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Happy Earth Day Birthday cake

WGRN Radio Award Winners

The Free Press Second Saturday Salon held an Earth Day Birthday celebration for WGRN 91.9 FM community radio on Saturday, April 13, 2024. WGRN honored it’s “Volunteer of the Year,” long-time Board member Joe Keehner…

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Parks

Magically disappearing and reappearing Metro Parks

Columbus is a massive flat concrete and asphalt pancake on vast prairie land with one million new residents projected by 2050. Building new Metro Parks is essential to give the community more things to do and connect them to nature.

The…

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Mayor Ginther

Ginther and City Council Support Misuse of Public Tax Dollars

As a longtime community leader and 2023 Columbus mayoral candidate, I find it appalling that hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars are being spent to falsely sway public opinion regarding Andy Ginther and Columbus City Council’s city-wide tax…

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Sara's Song: Chapter 32

Let’s Close This Case 

Detective Richardson looked over the recent information that he received regarding Booker T’s case. This case had been difficult to solve, however the pieces of the puzzle were fitting into place…

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