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 […]
Mark Fortune
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.
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A little bit of this and a little bit of that . . . it’s leftover mania!
So, someone told me that today, Monday, Nov. 30, is CyberMonday. Gee, I thought that just about every day anymore was a “cyber” day.” Do we really need a special day dedicated to more online shopping? I don’t think so but just so you don’t think I am some fuddy duddy I get it. And […]
Can we press the pause button – Thanksgiving is almost here!
With COVID-19 cases rapidly on the rise, an election that we think is over, a Senate majority that will hang in the balance until early January – and families poised on the edge with holiday plans also hanging in the balance – is it any wonder that we all seem frazzled? Well, most of us […]
We have a lot to be thankful for
“Barreling” down Main Street early this Monday morning (Nov. 9) the headline above is the phrase displayed on the wonderful Rotary sign at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets. That is close if not the exact words. Yes, we do. Yes, we do. Regardless of how the election turned out for you on the […]
Chamber presents annual awards and announces date for 2021 dinner
The Buckeyes looked pretty sharp in their season opener against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. It took a bit to get going, but once they did, it was almost like watching the team from last year on the field. In fact, the Buckeyes made enough of an impression in the first game that they soared from the […]
Shop early, shop often and shop local this holiday season
Someone said there was a football game in Pittsburgh on Sunday. That’s odd, because I never found a football game. I saw a thrashing though. Just think, only a couple more weeks and all this craziness will be over, and we can go back to being civil with each other. I’m sure that the national […]
I guess we are still observing things after all?
Town seemed a bit quieter as I made the left turn onto Main Street on Monday morning. Then I remembered – this is Columbus Day – Monday, Oct. 12. Gee, I thought that this may have went away with the dodo bird, statues, monuments, team names, and on and on. You get the idea. So, […]
There’s none of this or none of that going on
Sure, I picked up, paid for and chomped down my share of “fair food” at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds over the past few days – it would seem that the candidates for the junior fair king and queen court were right on when they said that, “the Stromboli was their favorite” as witnessed by the […]
So much to write about, so little space and even less time
Yep. That’s the truth. While some weeks it is more challenging to put together a column that neither offends nor crosses any of the many great divides in today’s culture, this week is not that week. Folks are coming to Cleveland. Some really important people actually. Oh sure, I know that President Trump and former […]
