The Coshocton Public Library will hold its annual Holiday Open House on Friday, November 19 prior to Our Town Coshocton’s Miracle on Main parade. Refreshments, take and make crafts for youth, and special guest, Rudolph, will be available outside the library between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. To promote safety and well-being, all activities will […]
The Coshocton Friends of the Library annual book sale will be held on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 5-6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Coshocton Public Library. In addition to great bargains on thousands of books, movies and magazines, a silent auction will […]
The Coshocton Public Library’s summer reading program is in full swing, and families are taking advantage of the fun, excitement and learning that each animal antic session is providing. Cyndi Shutt, youth services coordinator for the library, said all of the animal Antics sessions are booked, but she wants to encourage people to call if […]
The Coshocton Public Library will be a food site for Children’s Hunger Alliance, an Ohio agency of the USDA, from June 3 through Aug. 26. Children aged 0 to 18 years may pick up free, non-perishable box meals at the Coshocton Public Library. Five breakfast meals and five dinner meals will be available for each […]
For many children last summer was a very isolating and uninspiring time. Although the Coshocton Public Library and West Lafayette Branch were able to open in June 2020, summer reading was very different from years past. As always, there were the same great prize opportunities (655 children and teens logged 5,055 hours of reading); but […]
Celebrate Black History Month with the Coshocton Public Library and WOUB Public Media with an exclusive, 30-minute preview of “The Black Church: This is our story, this is our song,” a new series available through PBS. This series reveals the broad history and culture of the black church and explores African American faith communities on the […]
Children age 3-12 are invited to come to the library’s children’s room during the month of February to adopt a book buddy to love and read to. “We are hoping to encourage a love of reading, which is always the goal,” said Jenn Williams, marketing coordinator at the Coshocton Public Library. “Hopefully the stuffed animals […]
As Coshocton moves to eradicate the COVID-19 crisis, answers surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine are needed to ensure the safety and well-being of the Coshocton community. Join the Coshocton Public Library for a virtual community Q&A forum on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. In this forum, participants will have the ability to ask questions and […]
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Franklin L. Hill, 81 of Coshocton died Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at Lafayette Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in West Lafayette. Frank was born to Frank and Nannie Hill in Wellston, Ohio. He graduated from Wellston High School where he excelled as a three-sport athlete and was later inducted into the Wellston High School Athletic […]
Shirley Jean Lauvray, 81, of Coshocton passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at the Coshocton Regional Medical Center. She was born in Coshocton, on March 27, 1940, to the late Kenneth G. and Florence A. (Lumm) Murray. Shirley was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Coshocton and had […]
Zachary “Zack” Hardesty, 38, of Coshocton passed away on November 28, 2021 at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, after a 30 year battle with kidney disease. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio on March 19, 1983. Zack was a graduate of Coshocton High School and had previously worked for Wal-Mart. He loved woodworking and […]
Ronald Leon Booth, 62, of Warsaw, Ohio died Friday morning, November 26, 2021 at Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, Ohio. Born August 29, 1959 in Newark, Ohio, he was a son of the late Roy L. and Stella (Evans) Booth and was a 1978 graduate of River View High School. Ronald spent years on the […]
Sharon Marie (Welch) Moore, 75, of West Lafayette, passed away on Monday, November 22, 2021. She was born in Newark on August 10, 1946 to the late Clarance and Florence (Welch) Moore. Sharon graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic School and was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was on the bereavement committee […]
Ronald Earl Lewis, 84, of Coshocton, passed away on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. He was born on Oct. 2, 1937 in Canton to the late Benjamin and Grace Elizabeth (Green) Lewis. Ronald graduated from Coshocton High School in 1956, and then served in the United States Navy. He retired from the Coshocton City Fire Department […]
Elderess Marcia Joan Coffman, 58, of Coshocton, departed this life on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. Born May 7, 1963, in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Marvin “Buddy” Fox and Elderess Iris Fox. She was married to her husband, Brother James “Jim” Coffman, for 40 years. Elderess Marcia was a member and […]