http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ Dave Greber covers the townships of West Chester and Liberty, Ohio, government, business and local residents just like you for The Pulse-Journal and Hamilton JournalNews. He wants your suggestions and questions for more news stories. Leave a comment here, e-mail Dave at dgreber@coxohio.com or call (513) 820-2112. en-us dgreber@coxohio.com 2009-06-30T08:27:08-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/30/more_names_added_to_trustee_ra.html Things could get crowded in the race for two open seats on the West Chester Twp. Board of Trustees…so long as the current pace keeps up. The following is the most current list of folks who have at least pulled... 13618403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ 2009-06-30T08:27:08-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/29/group_wants_city_of_west_chest.html While I was away last week, the first of what is expected to be several stories this summer ran about a local group’s effort to incorporate West Chester Twp. Here’s the story. The article received quite a mixed response from... 13605003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ West Chester Twp. Government 2009-06-29T12:52:26-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/16/waffle_house_owner_responds_to.html The following is a story that’s slated to run in this Thursday’s (June 18) edition of the Pulse Journal. Shortly after the first story ran, George Shearer, owner of the Lebanon-based Shearer Foods and the Kingsgate Way Waffle House, gave... 13407303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ Crime, Courts, Police 2009-06-16T17:54:30-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/15/miss_our_graduation_section.html If you happened to miss our graduation section, or perhaps the graduation section that you were expecting, you can still grab a copy. Because of space considerations, our editors decided to include the Lakota East graduation section in the Liberty... 13376703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ General 2009-06-15T10:55:26-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/10/trustees_agree_to_pay_exceptio.html During their regular meeting this week, West Chester trustees agreed unanimously to approve an exception to the way they pay employees who are also deployed. Here’s the first story, when the issue was brought up last month. And here’s the... 13298403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ West Chester Twp. Government 2009-06-10T16:00:35-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/09/smothered_covered_racist.html Update The commenting feature has been disabled for this particular blog post. For questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to e-mail me at dgreber@coxohio.com. Update Here’s the company’s statement. (To enlarge, click on the upper right corner of the... 13283503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ 2009-06-09T13:32:03-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/09/update_mansour_found_not_guilt.html The following is an update to a story we ran in February on West Chester Twp. resident Joseph Mansour. Here’s the original story from Feb. 25. Mansour, representing himself, was found not guilty June 5 of making false alarms by... 13279403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ West Chester Twp. Government 2009-06-09T11:36:10-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/08/becket_park_operation_to_chang.html West Chester Trustees are expected to begin the process of finding a replacement agency to operate Beckett Park after the West Chester Baseball Organization told them they were stepping aside. The township and the WCBO entered into an agreement in... 13270603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ West Chester Twp. Government 2009-06-08T20:19:20-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/02/township_to_consider_pay_excep.html This story will be appearing in Thursday’s Pulse. Thoughts on this? By Dave Greber Staff Writer The debate over whether a West Chester Twp. police officer will be made financially whole while on active duty for the next eight months... 13146803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ West Chester Twp. Government 2009-06-02T11:21:45-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/01/epa_docs_show_west_chester_man.html A few weeks back, a Butler County grand jury indicted West Chester Twp. resident Ray Skinner II on charges of illegal disposal and storage of hazardous waste and criminal endangering. Skinner was also indicted on unrelated drug charges, including two... 13120303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ Crime, Courts, Police 2009-06-01T08:54:26-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/06/01/liberty_twp_trustee_tapped_for.html Liberty Twp. Trustee Christine Matacic has been a busy person lately (although that doesn’t necessary differ from her normal routine). Below is an announcement last week that came from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, saying two-time trustee was elected... 13120103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ Liberty Twp. Government 2009-06-01T08:25:45-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/05/29/former_voa_bethany_station_to.html Turning the former Bethany Station into The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting was the topic of a work session before West Chester Twp. Trustees a few weeks back. Read the full story here. The museum is predicted (by... 13096303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ 2009-05-29T19:08:09-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/05/28/local_man_pleads_guilty_on_ill.html Ray Skinner II came before a Butler County Magistrate this morning, May 28, and through is attorney pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal disposal of hazardous waste, illegal storage of hazardous waste and criminal endangering. Skinner also faces unrelated... 13053103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ West Chester Twp. Business 2009-05-28T09:44:08-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/05/27/acorn_airs_dirty_laundry.html County reporter Josh Sweigart covered the ACORN event yesterday in West Chester. The folks from ACORN dropped off a stack of dirty laundry to U.S. Rep. John Boehner’s office off of Cincinnati-Dayton Road on Wednesday, May 27, to protest his... 13052503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ Boehner, John 2009-05-27T09:39:07-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/entries/2009/05/26/fate_of_the_old_west_chester_l.html UPDATE: Trustees decided this evening to hand the control of the library over to Partners in Prime. They will become the facility’s new operator when it becomes vacant later this year. Read the full story here. UPDATE: The first shots... 13017603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/westchesternews/ West Chester Twp. Government 2009-05-26T18:00:17-04:00 dgreber@coxohio.com