Yearly Archives: 2001
Escape to freedom on the underground railroad
On two successive Saturdays, Nov. 3 and 10, the underground railroad through Ohio will once more be alive and functioning through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Dargate’s Sept. 11 sale totals $713,000
It's not yet certain how a full-size Prairie Wagon sold over eBay Liive Auctions will be delivered to its Massachusetts buyer.
Conkle’s Hollow Fall Foliage Event a show of many colors
More than 3,000 visitors are expected for the Oct. 20-21 event which features some of the best colors of the season.
Car buyer trends show fuel economy at 21-year low
The newly released EPA "Fuel Economy Trends Report" reports the lowest fuel economy since 1980, and attributes it to the increase in light trucks on America's roads.
USDA research area: More than fuel in ethanol process
The cost of fuel ethanol has become a "crop" problem for USDA's Agricultural Research Service, which has a Corn-Ethanol Process Cost Reduction project that has been going on since 1997 at the research service's Eastern Regional Research Center in Wyndmoor, Pa.
Businessmen, turned farmers, dream big in Flushing
Warren Garretson, 62, and his partner Jim Wagner, 55, have given up their fast-paced New Jersey lifestyles and are creating an outdoorsman's paradise on 2,000 acres of reclaimed mine land in the hills of Belmont County.
Farmer invests lifetime in trees
Russell Garber's commitment to caring for his trees started over half a century ago when he bought property in Green Township.he knew had "a good young woods."
Deerfield Farms leases Kinsman facility
Deerfield Farms Service has taken over operations at Rainbow's End grain elevator and storage facility in Kinsman. The lease agreement went into effect in early October.
Arson blamed for more Holmes County barn fires
Two more 100-year-old barns have been burned in the rash of barn fires that have plauged Wayne and Holmes County.
New farm bill ignores old problems
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on the political maneuvering that strong-armed their "same old, same old" measures to victory in the House.
