Dresden News

Here are some of the highlights of this week: Thumbs up: To the Ohio State Buckeyes who punched their ticket to the Rose Bowl and will take on Michigan today.

ZANESVILLE -- The official totals are in, and not much has changed for the Nov. 3 election cycle.

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Hogue of Adamsville will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary this year.

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Wright, of Frazeysburg, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 7. Margot 'Peggy' Tilton and David E. Wright were married June 7, 1959, in Frazeysburg.

Singing, good friends and a potluck-style dinner have singers from all over the state attending Karaoke in the Country with Barb and Bill Marling.

DRESDEN -- A groundbreaking ceremony will be conducted at 10 a.m. today at the Dresden Water Plant for the Dresden-Trinway Waterline Extension Project.

DRESDEN: Robert Ira Wilcox, 77, of Dresden, died at 1:24 p.m. Tuesday November 10, 2009 following a brief illness.

Dresden Fire Department will hold its steak dinner starting at 11 a.m. today at the fire house in Dresden.

Pets and their owners were all dolled up Sunday for their holiday photos. This is the 16th year the Pictures Plus Studios in Dresden has taken holiday pet photos.

ZANESVILLE -- CrimeStoppers could be coming to Muskingum County. County Commissioners met with Muskingum County CrimeStoppers Watch Coordinator Don Jones and Sheriff Matt Lutz Thursday to discuss rolling out the citizen program county-wide in the coming weeks.

DRESDEN -- The Dresden Farmers' Market is a year-round market conducted from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursdays , at the Dresden United Methodist Church.

All Saints Day will be observed today at the 9:30 am worship service at the Frazeysburg United Methodist Church.

ZANESVILLE -- Voters heading to the polls in several precincts Tuesday morning will be casting ballots in different locations this year.

DRESDEN -- Stormy skies and pouring rain added to the haunting atmosphere of the village's first Halloween Festival.

His nose was pressed against the cage door as he took his paw and reached out for attention.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Army Pfc. Ashley D. Bathrick has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. She is the daughter of Heather Bathrick, of Dresden, and a 2009 graduate of Tri-Valley High School.

ZANESVILLE -- Kenneth W. Catlett III was found to be incompetent or unrestorable after a competency hearing in a Muskingum County Common Pleas court Monday and now faces up to life in a mental health institution.

ZANESVILLE -- To celebrate 65 years of assisting local landowners with conservation issues, the Muskingum Soil and Water Conservation District recently hosted 'Conservation -- Plant it for the Future', its 2008 annual meeting.

The Meadow View Church of Christ will conduct Trunk or Treat starting at 4 p.m. today and a community hog roast from 5 to 8 p.m. with music by Frosty Pierce Band.

VIRGINIA TOWNSHIP -- An Akron man is carrying on a tradition in a big way. The retired Rev.