Ridgewood High School graduate Bryce Prater who played on the Ohio State National Championship football team visited students from kindergarten through third grade in the gymnasium at Ridgewood Elementary School on Feb. 7. Each elementary class had a photo taken with Prater and each student will receive an autographed copy of the picture. They were […]
Ridgewood Local School District hosted a mortgage burning ceremony on Jan. 7 in the Jill Collins Performing Arts Center at Ridgewood High School. School Board President Frank Mathews thanked everyone who came to celebrate paying off the high school debt. “Back in 1998-99 during the Ridgewood School year the community and school board started the […]
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 […]
Ridgewood Performing Arts’ Choir and Drama departments will present several end of the year musical events that are free and open to the public. The Ridgewood choirs grades seven to 12 will combine for their annual Pops Concert on Tuesday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m. The choirs will present a wide variety of popular music, […]
There will be a sign-up sheet in the Ridgewood High School office for a new proposed Ridgewood Bowling Club. Coach will be Robin Crouso Hire for girls. A boys coach will be needed if males sign up. Cost is $150 and that includes all practices and games at Legacy Lanes and other lanes. The season […]
Last fall, when Ridgewood Elementary School Counselor Missy Grimmett received a letter from Alex Nelson about the Bottle Caps to Benches program, she knew it would be a great project for the school district. “After we got into collecting, some of it became tedious, like separating the caps to be sure none had any type […]
Pioneer Athletics announced that Ridgewood High School was selected as a winner of the 2022 Fields of Excellence Award. As a winner, RHS will receive a certificate of recognition and a Fields of Excellence banner they can display at the field. Pioneer may also use the picture of Ridgewood’s winning field in its upcoming publication […]
Ridgewood High School Performing Arts will present “Mamma” Mia in April. “This is a juke box musical. It doesn’t have music specifically written for the show,” said Music Director Haley Evans. “They took songs from ABBA, the 80s disco group, wrote a plot around the songs and a story to incorporate each one of the Mamma […]
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John William “Bill” Fox, 84, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 7, 2025 surrounded by his family. Born August 10, 1940 in Coshocton, he was the son of the late John H. and Edith R. (Hains) Fox. He was a 1958 graduate of Warsaw High School. He served in the US Air […]
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Glenn Lorenz, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, who departed this life peacefully on March 7, 2025, on his 99th birthday. Born on March 7, 1926, in New Bedford, Ohio, to the late John N. and Emma (Schweikert) Lorenz. Glenn lived a […]
Sandra Mae Burdge, 85, died Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville. She was born March 25, 1939 in Bolivar to the late Raymond and Viola Pearl (Cross) Berentz. She was a member of the Seed Sowers Flower Club, loved to decorate her home and bird watching. She is survived by her husband, […]
Douglas “Doug” Alan Cushman, age 66, of Coshocton passed away on March 4, 2025. He was born June 1, 1958 to Hubert Jr. Cushman and Dorothy (Kempton) Ehrenberg in Coshocton, Ohio. Upon graduation from Coshocton in 1976, Doug had the opportunity to travel. He lived several years in the Cayman Islands as well as London, […]
Diane Lena (Welker) Blubaugh, 76, died Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at Altercare Majora Lane in Millersburg. She was born Nov. 20, 1948 in Batavia, NY to the late Elsworth and Doris Welker. She worked at Heath Consulting for 6 years, and later became the first woman to work in Ohio for Columbia Gas, where she […]
Charles E. “Gene” Leigh, beloved husband, father, and friend, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at home surrounded by his family. Born on July 27, 1946, in Danville, Kentucky, Gene touched the lives of many throughout his years and will be deeply missed by all who knew him. A proud graduate of Coshocton […]
Mary Jane Thomas, aged 84, passed away on March 4, 2025, at home with her loved ones. Born on October 14, 1940, in Coshocton to the late, Ambrose and Mary (Marie) Scott Cognion. She graduated from Sacred Heart School in Coshocton in 1959. After school, she worked for 31 years at Pretty Products. After her […]