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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014
BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS
McHenry Ave. ‘one big pothole’ to Sydney needs replaced. It’s terrible and has been for three years.”
Where are the worst roads and potholes in the area? You told us: “The stretch of McHenry Avenue in East Westwood, between Henrianne Court and Baltimore Avenue is pretty much just one big pothole.”
drives on this section on a regular basis can be easily spotted as they drive not in the designated lane but crossed over the center yellow line into the middle turn lane a little to try to preserve their car’s alignment! Help!”
“I live on West Galbraith Road between the intersection on Colerain Avenue and Cheviot Road and this section has become horrible for its condition. Due to previous sewer line work years ago and continued subsequent ‘small jobs’ where the road pavement had to be dug up, it is a road of many ‘patches’ that just crumble. Anyone who
On Jan. 20: “Galbraith Road between Cheviot Road and Colerain Avenue. Eastbound has a pothole big enough to swallow my Honda Prelude. Lost one tire already.” On Jan. 22: “Thanks! Just drove that section of Galbraith Road and it’s been patched.”
“As a long-time resident of Monfort Heights, I travel Westwood Northern Boulevard quite frequently. That is, I used to. For several years, now, this thoroughfare has been in atrocious condition due to neglect. Going west, starting from the Cheviot sign located right before Cheviot United Methodist Church, all the way to the Green Township sign to Harrison Avenue, this thoroughfare is in atrocious condition. And it has been
“Covedale Road from Foley
See ROADS, Page A2
– John R. Sheldon
– Lisa Johnson
– Matthew Tietsort
– Tim Kessling
Springfield Township workers fill in potholes Jan. 16 on Harbury Drive, after recent extreme temperatures had pitted the roads, and a day before another snowfall covered the streets.KELLY MCBRIDE/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
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A group of mice, played by Holy Family School students, from left: Daniel Rottenberger, Chloe Young, Christopher Davis, Isaac Griffith and Marvi Ramirez-Simon, console Cinderella, played by Danielle Burtschy, while rehearsing for their upcoming presentation of Disney’s “Cinderella Kids.”KURT BACKSCHEIDER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Musical Holy Family’s first
By Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
EAST PRICE HILL — Griffin Kelley said he’s always liked watching his older brothers perform in musicals. “I’ve seen my brothers perform at Elder and I thought it
would be really cool to be in a show myself,” he said. Now the sixth-grader at Holy Family School is getting his chance. Kelley will play Prince Charming in Holy Family’s upcoming production of Disney’s “Cinderella Kids.”
Students will take the stage for two performances during Catholic Schools Week. Shows are at 9 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, in the school auditorium, 3001 Price Ave. Diane Schoster, the art teacher at Holy Family, said this is the first time the school,
which is more than 125 years old, is putting on a musical. Students have performed spring and Christmas concerts, but they’ve never performed a full-blown musical production before, she said. See MUSICAL, Page A2
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Delhi officials may place police levy on spring ballot By Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
DELHI TWP. — Residents could have a tax levy to decide this spring. Township officials are considering placing a police levy on the May ballot. The Delhi Township Board Of Trustees is expected to vote on whether to request a levy, and determine how many mills the levy would be, at its meeting Wednesday, Jan. 29.
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“The previous five-year police levy is now in its ninth year,” Trustee President Cheryl Sieve said. “The guys have been pretty fru- Landrum gal. They’ve done a great job.” She said township departments are self sufficient, meaning they operate solely on funding from levies and are not sup-
HIGH POINTS Elder diver Godar help others after overcoming his own battles See Sports, A6
ported by the township’s general fund. If the police department doesn’t increase revenue through the form of a new levy, she said the Sieve township would have to deficit spend and support the police department with money from the general fund, which the township cannot afford.
“We don’t have a general fund that can support financing a police department,” she said, noting the township’s general fund has been decreased in recent years due to state cuts. Sieve said the board will consider requesting either a fiveyear, 2.49-mill police levy or a five-year, 2.89-mill police levy. A 2.49-mill levy would allow the township police department to maintain its existing level of services with 29 police officers, while a 2.89-mill levy would al-
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low the township to hire two additional officers in 2015, she said. For the owner of a home worth $100,000, a 2.49-mill levy would cost an additional $87 per year in taxes and a 2.89-mill levy would cost an additional $101 per year. Delhi Township Administrator Pete Landrum said the police department operates on a roughly $4 million annual bud-
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