River Vices

Rev. Malone praying on steps of Municipal Building Religion played an important part in the recall of mayor Greg Bauer. In the months leadin...

Front Page of Daily Times , 06/23/04 One year ago today, on June 22nd, 2004, the voters of Portsmouth recalled May...

“ Blog Slut ”  from Mike DeWine ’ s Office As I was driving down to Portsmouth from Columbus late Sunday afternoon, June 12th, I notic...

Why City Council Fired Feldman On March 18th I published a blog on Barry Feldman, who was fired as Portsmouth's City Manager back in 198...

a lethal anthrax molecule Two events last week, and the way they were covered in the Portsmouth Daily Times , may be examples of the way in ...

Marty Mohr Mugging for Moe City Council meetings are turning into the Marty Mohr Show. Is this how Jerry Springer, former mayor of Cincinnat...

Freedom of Speech (1943) by Norman Rockwell “Lies.” That's the only word I can apply to the case that councilmen Howard Baughman and Ma...

In the weeks prior to the mayoral election, I spoke to acquaintances about the slate of candidates. And the prevailing opinion was there was...

The now infamous Marting building As infamous as it deservedly is, the city’s purchase of the Marting building was not unique. It i...

In the 1990s, when Shawnee State University was warned by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools that it had to improve its g...

How are downtown Portsmouth and Terri Schiavo alike? Both downtown Portsmouth and Terri Schiavo are in a “persistent vegetative state.” Both...

Ex-Mayor Bauer at his final Council meeting Next Wednesday evening, March 16, at 7PM in Flohr Hall of the SSU library, there will be a showi...

Neal Hatcher's Campus View, known as Hatcherville While the Marting’s rip-off has gotten most of the attention in the last coupl...