Upper Arlington
Proposed A-to-Z connector runs into brick wall, city officials say
Opposition to a connector between Ackerman and Zollinger roads remains strong, even after the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission said it would not list the project in its regional transportation plan. Last week, Upper Arlington officials announced MORPC would not be including the A-Z connector on its Metropolitan Transportation Plan, the organization’s long-term planning document for [...]
Read More >>New to the Menu | Economical Greek food also pleases palate
Thursday March 8, 2012 8:16 AM View Slideshow JEFF HINCKLEY | DISPATCH PHOTOS Above: The fish pita at Panini Opa Housed in a place that, as a Rally’s, touted the Big Buford burger, Panini Opa offers Mediterranean food. The founders of the Greek Corner restaurants in Dublin and Upper Arlington own the brand-new operation. The [...]
Read More >>Photo: Wild and windy
Some readers have been surprised to learn that seclusion rooms — sometimes called timeout rooms or quiet rooms — existed in traditional Columbus schools. They’ve long been part of the district’s schools that enroll exclusively students with severe emotional or behavioral disabilities. As I wrote in today’s paper, a state agency that protects people with [...]
Read More >>Chamber honors area businesses
By Lin Rice ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday March 7, 2012 2:34 PM A number of businesses and business owners were honored for their contributions to the community March 2, when the Upper Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated its members in the annual Community Celebration and Business Expo. Dozens of Arlington and area businesses showed [...]
Read More >>UA duo gains perspective at state meet
By JARROD ULREY ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday March 7, 2012 12:53 PM Competing against numerous gymnasts with club backgrounds in the individual state meet March 3 at Hilliard Bradley gave Upper Arlington High School freshman Emily Jones a new perspective. Jones, who previously competed for Universal Gymnasts along with classmate and fellow state competitor Mary [...]
Read More >>Grandview police reports
Wednesday March 7, 2012 1:06 PM • A resident of the 1300 block of Arlington Avenue reported March 4 that racial slurs and sexual comments and pictures had been written on his vehicle with poster paint overnight. One of the comments written on the vehicle appeared to make a negative reference to the city of [...]
Read More >>Connector would open ‘Corridor of Crime’
Wednesday March 7, 2012 2:36 PM To the editor: For the past year, there has been a large number of home burglaries in the Fishinger, North Star and Zollinger area of Upper Arlington and Columbus. The reason for this — quick access to (state Route) 315 and crime spreading from north of OSU campus. These [...]
Read More >>Sectional finish brings optimism to Upper Arlington
By AARON BLANKENSHIP ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday March 7, 2012 12:53 PM Upper Arlington High School wrestling coach Matt Stout admits that his team did not meet expectations during the regular season. The Golden Bears went 4-6 overall in dual matches and failed to win a tournament. In addition, they went 3-4 in the OCC-Central [...]
Read More >>Both Upper Arlington levies pass
Enlarge Image Eric George/ThisWeek Upper Arlington Library community relations manager Ruth McNeil reacts while looking at the results for the library levy on a computer at the Old Bag of Nails in Tremont Center March 6. By Lin Rice ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday March 7, 2012 2:59 PM Upper Arlington voters renewed two long-standing tax [...]
Read More >>Tiberi, Stivers get GOP nods in easy races
Republican incumbents Pat Tiberi and Steve Stivers easily knocked off tea party challengers to win their party’s nominations yesterday in central Ohio’s 12th and 15th congressional districts. The predictable primary wins essentially guarantee re-election in November for both in the two newly reconfigured and safely Republican districts. Elsewhere in Ohio, two incumbents — Dennis J. [...]
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