Dayton, Riverside Police and fire departments also Five Rivers MetroParks police assist in the removal of a Cadillac Escalade from Eastwood Lake in Riverside on Sunday, Nov. 1. The driver supposedly swerved to miss an animal on Route 4 and drove into the lake. The male driver escaped the vehicle and suffered minor injuries.
11/01/2009 at 8:20 p.m.
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"It's Our Turn Now, Xenia!" pep rally for Xenia Community Schools levy at Cox Stadium in Xenia. Xenia Community Schools' has a 7.9 mil levy on the ballot and is able to receive 57.7 mil from the State of Ohio from a tobacco statement if the levy passes to build 7 new school buildings and renovate 2 schools.
05/04/2009 at 9:35 p.m.
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Teachers, parents and district administrators kicked off a final weekend push for votes in support of the Springboro school district's operating levy with a march through downtown, Nov. 1, 2008.
11/01/2008 at 4:04 p.m.
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The Rivers Institute at the University of Dayton's annual River Stewards trip stops Wednesday, Aug. 19, along the Great Miami River in downtown Dayton. Working in partnership with the Miami Conservancy District and Five Rivers MetroParks, the Rivers Institute goal is to help educate both UD students and the public about the ecological and economic importance of rivers to local communities.
08/19/2009 at 5:02 p.m.
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GMR Riversports will offer tours by canoe and kayak for a possible glimpse at a pair of Bald Eagles on the Great Miami River starting Saturday, April 4, 2009 in Ross Township.
04/03/2009 at 1:52 a.m.
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Five Rivers MetroParks has nearly completed a $3 million makeover at Hills and Dales Park in Oakwood. The project has taken more than 8 years to complete and the park is expected to reopen June 20, 2009.
05/12/2009 at 3:44 p.m.
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About 25 Dayton area AmeriCorps volunteers joined 75,000 other volunteers across the country in community service to mark AmeriCorps Week. Local volunteers from the Notre Dame Mission Volunteer Program helped plant flowers and mulch beds Wednesday, May 13, at the Five Rivers MetroParks headquarters on Siebenthaler Avenue in Dayton.
05/13/2009 at 4:06 p.m.
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Instead of breaking ground, Five Rivers MetroParks ceremonially covered asphalt with soil on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, to mark the beginning of the next phase of construction at RiverScape in downtown Dayton. The third phase will add a permanent pavilion for concerts and festivals during warmer months and put the park's ice rink under roof during the winter. Also included in the $7.5 million project is a bike hub building.
04/07/2009 at 2:24 p.m.
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Montgomery County Board of Elections employees worked Friday, Dec. 5, in the recount of the Trotwood 1-mill renewal street levy. Workers hand counted 631 votes cast in Priecinct 2-E, which was more than the required 5 percent. The hand-counted totals matched the certified results. Then all the votes from all precincts were recounted by machine. There was a 1-vote difference with 1 ballot, the intent of which was in question.
12/05/2008 at 6:02 p.m.
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Dayton’s Mad River well field, just east of Eastwood MetroPark, is home to a family of two adult and two juvenile bald eagles who took up residence this year in a Sycamore tree by renovating the old nest of a red-tailed hawk.
02/13/2009 at 10:14 p.m.
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