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Sturkey's dressings devised in 'downtime'

... are in stores in almost 30 states, including Ohio and Kentucky.The Sturkeys left Mesh, the West Chester Township restaurant where he was chef and she was pastry chef, in April. After years of working two different shifts: Pam doing pastry early in the morning and Paul taking the evening dinner shift, they're enjoying seeing each other and spending time with their children at their...

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New district means jobs, income tax

Butler County commissioners gave final approval Thursday to a three-community deal that creates a special taxing district that also brings more than 1,000 high-paying engineering jobs to West Chester Township.

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Storms caused widespread damage

... they go, the storms are leaving a wide path of damage behind.Lightning set two fires in West Chester Township that destroyed two homes, a dispatcher said. Luckily, the homes, located in the 5800 block of Woodbridge Lane in the gated Wetherington neighborhood and on Weathervane Way in the Beckett Ridge subdivision, were vacant at the time, he said. Trees fell on West Chester...

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More work due on Tylersville Road

When construction crews complete one project along Tylersville Road east of Seward Road in West Chester Township on Monday (weather permitting), crews will get started on another one further east, near Beckett Road.

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Be careful along Beckett Road

Several incidents in which someone has moved temporary barriers set up to control traffic flow in a construction area in West Chester Township has prompted county officials to step up enforcement in the area.

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Bad Timing Dept : Tyreke Evans’ Draft Week Distraction

... senseless street shooting, he was “horrendously wrong.” Judge Ann Osborne sentenced Evans, 18, of Chester to nine to 20 years in jail, to be followed by eight years of probation, in the Nov. 25, 2007, fatal shooting in Chester Township. Marcus Reason, 19, was gunned down by Evans, who opened fire from a car. The car, in which Evans was a passenger and from where the fatal shot...

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Work to close parts of Beckett Road

Road crews have been working on a construction project on Beckett Road in West Chester Township since May, but motorists will be impacted by the work beginning Monday when various sections of the road will be closed through Aug. 15.

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Cop to get pay during military duty

West Chester Township trustees lined up as one this week when they unanimously approved paying a township police officer the difference between his police salary and his military pay while he is on active duty.

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Woof! Dog Fest is back

Everything doggy will rule this weekend when the 10th annual DogFest returns to Voice of America Park in West Chester Township. More than 15,000 dogs and friends are expected to attend the two-day festival.

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Work to affect Beckett Road

Road crews have been working on a construction project on Beckett Road in West Chester Township since May, but motorists will be impacted by the work beginning Monday.

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Find free, fun things to do

... from 6 to 9 p.m., at Voice of America Lodge and Boathouse, 7850 Voice of America Park Drive, West Chester Township. You’ll need a vehicle permit. .Live music, art exhibits and science demonstrations are just part of what you’ll find at Midsummer Fest from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Sinclair Community College Courseview Campus, 5386 Courseview Drive, Mason. 513-339-1212.Put on something twirly...

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Ohio festival has truly gone to the dogs

CINCINNATI, June 12 (UPI) -- More than 15,000 dogs will likely be on hand, or paw as it were, when the 10th annual DogFest takes place in West Chester Township, Ohio, volunteers say. Event volunteer Ken Rhoads said the annual canine event in Voice of America Park has been gradually increasing in popularity among dogs and their two-legged owners, The Cincinnati Enquirer said Friday. It...

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Suit: Waffle House snubbed blacks

Travis Logan and his friends were tired and hungry after celebrating his birthday last October, so they decided to stop at a Waffle House while passing through West Chester Township.But instead of a hot meal, they say, they got treated like patrons in a segregated diner in the 1950s.Logan and three others sued Waffle House in federal court Monday, accusing employees at the restaurant...

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Pole Farm

(Get out your 3D glasses for this anaglyph image of the pole farm. See also this panorama . Both images by Jay Yarm .) Another testing grounds is a field of telephone poles located in Chester Township, New Jersey. It's an arboretum of sorts, “planted” with several hundred trunks, the total of which may have peaked close to a thousand, carved out of different tree species and...

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Neighborhood didn't go up; money won't come back

WEST CHESTER - In 2005, at the peak of the region's housing boom, executives at Peoples Community Bancorp agreed to lend $6.4 million to developers for a suburban lifestyle condo and townhome project. It was one of the largest amounts of money Peoples loaned for housing at a time when new home construction appeared to be a golden investment.