Mark Fortune, along with his wife Nancy, is the former owner and founder of The Coshocton County Beacon, the highest circulated newspaper in Coshocton County. He has over 40 years in the publishing business with sales, marketing, and journalism experience. After selling The Beacon to the AloNovus Corp., in January 2020, Mark has been a Business Development Strategist with the company. They publish a network of weekly news publications with almost a half million distribution weekly, a quarterly tourism magazine and a digital division. Mark enjoys
history, and has a passion for genealogy, currently researching and discovering his Fortune ancestry. He and his wife Nancy live on a small farm outside of Coshocton.
A warm ocean breeze is warming my (freezing) face while I gaze at the whitecaps breaking on the shoreline. Or was that a finger breaking off in the cold? I have to pinch myself actually – except that I cannot feel the result of the pinch – because I am COLD! That’s because I am […]
Watch the Grammy’s? The NFL playoffs? The wind? Not sure exactly how you “watch” the wind except, I guess, blowing snow and the trees. And that’s kind of fun. The Bengals seemingly can’t catch a break. Even at home. Injured quarterback, penalties and more doomed the boys in orange and black. Yeh, you Steelers fans […]
COSHOCTON – MVSR Boy Scouts from Coshocton and several surrounding counties endured rain, mud and cold during the annual Klondike Derby held this past weekend at the Muskingum Valley Scout Reservation in Coshocton County. Dale Arnold, scoutmaster for Troop 406 that meets at Burt Avenue Wesleyan Church, said, “The first thing in my mind is […]
COSHOCTON – Swimmers from seven ECOL high schools competed at the annual conference meet at Coshocton High School on Friday evening, Jan. 15 with Dover taking top team honors in both boys and girls with Coshocton earning second place in boys and River View garnering fourth place. For the girls River View came in fourth […]
COSHOCTON – Coshocton Redskins senior Bryce Philabaum was named the ECOL Swimmer of the Year at the ECOL Swim Meet held Friday evening, Jan. 15 at Coshocton. Philabaum commented on the honor, “It feels great. I remember that I set a goal my freshman year that I wanted to be the swimmer of the year […]
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Dr. John Allen Moore, Ed.D., 91, of Gettysburg, PA., husband of Maria Moore (nee Mendoza), passed away at his home on Monday, November 25, 2024. Born in Dresden, OH on June 17, 1933, he was the son of the late Henry Miles Moore and Allene Davis (nee Howell). He is preceded in death by both […]
Michael C. Hayes, age 70, of West Lafayette, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 24, 2024. He was born on November 10, 1954, in Coshocton, to John and Lois (Kinner) Hayes. Mike graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1973 and then worked part-time at the Post Office for several years in Fresno before being transferred […]
Gene Leroy Ditsler loved life and lived it to the fullest for nearly 88 years, from his birth on February 8, 1937 in Valparaiso, IN, until his death on November 7, in Granville, OH. Gene grew up loving sports, especially basketball, and though he wasn’t tall enough to play on the high school team, he […]
Richard “Dick” Edwin Unger, born on March 12, 1940, in Coshocton, Ohio, passed away peacefully at his home in West Lafayette, Ohio, on November 22, 2024. He was 84 years old. Richard was a devoted husband to Wanda Grace Hardesty, whom he married on September 9, 1961. Together, they shared 63 wonderful years of marriage. […]
Celia Hazel Oliver, age 91, of Lebanon, Ohio, formerly of Coshocton, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2024. She was born in Birmingham, England, on February 27, 1933, to the late George C. and Mabel (Barnatt) Barke and grew up in Sunninghill, England. In January of 1956, Hazel and her husband, Alex immigrated to […]
Audrey Cameron, who would’ve been 90 on the first day of spring, passed away on Friday, November 22, 2024 at Hennis Care Center of Dover. She was born in Flint, MI on March 20, 1935 to the late Roscoe L. And Mildred (Shippey) Hough. Audrey graduated from Northern High School in Flint, MI and worked […]
Kenneth Larry Watson of Coshocton, Ohio, entered into the presence of his Savior on November 19, 2024, at the age of 82, after a courageous battle with dementia. Born on June 21, 1942, in Plainfield, Ohio, Larry was the son of William Max and Anita Mae Watson. He is survived by his devoted wife of […]