Prospect News

MARION - Patrons of Marion Public Library received a bit of thanks Monday as the staff treated them with music and treats and offered an inside look at how the library operates.

PROSPECT - The Prospect Lions Club presents the sixth annual 'Breakfast with Santa and Toy Drive' will be held Saturday, Dec.

ZANESVILLE -- When Gary Jones spotted a vintage fire truck that was left to rot in a Columbus junkyard, he could feel his heart breaking.

MARION - Battle Run fire district Chief Jeff Good invited Village of Prospect officials to an open house at the fire station at 7 p.m. Nov.

Leaf pickup nearly done, Area 5 next Leaf pickup crews have completed collection in Areas 1 through 4 and will begin today in Area 5, starting at Florence Avenue and working south toward the Prospect area, Winwood, West Cook Road and Hollywood Lane; and east to Shaffner, McCullough, Brushwood and Elmridge Road areas.

PROSPECT: Margaret 'Maggie' McClaskey, age 74, died early Wednesday morning, November 11, 2009 at the Marion Manor, she was a former resident of Prospect.

Steve Smith reported at the recent Prospect Merchants Association meeting that the four churches in the village will take care of the four corporation plantings at the entrances to the village.

MARION: Kenneth Robert 'Kenny' McEliece, age 66 of Marion died Monday afternoon, November 2, 2009 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital.

Two new members headed to Marion City Council. Marion City Council at Large Bowling Green Twp.

MARION - A last-minute effort to spur opposition to area levies is drawing criticism from both public officials and a few residents who received flyers.

Almost 10 months ago, a 14-year-old boy who was a student at Elgin Junior High School was flown to Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus to receive treatment for stab wounds he had sustained when getting off the bus for school the first day after Christmas break.

The Elgin community is very fortunate to have the opportunity to use both state and federal money to help build new facilities for the children of our district.

PROSPECT - Elgin Local Schools interim superintendent Jim Craycraft attended the recent Prospect Village Council meeting in support of the Nov.

Elgin Local Schools' interim superintendent figures he's talked to dozens of groups since he began educating the community about the district's upcoming bond issue.

MARION - Three more nuisance properties head for City Council consideration after the board of building appeals declared each a blight.

PROSPECT - Members of the Prospect Village Council heard a resident's complaint at their recent meeting.

Bad photographs notwithstanding, Ohio drivers will have to provide proof of residency to renew, replace or apply for a driver's license or state identification card, public information officer Lindsey Bohrer said.

Four people were transported to Marion General Hospital after being involved in a two-vehicle accident Friday afternoon south of Marion.

Out-of-town visitors to the new Smolen-Gulf Covered Bridge will have an easier time finding the mammoth structure, thanks to Plymouth Township trustees.

G. B. Community Theatre at the Ashtabula Arts Center will open the Ayn Rand classic "Night of January 16th" tonight and will play for three weekends.