http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ Denise reports about Mason and Deerfield Township, Ohio, the city and township governments, business and Mason and Deerfield Twp. residents just like you for The Pulse-Journal newspaper. She wants your suggestions and questions for more news stories. Leave a comment here or e-mail Denise. en-us dcallahan@coxohio.com 2008-08-25T15:30:44-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/08/25/mason_fire_levy.html There are a lot of bloggers out there blasting the city council for wasting taxpayer money on things like the sports park, downtown and the community center. City officials say they need to pass the fire levy in order keep... 6288303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-08-25T15:30:44-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/08/25/do_you_like_the_new_downtown.html Some people on city council are unhappy with the new look of downtown. What do you think?... 6287703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-08-25T15:28:34-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/07/21/downtown_mason_revitalization.html I wrote a story last week about how parking has become a source of hard feelings between some city officials and downtown businesses. But hard feeling aside, what is the answer to revitalizing downtown? Councilman Victor Kidd is rolling up... 5395503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-07-21T14:58:25-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/07/14/deerfield_twp_zoning_issues_1.html The Deerfield Twp. trustees are supposed to give a first reading on residential zoning changes that will add transitional uses in the Fields Ertel cooridor. About 50 people showed up at a special meeting last week to protest the changes.... 5224403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-07-14T08:30:35-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/06/09/new_skate_park_ideas.html Mason city officials are talking about talking to Butler County officials about a joint skate park venture. The city shelved plans for its own park last year, because of cost overruns and the inability to strike a deal with Deerfield... 4487903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-06-09T17:53:10-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/05/23/home_purchase_fraud.html This week I wrote about a Hamilton County woman who owns almost $5 million worth of real estate in Warren County, homes she has never lived in and cannot afford. The bank has filed for foreclosure on two of the... 4089903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-05-23T09:03:47-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/05/04/finance_committee_considers_ad.html The Mason City Council Finance Committee will discuss an admissions tax on such venues as Kings Island and The Beach, on Monday, May 5 at 7 p.m. This issue has arisen several times, but nothing has come of it. Business... 3603603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-05-04T07:57:15-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/04/30/do_you_want_an_icon_in_the_dow.html It appears as if the icon for the downtown plaza in Mason is on the shelf for now. With changeover on the Mason City Council and an expected higher than budgeted cost, the city has severed its relationship with artist... 3517103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-04-30T15:36:45-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/04/17/has_justice_been_served_now_th.html People are talking a lot about whether justice was served or not, now that Michel Veillette is dead. The police and firefighters who were very upset about this case, now do not have to relive the horrible fire that killed... 3187103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-04-17T12:31:18-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/04/10/could_you_sentence_michel_veil.html This week I interviewed the prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Michel Veillette death penalty case. Defense attorneys Greg Howard and Tim McKenna are concentrating much of their efforts on the mitigation phase - in case he is found guilty... 3021703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-04-10T12:03:33-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/04/07/should_mason_and_deerfield_twp.html The Mason Safety Committee will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. tonight, April 7 to explain the fire levy ballot question and they will also explain why three new fire stations are needed, regardless of how much the city and... 2925403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-04-07T09:47:20-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/04/03/can_michel_veillette_get_a_fai_1.html Michel Veillette faces the death penalty for killing his wife and four children in Mason. His defense team wants the trial moved to another county because of all the publicity. Warren County Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel says the residents of Warren... 2850303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-04-03T10:56:14-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/04/02/deerfield_twp_zoning_issues.html Residents in Deerfield Twp. have questioned proposed zoning decisions in several cases recently. The township has proposed several zoning changes along the Fields Ertel corridor. Commercial developers have said the changes severely restrict their ability to redevelop existing vacant properties.... 2829603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-04-02T15:17:47-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/03/26/mason_resident_george_clooney.html Superstar George Clooney lived in Mason when he was a boy and apparently went to St. Susanna’s - does anyone remember growing up with him?... 2658903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-03-26T13:41:36-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/entries/2008/03/24/mason_and_deerfield_twp_news.html Glad you found my blog! I’ll be posting news about what’s going on in local government, business, politics - everything that’s interesting in Mason and Deerfield Twp. I hope you will find my blog informative and relevant. You can help... 2605203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/masondeerfieldnews/ 2008-03-24T15:19:28-05:00 dcallahan@coxohio.com