Gas prices in and around Norwood were higher than the average for the state but matched the national average, according to data from the price-tracking website GasBuddy.com.
As of June 24, the average price of regular unleaded gas in Norwood was $3.56 per gallon. GasBuddy listed the state average at $3.46 per gallon and the national average at $3.56 per gallon.
The least expensive gas in Norwood was reported to be $3.52 for a gallon of regular unleaded, which GasBuddy contributors logged at Speedway, 4425 Montgomery Road, Swifty, 2265 Norwood Ave., United Dairy Farmers, 4344 Smith Road, and Kroger, 4229 Montgomery Road.
A GasBuddy user reported the most expensive gas in the area was $3.59 per gallon at Shell, 2564 Williams Road, United Dairy Farmers, 5023 Montgomery Road, BP, 2696 Madison Road, and one other location.
GasBuddy.com, owned by GasBuddy Organization LLC, offers local gas pricing information to its visitors. The prices, based on the cost of regular unleaded gas, are submitted by the site's contributors. The site's stated mission is "to serve the public by providing a real time gas prices forum so that consumers can have access to the information necessary to locate the lowest fuel prices available."
Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/norwood_community/Where-are-the-lowest-gas-prices-in-Norwood_89214464#ixzz2XaQDpqmJ
Friday, June 28, 2013
Norwood Has a ER Facility
Mercy Health-Rookwood Medical Center on Edwards Road in Oakley which opens July 2, and has an open house on Saturday. Photo shot Thursday June 27, 2013.
Thumbs up or down?
What do you think about the look of the new Rookwood Medical Center?
a) Love it!
b) It’s okay
c) No opinion
d) Really? What were they thinking? Too gawdy.
e) Hate it.
Your comment here:
What do you think about the look of the new Rookwood Medical Center?
a) Love it!
b) It’s okay
c) No opinion
d) Really? What were they thinking? Too gawdy.
e) Hate it.
Your comment here:
NORWOOD — Mercy Health Rookwood Medical Center opens Saturday – a blue-and-white beacon meant to draw patients and attention to the region’s newest emergency facility.
The more than $14 million, 24,000-square-foot medical center will host a public open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. It officially opens for business at 7 a.m. Tuesday at the northwest corner of Edwards Road and Williams Avenue, just off Interstate-71.
and will open officially on Tuesday at 7 a.m. and include offices for Mercy Health physicians and cardiologists.
“It’s emergency care right in the neighborhood,” said Nanette Bentley, a spokeswoman for Mercy Health.
The center is expected pull in up to 18,000 patients each year, serving mostly residents of Hyde Park, Mariemont, Mount Lookout, Norwood and Oakley, making emergency care available to them “in minutes, not miles,” Bentley added.
The blue-and-white tiled center can’t be missed by drivers on I-71 or nearby neighborhood residents – a purposeful design feature by Downtown-based GBBN architects, Bentley said. The colors are the same as highway signs indicating a hospital.
“It’s emergency care. We need it to be visible so people know it’s there,” she said. “Seconds count in an emergency, and we wanted to be quite obvious that we’re there.”
The investment is part of a more than $400 million building boom under way by Mercy Health, as it jostles for market share in an increasingly competitive local health care landscape.
In Sycamore Township, Mercy’s Jewish Hospital is expected to undergo a multimillion-dollar makeover that will update its campus with a new patient tower and expanded services for intensive care, heart and cancer treatments.
In Green Township, the health system is investing $270 million in Mercy West – a new hospital that will bring maternity, cancer care and open heart surgery not before offered by Mercy Health to the west side of Hamilton County. That facility, which has a similar tiled-exterior, but in earth tones, is expected to open in November.
The health group is spending $70 million to add a six-story patient tower at Mercy Anderson on State Road. And in Batavia, it recently completed a $2.5 million update to its hospital’s emergency room.
Meanwhile, Mercy Health says it’s still considering plans for two existing hospitals in Westwood and Mount Airy. Early talks are under way with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office about alternative uses for the Mount Airy property, but the conversations are “very preliminary,” Bentley said.
“We’ve committed to keeping services (at the Westwood site) ... but have not finalized our plans,” she added.
The new Rookwood Medical Center is expected to employ more than 50 doctors, nurses and other staff. Its emergency department will operate 24 hours, seven days a week.
“Any time you have a first-class medical facility in your neighborhood, it’s a big win,” said Thomas Williams, Norwood’s mayor. “Then, when you put it in that location, it’s another win and perfect fit.”⬛
The more than $14 million, 24,000-square-foot medical center will host a public open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. It officially opens for business at 7 a.m. Tuesday at the northwest corner of Edwards Road and Williams Avenue, just off Interstate-71.
and will open officially on Tuesday at 7 a.m. and include offices for Mercy Health physicians and cardiologists.
“It’s emergency care right in the neighborhood,” said Nanette Bentley, a spokeswoman for Mercy Health.
The center is expected pull in up to 18,000 patients each year, serving mostly residents of Hyde Park, Mariemont, Mount Lookout, Norwood and Oakley, making emergency care available to them “in minutes, not miles,” Bentley added.
The blue-and-white tiled center can’t be missed by drivers on I-71 or nearby neighborhood residents – a purposeful design feature by Downtown-based GBBN architects, Bentley said. The colors are the same as highway signs indicating a hospital.
“It’s emergency care. We need it to be visible so people know it’s there,” she said. “Seconds count in an emergency, and we wanted to be quite obvious that we’re there.”
The investment is part of a more than $400 million building boom under way by Mercy Health, as it jostles for market share in an increasingly competitive local health care landscape.
In Sycamore Township, Mercy’s Jewish Hospital is expected to undergo a multimillion-dollar makeover that will update its campus with a new patient tower and expanded services for intensive care, heart and cancer treatments.
In Green Township, the health system is investing $270 million in Mercy West – a new hospital that will bring maternity, cancer care and open heart surgery not before offered by Mercy Health to the west side of Hamilton County. That facility, which has a similar tiled-exterior, but in earth tones, is expected to open in November.
The health group is spending $70 million to add a six-story patient tower at Mercy Anderson on State Road. And in Batavia, it recently completed a $2.5 million update to its hospital’s emergency room.
Meanwhile, Mercy Health says it’s still considering plans for two existing hospitals in Westwood and Mount Airy. Early talks are under way with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office about alternative uses for the Mount Airy property, but the conversations are “very preliminary,” Bentley said.
“We’ve committed to keeping services (at the Westwood site) ... but have not finalized our plans,” she added.
The new Rookwood Medical Center is expected to employ more than 50 doctors, nurses and other staff. Its emergency department will operate 24 hours, seven days a week.
“Any time you have a first-class medical facility in your neighborhood, it’s a big win,” said Thomas Williams, Norwood’s mayor. “Then, when you put it in that location, it’s another win and perfect fit.”⬛
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Norwood Home Sold
John J. Parr sold a two-bedroom, one-bath home at 5019 Linden Ave., in Norwood, to Thomas D. and Patricia G. Molony for $37,000 on June 4.
The 800-square-foot, one-story home last sold for $68,900 in August 2002. It is located in Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Norwood.
There have been 156 home sales in Norwood during the past 12 months with a median sale price of $76,535.
Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/norwood_community/Twobedroom-home-sells-in-Pleasant-Ridge_80320672#ixzz2XSM2pdj6
The 800-square-foot, one-story home last sold for $68,900 in August 2002. It is located in Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Norwood.
There have been 156 home sales in Norwood during the past 12 months with a median sale price of $76,535.
Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/norwood_community/Twobedroom-home-sells-in-Pleasant-Ridge_80320672#ixzz2XSM2pdj6
True Norwoodian
Mary E. Vickers, of Milford, died June 15.
Vickers was born in Bond, Ky. She grew up in Norwood and graduated from Norwood High School. During wartime, she worked at the RCA Company in Norwood and was a homemaker, according to the John H. Evans Funeral Home website, www.evansfuneralhome.com .
She is survived by her children and their spouses, Phillip R. and Sandy Vickers, Gregory and Diana Vickers, Dawn Flynn and Tina Kemper; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sisters Lena Wilson, Ruth Finney and Joan Stone; and brother Leonard Casteel Jr.
Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/norwood_community/Obituary-Mary-E-Vickers-age-86_44509878#ixzz2XSLU0sUl
Vickers was born in Bond, Ky. She grew up in Norwood and graduated from Norwood High School. During wartime, she worked at the RCA Company in Norwood and was a homemaker, according to the John H. Evans Funeral Home website, www.evansfuneralhome.com .
She is survived by her children and their spouses, Phillip R. and Sandy Vickers, Gregory and Diana Vickers, Dawn Flynn and Tina Kemper; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sisters Lena Wilson, Ruth Finney and Joan Stone; and brother Leonard Casteel Jr.
Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/norwood_community/Obituary-Mary-E-Vickers-age-86_44509878#ixzz2XSLU0sUl
10 Year Tax Decision
Hamilton County taxpayers will see a levy to support local libraries on the November ballot, but it won’t raise taxes.
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County officials decided Thursday to seek a 10-year levy, which will replace the current five-year levy that runs out at the end of next year.
It’s estimated to cost the same $30 a year per $100,000 value of a person’s home.
“It just seemed like the right length of time,” said Library Director Kimber Fender. “It gives us the stability of funding we need to do planning, but it’s not so long we can’t adapt to changes in the future.”
Ten years is longer than the typical five-year levy cycle. Only the Hamilton County Parks levy – which was for 15 years – and a continuing levy that pays for the police data system used by all law enforcement agencies in Hamilton County are longer.
There had been been discussions about asking for a permanent levy, which would have ended the need for periodic voter approval. But that idea was met with skepticism.
In particular, Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann, a Republican, reached out to Library Board President Bill Moran to share Hartmann’s opposition to a permanent levy.
While commissioners have no say in what the library can ask voters for, they do appoint four of the seven library board members.
“Levies are taxpayer dollars and I would never support a perpetual levy,” Hartmann said. “Things change. A review by taxpayers makes sure money has been spent wisely and is still needed.”
Moran explained that a longer cycle helps curb the expense of a levy.
“Anytime you have a vote, you want people to support it and that means yard signs and advertising,” he said.
All together the county’s 11 levies cost the owner of a $100,000 home $384.91 a year.
Library levies are on the rise statewide, going from 119 in 2010 to 173 in 2011. That's partly due to state cuts, according to Ohio Library Council Director Doug Evans.
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County was awarded the 2013 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor recognizing museums and libraries.
More than 500,000 people hold cards in the library system; at least one person in 88 percent of households in Hamilton County has one.
They levy is expected to bring in $17.8 million this year, which is a third of the library’s $57 million revenue.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Norwood Happenings
The following events are scheduled in Norwood on Tuesday, June 25:
8 a.m., Norwood Mayor's Court
City of Norwood - 4645 Montgomery Road
4 p.m., Happy hour
Norwood Women of the Moose #742
7:30 p.m., Norwood City Council meeting
City of Norwood - 4645 Montgomery Road
For more information, visit www.norwood-ohio.com .
To get your events listed, send an email with all the details to community@journatic.net.
Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/norwood_community/Tuesday-in-Norwood-June-25_18500324#ixzz2XMyjpSjf
8 a.m., Norwood Mayor's Court
City of Norwood - 4645 Montgomery Road
4 p.m., Happy hour
Norwood Women of the Moose #742
7:30 p.m., Norwood City Council meeting
City of Norwood - 4645 Montgomery Road
For more information, visit www.norwood-ohio.com .
To get your events listed, send an email with all the details to community@journatic.net.
Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/norwood_community/Tuesday-in-Norwood-June-25_18500324#ixzz2XMyjpSjf
Norwood Based UDF Sued
A lawsuit filed against United Dairy Farmers says its Frosty Malts infringe on the Wendy's Frosty trademark. / Provid
Fast food chain Wendy’s is suing United Dairy Farmers Inc. over how the Norwood-based dairy production and retail company markets its Frosty Malt products.
Wendy’s claim UDF’s “Frosty Malt” desserts sold in grocery stores have a similar appearance and packaging to Wendy’s product and could confuse consumers.
UDF has yet to file a formal response to the lawsuit.
Dublin, Ohio-based Wendy’s said it began selling the Frosty dessert, a cross between the a milkshake and soft-serve ice cream, as early as 1969, according to a lawsuit filed June 18 in U.S. District Court in Columbus. Wendy’s said it is suffering monetary damage as a result of the infringement and is seeking a jury trial.
The company wants UDF to change its packaging and product marketing, UDF’s profits from selling the product, damages and court costs and attorneys fees.
Wendy’s claim UDF’s “Frosty Malt” desserts sold in grocery stores have a similar appearance and packaging to Wendy’s product and could confuse consumers.
UDF has yet to file a formal response to the lawsuit.
Dublin, Ohio-based Wendy’s said it began selling the Frosty dessert, a cross between the a milkshake and soft-serve ice cream, as early as 1969, according to a lawsuit filed June 18 in U.S. District Court in Columbus. Wendy’s said it is suffering monetary damage as a result of the infringement and is seeking a jury trial.
The company wants UDF to change its packaging and product marketing, UDF’s profits from selling the product, damages and court costs and attorneys fees.
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