -- from Newark to Portsmouth and from Marietta to Cincinnati -- was a North American 'Holy Land.' This was the heartland of the culture that archaeologists have named 'Hopewell.' The Newark Earthworks was the most spectacular architectural achievement of these people.

It seems everyone has been interested in the articles about the Heath speed cameras.

I believe the Newark Earthworks were a place of pilgrimage. Many Native Americans, archaeologists and historians of religion have said so.

Crash Flips Car on Side Sun, Aug 30, 2009. 08:39 PM A Hopewell man is taken to the hospital after an evening crash.

NEWARK -- Investigators are trying to determine just how much of a Hopewell Township couple's fortune was made through their alleged marijuana grow operation, Licking County Prosecutor Ken Oswalt said.

HEATH -- Changes are needed for next year's Heath Super Cruise to protect Mopar spectators along Hebron Road from sustaining serious injury.

Muskingum County Probate Court Marriage Licenses July 27 Stephen A. Cunningham Jr.