Don’t throw away those broken strings of holiday lights; turn them in to be recycled. Although string lights should not be placed in the regular recycling bins, there is a solution for this special item. Coshocton County Recycling & Litter Prevention is teaming up with Three Rivers Therapy and Kids America to provide drop-off sites […]
The Keep America Beautiful organization has an initiative every spring called the Great American Cleanup. Marking its 22nd year in 2020, the initiative inspires people to take action every day to improve and beautify their communities in nearly every way possible. You can join the conversation by following #DoBeautifulThings on Twitter and Instagram or by liking […]
COSHOCTON – The annual “Great American Cleanup” is scheduled for March 20. This project is the country’s largest community improvement project with more than 20,000 communities participating each year. As part of the Keep American Beautiful organization (KAB.org), this national program engages over five million volunteers to take action in their communities each year to […]
COSHOCTON – Disposable battery and cell phone drop-off sites are now available for the public to use throughout Coshocton County. Program Manager Jeff Wherley from the Coshocton County Recycling & Litter Prevention Office said the sites are at no cost to use for all disposable batteries brought by the public. “I have had requests for […]
COSHOCTON – It is so great to have a local company willing to help the community with its services. In this case, it’s Waste Parchment. Waste Parchment is based out of Millersburg, but owned by Coshocton resident Rocky Smith. It specializes in recycling textbooks from area schools. According to Mark Hoxworth, plant manager, they have […]
COSHOCTON – Jeff Wherley from the Coshocton County Recycling & Litter Prevention office is working hard to help businesses find a new place to recycle their paper products now that WestRock is closing. “I am working with some different business and trying to find a possibility,” he said. “We have to find a business to […]
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Shirley A. Flinn, 87, of Coshocton, Ohio, passed away at Altercare on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. She was born in Coshocton, Ohio on Feb. 15, 1935, to the late Fred and Doris (Barrick) Hayes. On Jan. 12, 1974, she married the late S. Gene Flinn who passed away March 9, 2013. Shirley was a member […]
Keith Alexander Hazlett, 64, of Coshocton, passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. He was born on Nov. 29, 1957, in Coshocton to the late James and Marna (Alexander) Hazlett. Keith joined the United States Navy, serving from 1974 to 1977, before he was honorably discharged. He […]
Alice (Ramsey) Gross, 96, has finished her race. She was much loved and will be missed by her family and friends. Alice was born March 11, 1926, and passed away on Aug. 2, 2022. She was a lifelong resident of Cohocton County with the exception of living in Amarillo, TX from 1950-1964, and then El […]
Jackie Earl Pickett passed away peacefully in his home near Warsaw, Ohio, on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at 5:30 PM, surrounded by family. He was so proud to have just celebrated his 80th birthday. He was preceded in death by his parents J.W. Pickett and Mary Fay Pickett, and by his sisters Linda Watley, Mary […]
Charlotte Myers, age 49, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. She was born on January 31, 1973 in Honolulu, Hawaii to the late Glenn Havens and Melody (Fickeisen) Anderson, who survives. On October 8, 2016, she married Jimmy Myers, who survives. She was very active in NA and AA. She was most proud […]
Carole Coleman, 88, of Coshocton passed away Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, after a brief illness. She was born in Fort Wayne, IN on Feb. 17, 1934, to the late Charles and Berniece “Sally” (Helton) Robbins. Carole graduated from New Rochelle High School, NY in 1952 and graduated from Averett College, Danville, PA in 1954. On […]
Ernest Lee Hardy, III, 53, died Sunday, July 31, 2022 at the Coshocton Regional Medical Center. He was born April 3, 1969 in Owensboro, KY to the late Ernest Lee Hardy, Jr. and Mabel Louise Bunch Cain. Ernie loved the outdoors, gardening and being a handyman, although he was humble about it. He claimed he […]