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Union Township Heritage Association Dissolved at April 12 Meeting

By Arlean Clifton WEST MILTON — The Union Township Heritage Association, an organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of Union Township, has been dissolved. During the April 12 meeting, members determinied the organization had “run its course” after 34 years. The association was founded in 1978 by Arlean Clifton, a retired newspaper journalist. [...]

Invitation to Participate in 2012 July 4th Parade

Hello, This is your invitation to participate in the West Milton’s 4th of July Hometown Parade. The parade starts at 11am, line ups will start at 10:30am. You will be notified of where you will line up at a later date. The theme of this year’s parade is “West Milton’s 4th of July Hometown Parade” [...]

West Milton Alert Warns of Potential Kidnapper

By Steve Baker Northern Bureau Chief Courtesy of WHIO-TV WEST MILTON, Ohio — West Milton police are looking into reports of an “alert” placed on the doors of  apartments Wednesday at the Forest Park Apartments in regards to an attempted kidnapping. Click here to view the complete story on whiotv.com. ###

Milton Memories Oral History Recording Session

The second of three oral history taping sessions will be held Tuesday, May 8, at the West Milton Municipal Building located on South Miami Street. The sessions start at 1:00 p.m. and last approximately one hour.   The topic is the history and activities of the West Milton Rotary Club.  The panel will be Jim [...]

New ACS Study Coming to Miami County

  The American Cancer Society is well known for their patient support program and research for new treatments. At the Relay For Life of Miami County next weekend, they will also focus on cancer prevention. New to the Miami County, is the Cancer Prevention Study 3. Known as CPS-3, the purpose of this study is [...]

MILTON-UNION PUBLIC LIBRARY TO GET NEW COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM

The Milton-Union Public Library would like to announce that we are updating our computer system towards the end of May and into the first week of June. During this time our existing software will not be able to process materials incoming or outgoing for our patrons. We would like for the community to know the [...]

West Milton Rotary – April 23, 2012

  Cliff Poling, program host, provided his own program with his wife, Katie, at the April 23 West Milton Rotary Club. Cliff and Katie recently traveled to Bangladesh to visit their daughter, Andrea, who is working in the capital city of Dhaka. Andrea is an Assistant Project Director for Chemonics International, located in Washington D.C. [...]

Library Celebrates 75 Years; Coate Honored Twice

By JOHN BADEN Record Herald Writer Courtesy of the Weekly Record Herald; Printed 4.29.12 WEST MILTON – On Jan. 4, 1937, the Milton-Union Board of Education created its own public library after being authorized by Ohio law in the year prior. So Milton-Union Public Library celebrated its 75 years of service last Saturday with a [...]

Miami Valley Vet Museum Hosts Free Gathering May 2

The Miami Valley Veterans Museum will host a free coffee and donut gathering Wednesday, May 2 from 9:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. at the Troy Masonic Temple, Second floor, 107 W. Main St., which is also the location of the Museum. Our featured speaker for the month of May is Mr. Ron Hufford. Ron will be talking [...]

Survivors are the Heart of Relay

“I am getting so excited! This is like having brunch with 300 friends!” Maggie Mundhenk, the Relay For Life Survivor chair continues, “We all have something in common – we are all survivors!” Over 150 survivors have registered for this year’s event. Instead of a dinner reception, this year the survivors will be treated to a brunch on [...]