Put-in-Bay News

Ottawa County celebrated Parent's Week with a kickoff breakfast in Port Clinton Tuesday, Oct.

By tightening the rules on private septic systems, state health and environmental officials hope to prevent a repeat of a bacterial outbreak here that caused 1,400 people to have stomach cramps and diarrhea in the summer of 2004.

When you read this it will be only one week until we celebrate Thanksgiving. So it's time to get organized for the feast .

The first thing I want to mention is how appreciative I have been of this wonderful autumn season.

PUT-IN-BAY -- A small local school district has gone through a big transformation.

An election official is hoping to see a 50 percent turnout for Election Day. JoAnn Friar, director of the Ottawa County Board of Elections, said county voters have plenty of local issues and races as well as three statewide issues on the ballot.

Wee Willy's Sports Pub invited about 30 residents of the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky to an afternoon of food and fun Oct.

Corey R. Alston, 27, of Pittsburgh, Pa., arrested by the Put-in-Bay Police Department on two counts of theft, four counts of receiving stolen property and one count of fictitious plates, no bond set.

A Pennsylvania man was arrested Monday at Put-in-Bay on charges of having a stolen car and several other items.

PORT CLINTON -- A Michigan man was arrested after police say he caused a weekend disturbance at a hotel while wearing women's undergarments.

The Ship Residence sits on South Bass Island in Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay, Ohio. Its based on what is left of the former Great Lakes Shipping Boat, The Benson Ford.

A high-speed ferry from Lorain to Cleveland could be in place by next summer, bringing visitors to downtown festivals, baseball games and museums.

CATAWBA ISLAND -- The Miller Boat Line, which operates four passenger ferries that run from Catawba to South Bass and Middle Bass islands, has contracted with a Cleveland shipyard to extend the length of one of its vessels.

Great Lakes Shipyard, a division of The Great Lakes Group, has been awarded a contract by Miller Boat Line, Put-in-Bay, Ohio, to fabricate and install a new 40 foot mid-body extension in the passenger/vehicle ferry Put-in-Bay. The contract was awarded on August 17, 2009, and all work is underway at Great Lakes Shipyard's facilities on the South ...

Many have called it "the Key West of the Midwest." The comparison seemed valid as I strolled along Delaware Avenue in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, on a July evening.

Thirteen members of Terra's ElderCollege program recently traveled to Put-in-Bay and joined more than 100 other volunteers in the annual 'Dive Put-in-Bay' event.

While you need to make an effort to flee the party on South Bass, on Kelleys you need to make an effort to find it.

Posted by Joe Guillen / Plain Dealer Reporter September 17, 2009 21:36PM Bigger isn't better to the United States Mint, which recently passed over the Cuyahoga Valley National Park when selecting a site to represent Ohio on a new line of commemorative quarters designed to celebrate states' natural beauty.

The annual Running of the Wieners event, featuring dachshunds dressed in hot-dog buns, helps kick off Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in downtown Cincinnati.

American naval commander Oliver H. Perry defeated a British naval force at Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie.