Notice of Special Recreation Board Meeting

 

The Mount Vernon Recreation Board will hold a special public meeting on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 40 Public Square, Mount Vernon, Ohio for the limited purpose of discussing the following:

 

  • Bylaws
  • Tennis program
  • Policies and procedures initial discussion
  • Development of agenda for next regularly scheduled meeting

 

An agenda may be obtained from the Clerk of Council’s office, Mount Vernon City Hall, 40 Public Square, Mount Vernon, OH 43050.Read full story

Biden-Harris Administration Now Accepting Applications for $1 Billion Rural High-Speed Internet Program

$1 Billion Increase in USDA ReConnect Program Round 4 Funding through the Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is now accepting applications for ReConnect Program loans and grants to expand access to high-speed internet for millions of people in rural America nationwide.Read full story

HHS Joins CFPB to Protect Nursing Home Residents and Their Caregivers From Illegal Debt Collection Practices

In Joint Letter with CFPB, HHS Stresses to Nursing Homes and Debt Collectors Prohibition on Requiring Caregivers to Assume Responsibility for Cost of Resident’s Care

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), doubled down on its work to protect nursing home residents and their caregivers from illegal methods of guaranteeing payment for care.

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Ohio EPA Recognizes Lucas and Franklin County Schools with Encouraging Environmental Excellence in Education Awards

September 8, 2022 – Ohio EPA Director Laurie A. Stevenson has recognized Clay High School and St. Francis DeSales High School with the Branch Level of Encouraging Environmental Excellence in Education (E4) Award. The program has three levels: root, branch, and leaf, based on how many of the “Three R” environmental principles (reduce, reuse, and recycle) the school is incorporating in its curriculum or school activities.Read full story

Hazardous Weather Outlook

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
352 AM EDT Fri Sep 9 2022

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352 AM EDT Fri Sep 9 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.
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Governor DeWine Orders Flags Lowered in Honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—In accordance with the orders issued by the President of the United States of America and in remembrance of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Governor DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the State of Ohio until sunset on the day of interment.Read full story