For the second year in a row, Wellington High School students will be spending a day helping the community. Students and staff members are busy planning the second annual Community Service Day, which will be held Thursday, May 10. Last year, despite unseasonably cold weather, high school students worked together to help local businesses and homeowners. […]
Despite the gas spill clean-up efforts around the Wellington Township garage, the township hasn’t been affected much. Township trustee Dale McAvena said many have been misinformed about where the spill actually took place. “People were misled that the spill took place underneath the garage,” he said. “But it happened about 200 to 300 feet east of […]
Work continues on the clean-up of a gas spill, and will continue for several months. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ohio EPA, and Sunoco Logistics are still working on clean-up of the site. However, benzene levels in the air are now low enough that residents have returned home and workers are no longer using oxygen masks. […]
A 116,760-gallon gas leak, caused by an underground gas transmission line, forced the evacuation of 70 residents from their homes during icy winter conditions early last Friday. At approximately 10:45 p.m. last Thursday, residents of Brookside Mobile Home Park, 706 N. Main St., called the Wellington Fire District after smelling gas. Firefighters responded, and determined […]
K-Kids — a service organization for elementary school kids — was started a year ago at McCormick Middle School and now it is the largest K-Kids chapter in the country. According to school board member Ayers Ratliff, McCormick’s K-Kids group has more than 80 members in fourth through sixth grades. The group is sponsored by […]
Residents frustrated after being evacuated from their homes following a major gas leak near Maple Street last week voiced their concerns during a public meeting at the high school on Monday. About 100 residents attended a briefing that was hosted by the different agencies taking part in the clean-up of the 116,760-gallon gas leak. Most of […]
While firefighters were responding to a large gas leak, they also had to battle a fire at Dimitri’s Corner Restaurant. Wellington fire chief Mike Wetherbee said the fire happened at about 8 a.m. on Friday. Most of the firefighters at the time were at the gas leak, but a few of them were able to […]
Joe Calfo was sworn in as the newest member of the school board at the Tuesday, Jan. 10, meeting. Calfo, Jacquie Dovin, and Marion Nirode were on the November ballot. Calfo was the top vote receiver, and Dovin was re-elected in a tight race with Nirode. Dovin was also sworn in at Tuesday’s meeting. The […]