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BG Chamber of Commerce announces legislative update forum – BG Independent News
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (207+ words) Posted By: Lindsay-Jo Douglas July 14, 2026 From BOWLING GREEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs project team will host its annual legislative update forum on Friday, Aug. 14, in the Wood County Job & Family Services Multipurpose Room,…...
BG Zoning Board sticks by zoning code updates and denies variances to two businesses – BG Independent News
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (959+ words) Posted By: Jan Larson McLaughlin July 9, 2026 The Bowling Green Zoning Board of Appeals denied two requests for variances from businesses Wednesday evening. With split votes, the board told the businesses to go back to their drawing boards and come up…...
Ohio saw the largest drop in enrollment after Trump/Republican Affordable Care Act cuts – BG Independent News
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (393+ words) Posted By: Julie Carle July 9, 2026 The losses come after the Republican-controlled Congress last year allowed pandemic-era subsidies to buy insurance on ACA exchanges to expire. That caused premiums to double for most of the 25.2 million Americans who got their insurance…...
With split vote, Middleton Township approves zoning change for acreage bordering data center – BG Independent News
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (1277+ words) Posted By: Jan Larson McLaughlin July 7, 2026 For neighbors who are asking if Meta is done swallowing up more land for its data center in Middleton Township, the answer is – not yet. During two separate meetings Tuesday evening, the Middleton Township…...
West Wooster corridor study steers city toward two roundabouts, bike lanes, wider sidewalks – BG Independent News
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (752+ words) Posted By: Jan Larson McLaughlin July 6, 2026 Two new roundabouts, bike lanes and wider sidewalks are all being proposed as part of the recently completed West Wooster Street Corridor Study. On Monday evening, Bowling Green City Council’s Transportation and Safety Committee…...
Another zoning request adjacent to Meta data center to go before county planning commission Tuesday – BG Independent News
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (144+ words) Posted By: Jan Larson McLaughlin July 6, 2026 The Wood County Planning Commission will hear a request Tuesday evening (July 7) to rezone approximately 39 acres adjacent to the Meta data center project in Middleton Township. A. Schaller Limited Partnership has submitted an application to…...
No, everything was not so mellow in 1976: Looking back at the Bicentennial through the lens of the Semisesquicentennial – BG Independent News
1+ week, 3+ day ago (781+ words) Posted By: David Dupont July 4, 2026 As the United States celebrates the signing of the nation’s declaration of independence, many online are drawing comparisons between this landmark and the nation’s marking of another milestone, the Bicentennial. The conventional commentary is that…...
BG Council’s Transportation & Safety Committee to meet on July 6 – BG Independent News
1+ week, 5+ day ago (88+ words) Posted By: Lindsay-Jo Douglas July 2, 2026 From CITY OF BOWLING GREEN The Bowling Green City Council Transportation and Safety Committee will hold a meeting on Monday, July 6, at 6:15 p.m., in Council Chamber, in the City Administrative Services Building, 305 N. Main St. The purpose…...
Free lecture at Wood County Museum to discuss challenges to New Deal – BG Independent News
1+ week, 6+ day ago (87+ words) Posted By: Lindsay-Jo Douglas July 1, 2026 From WOOD COUNTY MUSEUM Chase Fleece, historic farm coordinator for the Wood County Park District will speak tonight, July 1, at 6 p.m., in the Wood County Museum Meeting Room. The event is free and open to the…...
BG Councilwoman Katelyn Elliott to hold quarterly constituent meeting – BG Independent News
2+ week, 4+ day ago (75+ words) BG Councilwoman Katelyn Elliott to hold quarterly constituent meeting BG Independent News Posted By: Lindsay-Jo Douglas June 26, 2026 Bowling Green Councilwoman Katelyn Elliott will hold her second quarterly constituent meeting on Monday, June 29, at 7 p.m. at the Bartlett Shelter at Carter Park,…...