This year’s celebration is particularly special because St.Marys has been designated as a Buckeye Trail town.
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It was an extra emotional year for the committee, having to carry on with the festival even without their friend, but they say it’s always worth it seeing the community come together.
Operation Keeping You Warm was in full effect on Saturday as hats, gloves, scarves, and other winter clothing was hung up at the bridge in Memorial Park.
St. Marys City Council has received noise and dust complaints about a homemade go-kart track being operated in the front yard of a Celina Road house around 2 years ago, and on Monday night the council voted unanimously to approve of an ordinance that would ban race tracks within city limits on its third reading. Punishment for a first offense would be up to a $1,000 fine, or up to 1000 hours of community service, with following offenses resulting in a fourth-degree misdemeanor. We got the mayor's thoughts on the ordinance they passed Monday evening.
The old flour mill that sits on the canal on E. High St. is one of the first built, and one of the last remaining mills on the canal. The renovated building will be used to educate future generations of Ohioans about the importance of transportation and industry in our states prosperity.
Area churches are stepping up to show their support for healthcare workers during the pandemic. What started as a parishioner's idea has now turned into a community-wide ritual. Every evening at 7 p.m., St. Mary churches show their support for healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic by ringing church bells. Churches that do not have bells wrote a message on signs to show support. According to the Ohio Department of Health, as of today, 628 of the confirmed coronavirus cases include healthcare workers. Churches wanted to honor those people that risk contracting the virus every day to keep others healthy for all of the hard work.
On Monday, the St. Marys city council voted to pass a resolution to authorize a joint use agreement with the city's board of education.
News changes are coming to St. Marys in 2020. One of which will be the largest capital improvement project in the city's history.
One of those big changes is the new water treatment plant. The city broke ground for the project last year. It's being built between county road 66 and Koop Road. That's down the road from the old one. The estimated cost for this project is around 20 million dollars. The new project is 35 to 65 days behind, but it's expected to be finished by late May or June.
You may swim in Grand Lake St. Marys this summer but it will still be at your own risk. The message at St. Marys Rotary is that the water quality is heading in the right direction though. Dr. Stephen Jacquemin of Wright State University has been working on conservation efforts for Grand Lake St. Marys for years. He presented to the St. Marys Rotary Club that the progress in removing toxins from the lake has been remarkable.
The City of St. Marys is finally one step closer to beginning the renovation of its old reservoir mill on High Street. This past Friday St. Marys Mayor, Patrick McGowan, signed the final documents to receive the last bit of money for the city's million dollar community development block grant. This is a federal grant that is designated for renovating blight in the city. The first phase of the renovation will include tearing off the east facade, parts of the roof and deconstruction.