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Bright colors and the bright smiles of children helped brighten the day for several hundred area residents who turned out for the Newcomerstown Public Library...  Read Story.

Following much chaos at the Newcomerstown Police Department over the past several months, the department is back in the spotlight...  Read Story.

For all the stories, pictures and advertisements in each issue of The Newcomerstown News, call 1-740-498-7117 to...  Read Story.

Sally Arnold of Sally's Hilltop Market, located just north of the Guernsey County line on Salt Fork Road, checks out a large slip that occurred this past weekend. The roadway, old US 21, is expected to be closed for a couple of months. Sally said the closure will kill her business. Most of her business is people traveling to and from Salt Fork State Park. The market is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Sunday and Monday from 9 a.m. until 11...  Read Story.

TEN YEARS AGO - 2000 D.J. Grewell first-ever state champion in wrestling from Newcomerstown High School. Lisa Wolff won Best of Show honors for her project in local Science Fair. Duane Smith and Robert Leonhard received 50-year membership pins at...  Read Story.

Amanda Fillman's preschool class at the West School works together to build a marble race track. This activity helps develop positive social skills and problem...  Read Story.

Are you a talented, undiscovered individual? Can you sing, dance, perform magic or some other truly amazing talent? On Saturday, March 13, the "Building Bridges" Relay For Life team will be having its first ever...  Read Story.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- Lots of snow, more snow and just a little more snow seems to have been the case for the majority of the area for the past several months. Some of the local...  Read Story.

PORT WASHINGTON -- When Port Washington Village Council met, a presentation on the subject of sheep was given. Sandra Huff, a 4-H member, gave a very interesting report of the...  Read Story.

Clay museum offers reward and has re-grand opening after theft UHRICHSVILLE -- The Uhrichsville Clay Museum has become stronger and more committed to its mission and future vision despite a devastating pair of thefts that resulted in losing...  Read Story.

The 2010 Newcomerstown High School Winter Court was crowned Feb. 19. They are queen Corinne Quillin and king Jansen...  Read Story.

On Feb. 13, members of the local veterans' groups paid their annual visit to the 13 veterans currently at the Riverside Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to give them Valentine cards and flowers. Those veterans consisted of two women and 11 men. They are Bill Bodenheimer, Vernon Durben, Robert Hunt, Shirley Nesmith, Terry Silverthorn, Bill Regula, Hug Stroth, Donald Stepp, Walter Riggle, Denver Triplett, Robert Martin, Margaret Crites and Don McCune. The veterans would like to thank Beth Taylor and the staff at Riverside for their support and help in making the visits to the veterans there, special occasions. Also thanks goes to Debbie Cook, Tuscarawas County Veteran's Service Office, for all her help and...  Read Story.

TEN YEARS AGO - 2000 Coach Mark Kowalski's Newcomerstown Lady Trojans won their first-ever sectional basketball tournament 39-36 over top-seeded Indian Valley Lady Braves at Indian Valley High. Shirley Coker-Kerr elected president of Newcomerstown...  Read Story.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- The recent promotion of Cpl. Erin Miller could be considered an important historical milestone for the West Lafayette Police Department. Miller...  Read Story.

COSHOCTON -- Coshocton Hospital has lifted the visitation restrictions that were put into place last fall. The hospital is currently not experiencing flu cases at a level that warrants keeping the...  Read Story.

Following God and listening to their hearts has led one Newcomerstown family to not only become foster parents but they also adopted an orphan boy from Haiti. Tim and Danelle Kilpatrick said they were inspired and determined to help children after attending a Steven Curtis Chapman concert in January 2007. At the concert, they discussed orphan nurseries in China. Tim said the nurseries are quiet because the babies know that no one will come when they cry so they don't cry. That moved the Kilpatricks. From that moment on, they knew they wanted to help children in any way possible. At first, the couple, which has three biological children (ages 16, 14 and 10), decided they wanted to be a foster parent to an international child. "We wanted to go where the need was," Tim said. However, the program requires the foster parents to return the child when the biological parent(s) is able to safely take the child back. But, that made the Kilpatricks think twice. Tim said he couldn't deal with it if the child was returned back to the biological parents and the child was put in danger. He said they just couldn't do it. That's when the couple looked into adoption of an international child. It was in the fall of 2007 that the paperwork was put into place to adopt a child from an orphanage in Haiti. That orphanage, His Step Home School, was managed by a couple from Lima, Ohio. The couple suggested that they meet and visit with a boy named Charlie. Finally in March 2008, they met Charlie for the first time. The Kilpatricks were able to spend a week visiting him in Haiti. It would be another 1-1/2 years and an act of God, to speed up the adoption process and bring Charlie home to Newcomerstown. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12 attributed to the speedy adoption of Charlie. On Jan. 27, six-year-old Charlie became an official part of the Kilpatrick family and took his rightful place in their Newcomerstown home. "He's adjusted so well," Danelle said. "It's working out great!" Besides seeking the help of a translation book because Charlie speaks Creole, the entire Kilpatrick family is adjusting well. Danelle said Charlie has had to learn to slow down when eating because it was always a rush to eat at the orphanage; one, not knowing if there will be any additional food and, two, wondering if someone would steal their food. She said his main diet was rice but he has adjusted very well to many new types of...  Read Story.

Newcomerstown Chamber of Commerce members discussed, Feb. 15, the upcoming awards banquet. The banquet is set for Wednesday, May 5 at the David Barber Civic Center. ...  Read Story.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- In light of the cold, snowy weather our area has been seeing this past month, the story of a swimming pool probably sounds a little...  Read Story.

Relay team selling fruit The Newcomerstown Middle School's Relay For Life Team is selling strawberries, citrus fruit and Jack Link's Beef Sticks from the Florida Farm Bureau. Items being sold include: Strawberries -- Flat of 8 quarts $25, 1/2 flat of 4...  Read Story.

Tickets are available at numerous locations across the County for the Back On Track Fashion Show on Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Christ United Methodist Church located at 648 Oak St., Newcomerstown. Tickets are $5 with children 6 and under admitted free of charge. Proceeds benefit the Back On Track Committee effort to raise funds to help the Newcomerstown Public Library. Tickets are available now at the following locations: Newcomerstown Public Library; Hair Port Barber, Jude's Hair Care, Morgan HealthMart Pharmacy, System III Salon, T's Kut and Kurl, Newcomerstown; C. J. Banks, Christopher & Banks, Maurices, New Towne Mall; Paul Ne' Consignment Boutique, New Philadelphia; and Rainbow Party Rentals, Dover. ...  Read Story.