Photo Gallery – Contractors began this week leveling a field at Alum Creek Park South for the construction of the Thomas James Knox outdoor hockey rink. The rink, dedicated to the memory of 14-year-old high school student Thomas James Knox, is being built with private funds raised by his family following his death in 2015.
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Photo Gallery (follow link) as workers remove recyclables from inside the old Hollywood Studio Theaters at Glengary Shopping Center in preparation for its demolition beginning Thursday. The abandoned theater, a carwash, and old gas station will be removed to make way for a new Aldi grocery store.
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The Westerville Fire Department responded to an automated fire alarm in the middle of the block between State and Colleges Sunday to discover the culprit was a pan of burned bacon in an apartment on the second floor.
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Westerville Planning Commission approved plans for a new entrance to service customers at the Starbucks on South State Street. The changes will eliminate the bottleneck and illegal u-turns that have plagued the company since South State Street and Schrock Road were rebuilt last year.
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The intersection of Cleveland Ave. with Altair Parkway and Executive Campus Drive now has its own traffic signal. Here’s why.
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Westerville Police held its first Human Trafficking Forum Monday night in city council chambers. The program was led by Police Chief Joe Morbitzer. Marlene Carson, a survivor of human trafficking, was the first speaker. She used her time to detail her experience as a teenager being trapped in human trafficking and how her escape led her to help others.
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The Westerville Chamber of Commerce will be allowed to sell beer at the 45th Music and Arts Festival after city council approved Wednesday a request by Parks and Recreation Director Randy Auler to amend a 2016 ordinance that allowed distribution but not sales at Heritage Park.
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Kroger began Thursday using Instacart to make deliveries in Westerville. The service offers home delivery from 55 stores in the Central Ohio region. This new offering goes hand-in-hand with Kroger’s ClickList program, which allows customers to order online and pick-up at the curb without ever having to get out of their car.
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Children’s and teen sections of the Westerville Public Library were closed Friday after an overnight leak from a broken water heater flooded a large portion of the fiction section on the first floor. Programs in the children’s section for Saturday are closed. More information in full story.
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Photo Gallery – Contractors began this week leveling a field at Alum Creek Park South for the construction of the Thomas James Knox outdoor hockey rink. The rink, dedicated to the memory of 14-year-old high school student Thomas James Knox, is being built with private funds raised by his family following his death in 2015.
Read MorePhoto Gallery (follow link) as workers remove recyclables from inside the old Hollywood Studio Theaters at Glengary Shopping Center in preparation for its demolition beginning Thursday. The abandoned theater, a carwash, and old gas station will be removed to make way for a new Aldi grocery store.
Read MoreThe Westerville Fire Department responded to an automated fire alarm in the middle of the block between State and Colleges Sunday to discover the culprit was a pan of burned bacon in an apartment on the second floor.
Read MoreWesterville Planning Commission approved plans for a new entrance to service customers at the Starbucks on South State Street. The changes will eliminate the bottleneck and illegal u-turns that have plagued the company since South State Street and Schrock Road were rebuilt last year.
Read MoreThe intersection of Cleveland Ave. with Altair Parkway and Executive Campus Drive now has its own traffic signal. Here’s why.
Read MoreWesterville Police held its first Human Trafficking Forum Monday night in city council chambers. The program was led by Police Chief Joe Morbitzer. Marlene Carson, a survivor of human trafficking, was the first speaker. She used her time to detail her experience as a teenager being trapped in human trafficking and how her escape led her to help others.
Read MoreThe Westerville Chamber of Commerce will be allowed to sell beer at the 45th Music and Arts Festival after city council approved Wednesday a request by Parks and Recreation Director Randy Auler to amend a 2016 ordinance that allowed distribution but not sales at Heritage Park.
Read MoreKroger began Thursday using Instacart to make deliveries in Westerville. The service offers home delivery from 55 stores in the Central Ohio region. This new offering goes hand-in-hand with Kroger’s ClickList program, which allows customers to order online and pick-up at the curb without ever having to get out of their car.
Read MoreChildren’s and teen sections of the Westerville Public Library were closed Friday after an overnight leak from a broken water heater flooded a large portion of the fiction section on the first floor. Programs in the children’s section for Saturday are closed. More information in full story.
Read MoreBlendon Township Administrator Bryan Rhoads announced in a letter released Wednesday that the Hollywood Theatre, the car wash, and the gas station at Glengary Shopping Center will be demolished to make way for a new Aldi grocery store and improvements at the shopping center.
Read MoreUpdates with comments on the Ohio Sheriff Sales Facebook page that the earlier auction winners failed to obtain financing after winning the auction. – The building in Uptown Westerville that houses Meza Wine Shop and Whit’s is again going on the auction block. Originally sold at auction in October 2017 it went back on the market when the auction winners, Connie Saelzler and Marcos Ferreira, failed to complete the purchase after receiving the engineering report on required repairs to the building.
Read MoreThe latest plans for the Uptown Streetscape removes almost all the bumpouts with a decision yet to be made about sidewalk width, brick street crossing, and how long it will take.
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