Berlin News

BERLIN -- The fifth annual Bluegrass & Country Gospel Music Celebration will take place at 6 p.m. Nov.

BERLIN -- The Berlin Ohio Area Merchants will kick off the holiday season Nov. 27 with a live Nativity parade and candlelighting ceremony.

Knox County Health Commissioner Dennis Murray reported that 500 doses of H1N1 vaccine were administered by the health department in the first 10 days of the program.

It's 7:30 a.m. and a total of 34 mostly "Prime Timers" are gathered at Marion First Church of the Nazarene parking lot for a bus and van for a September trip to the east into Amish country.

Robert and Carol Gisinger of Millersburg are celebrating their 50th anniversary today with a dinner hosted by their children.

BERLIN -- Schrock's Amish Farm and Village will host its first Apple Festival Down on the Farm on Oct.

I saw a remarkable bird last week in the heart of Ohio's Amish country. The northern wheatear is a smallish thrush with rather long legs that breeds on the tundra along the northernmost part of North America, above the Arctic Circle.

F or close to 20 years, my friends Bonnie Shuman , Nancy Brintnall , Linda Limpert and I have been making regular journeys to Holmes County to soak in the atmosphere of "Amish Country." We used to make at least five trips a year before we all retired and became too busy to manage regular visits.

To accommodate for more than $300,000 in cuts throughout the year, the Holmes County District Public Library board voted Tuesday to eliminate 12 part-time staff positions.

MANSFIELD -- If you've noticed the Burger King on the Miracle Mile is missing, don't despair.

To accommodate for more than $300,000 in cuts throughout the year, the Holmes County District Public Library board voted Tuesday to eliminate 12 part-time staff positions.

You could see a real Civil War cannon, watch a parade that included a tractor-driving cow or ride a pony at Wellington's Cheese Festival on Saturday.

Law enforcement officers urge residents to lock their vehicles and take valuables inside the house after dark in the wake of multiple thefts from parked cars.

Ontario Systems, a local software company that laid off 126 employees in December, shed another 35 jobs Wednesday.

A look at sales tax revenue received by Wayne County reveals the figures have been up and down compared to a year ago, but the past two months have been trending downward.

Coshocton County Sheriff's Office May 28 Total inmates, 51; males, 45; females, 6. Accidents May 27 Fred E. Montgomery, 65, of 31020 Township Road 213, Baltic, and Melissa S. Gongora, 28, of 4820 Township Road 366, Berlin, collided on Township Road 213.

Buckeye Trail High stumbled in a 5-4 loss at Linsly on Wednesday in Ohio Valley Athletic Conference quarterfinal action.

One swing of the bat resulted in Meadowbrook High's first East Central Ohio League softball defeat as Dover's Sarah Mills delivered a sixth inning solo home run to lift the Lady Tornadoes to a 1-0 victory over the Lady Colts on Wednesday.

The United Community Education Department is sponsoring a bus trip to the Southern Tier of Ohio's Amish Country on Saturday.

COSHOCTON - Coshocton County Youth Leadership , a Leadership Coshocton County and Coshocton Foundation program, is accepting applications for the 2009-2010 program year.