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Auditions for the Coshocton Community Choir’s adult choir spring season are now being scheduled. “We have openings in our 100-voice choir in all sections (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass), but we especially need second bases, tenors and first sopranos,” said Charles R. Snyder, the choir’s founder and conductor. The Coshocton Community Choir has members from […]
Get ready to experience Shakespeare like never before. Ridgewood High School is bringing a hilarious and irreverent twist to the Bard’s classic tragedy Hamlet with the uproarious comedy Save Hamlet, written by Mark Levine. The play will be performed at the Jill Collins Performing Arts Center on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, at 7 p.m. Tickets […]
Coshocton Public Health District will present Coffee with A Doc, on Monday, Jan. 13, featuring Dr. Stephanie Kelley. The event topic for January is “Healing Chronic Pain: Muscle, Joint and Spine.” The event is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Rust Décor, located at 341 Main St. in Coshocton. Parking is available in front of the […]
Coshocton County Youth Leadership (CCYL), a Leadership Coshocton County and Coshocton Foundation program is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 program year. Coshocton County Youth Leadership develops leadership and communication skills in participants, increasing self-confidence while interacting with community leaders as well as youth from area high schools. Through this experience CCYL participants gain leadership […]
The Ridgewood Board of Education met in regular session Dec. 20. Commendations were given to the RHS Student Council, Penny Mast, Rebecca Wells, and RHS Performing Arts, Jill Collins, Haley Evans, advisors and high school cafeteria ladies Marla Farver, Keri Brown, Jordan Pabin, and Annie Patterson, custodians Heather Wilson, Elaine Haynes and Suzie Blackstone, Jeanie […]
If you had to judge 28 holiday decorated classroom doors at Coshocton Elementary School would you be able to pick just one winner for each category? The categories that they are competing for are originality, neatness, student involvement, overall individual door and overall team design, The winners of each category will be awarded a plaque […]
In partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium, the Coshocton County District Library will offer free virtual author talks each month featuring bestselling, award-winning, and highly acclaimed authors from around the world. The featured writers and thought leaders will cover a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres. This new service is made possible in thanks […]
Coshocton Elementary announced it was awarded a generous grant of $20,000 from the Montgomery Foundation. The grant will support the school’s ongoing efforts to enhance the student learning experience and the building of the Leslie Croft Outdoor Classroom. The funds will be used to purchase the materials to build an outdoor classroom that takes learning […]
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Daniel “Dan” Bruening, 73, of Coshocton passed away Sunday, January 19, 2025 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in St. Petersburg, FL on May 5, 1951 to the late Raymond and Olga (Olsavsky) Bruening. Dan was a graduate of West Geauga High School and Kent State University. He worked at Edmonts […]
Larry Lee Bailey, affectionately known as Beetle, passed away on January 14, 2025, at the age of 87 in Canton, Ohio. Born on December 20, 1937, to Fred Bailey and Pauline Hite Bailey, Larry spent his life dedicated to helping others who crossed his path, both through his work and personal life. Larry proudly served […]
Betty D. Bratton, 93, of Coshocton, passed away at her home on January 19, 2025 surrounded by her family. Betty was born in Pulaski, VA, to the late Robert and Hazel (Kane) Via on January 10, 1932. Betty graduated from Pulaski High School in 1950. On December 22, 1951, she married the love of her […]
Jeannie Renee Jacobs, age 54, of Coshocton, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2025. She was born on September 16, 1970, in Coshocton to the late Clarence Wright Jr. and Sherry (Bryant) Shivers. On May 26, 2001, she married Robert “Rob” Jacobs who passed away on August 24, 2020. Jeannie was an amazing mother, grandmother, […]
Marjorie E. Lessig passed away on Friday, January 17, 2025 at Altercare of Coshocton. Marge was born on March 25, 1940 to the late Harvey and Alice Gatchel in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. She graduated from Salem High School and Riverside White Cross School of Nursing. She was a dedicated Hospice volunteer for 30 years and […]
Emma Jean Brown, age 97, of Coshocton passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, January 13, 2025. She was born in Guernsey County on September 3rd, 1927, to the late Bion and Blanche Larrick. Jean was a 1945 graduate of Sarahsville High School, Sarahsville, Ohio. She then moved to Coshocton, Ohio and married Gerald […]
John R. Unger, 75, of Coshocton, passed away at Coshocton Genesis Medical Center on Monday January 13, 2025. John was born in Coshocton on April 27, 1949, to the late Robert and Lawanda E. (Williamson) Unger. He graduated from Coshocton High School in the class of 1967, served in the Army National Guard and retired […]