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18-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Demolition of area middle school begins
A Greene County middle school is getting demolished in order to build a better facility for students and staff. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] 'I actually live across the street from where they're tearing it down,' Samuel Feerer said. 'I don't really experience much noise, but I'm just saying that if you do live next door, maybe turn the TV up a little bit more.' TRENDING STORIES: Son of Ohio megachurch leaders charged with rape after sexual abuse investigation Man found guilty of shooting, killing man outside of local bar Ohio student arrested after assaulting teacher, another student with Stanley cup, police say Feerer and neighbors say the beginning of the demolition of Baker Middle School has not created any issues, and many of the kids that live nearby enjoy watching the building come down. 'It's during the day, like appropriate hours. I don't think that the noise is inappropriate because it's not late at night, I mean a little early in the morning, but not like preventing sleep,' Feerer said. The district's website says construction starts at 7 a.m. and crews work until it gets dark. 'It's for a good cause. I don't see why anyone would really gripe about them furthering things to promote, like good buildings for students,' Feerer said. Feerer is a student at Wright State and grew up in Middletown. He says he has experienced moving into a brand new school before. 'I'm really happy about the new renovations, the new experiences students get to have, because I know it was a great experience for me,' Feerer said. Baker Middle School was the only school in the district without air conditioning. News Center 7 has previously covered the school releasing students early to avoid sitting in the heat. Feerer says having students in a temperature controlled building could improve learning. 'When you get somewhere you're comfortable, it's easy. It's a good learning experience,' Feerer said. The district has not specified when bricks from the school's demolition will be available for pick-up. They say they won't be available until the crews begin demolition of the front of the building. At that point, the bricks will be placed out by 10 a.m. and will be on a first come, first served basis. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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19-02-2025
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WA environmental groups looking to ban sale of invasive ivy
Environmental groups are working to ban the sale of two types of Ivy in Washington state. They say English and Atlantic Ivy are invasive, and that those plants slowly kill everything around them. The petitions for the ban have gone to the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) for consideration. English and Atlantic Ivy are common: you might even have it in your own backyard, but soon the sale of both plants could be prohibited. Advocates say that is the first step to stopping the invasive growth. Wrapped around trees, covering parks, and scaling city blocks, ivy has a tight grip on Western Washington. This coming as a stark reality check from Whatcom Million Trees Project founder, Michael Feerer. 'That's affecting thousands of trees throughout western Washington ranging along the coast from Seattle up here to Bellingham,' Feerer said. You might be wondering how ivy impacts you? Feerer said this is everyone's problem. 'As soon as it gets up in the tree canopy, that's when the tree is threatened. It will get top heavy then in a windstorm, which we seem to have a lot of, then it will snap off the top of the tree,' Feerer said. The snapped tree potentially falling on cars and homes, costing you thousands of dollars in repairs. Fortunately, there is a way to prevent that. 'All you have to do is cut around the tree, cut the ivy stems at waist height and peel down clear a little around the base,' Feerer said. 'You've basically rescued the tree right there.' However, Feerer says the issue needs to be cut at the root. That's where the sale ban comes in. If the plants are put on the state's 'prohibited plants list', nurseries can no longer sell them….but he tells us the ivy hasn't been as popular in at least a decade. In fact, he tells us there are several other ground cover plants available for sale that people are buying instead. Scott Brooks with WSDA says they have never seen so much support for banning a plant. 'We have Received petitions for 19 plants, two of which are these ivys we are talking about today, we hope to finalize everything this spring,' Brooks said. Both ivys are already on the state's noxious weed list, but if they become prohibited, Washington will be the second state to do so along with Oregon. The meeting to discuss which plants will get a spot on the prohibited list is coming up this spring. If the ivy ban is approved, the plants will be taken off nursery shelves immediately.
