Commissioners: Delaware now recognized as Purple Heart County

Delaware County is now one of just four counties across the nation recognized as a Purple Heart County.

Delaware County is now one of just four counties across the nation recognized as a Purple Heart County.
Dwight Harold Hewett, born June 21, 1917 in Licking County to Dean L Hewett and Ada Ellen Myers Hewett passed away late Thursday evening (May 10, 2012) at the Arbors at Delaware.
I don’t know about you, but I feel like it’s summer break already and it’s Ohio … in March! What a marvel this warm weather has been. The sights, sounds and smells of spring are in full bloom and, according to Master Gardeners in Licking County, it’s three weeks early.

Delaware proclaimed itself a Purple Heart City to recognize those in the community and throughout the nation who have been wounded or killed in combat.
COLUMBUS — A jobseeker from Florida who responded to a bogus Craigslist ad for a job on a southeast Ohio cattle farm was found dead, buried in a shallow grave, and another from South Carolina was shot but escaped by running away through the woods, a sheriff said Thursday.
If a GOP congressional redistricting plan goes through as expected, Pat Tiberi’s district should become safer for his future re-election. But as an interesting by-product, Tiberi will also no longer represent the neighborhood where he grew up.
U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township) won his last election in 2010 by a comfortable 14 percent margin, defeating Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks, a Democrat.

The 153rd Annual Hartford Independent Fair opens Sunday, Aug. 7, and runs through Saturday, Aug. 17. For the uninitiated, the Hartford Fair is one of seven independent fairs in Ohio. Billed as The BIGGEST Little Fair in the World, year after year the seven-day event draws record crowds.