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Sycamore Township trustees unanimously declared six properties nuisances on Oct. 6, giving owners seven days to clear overgrown vegetation or face township cleanup costs added to their tax bills.
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Sycamore Township trustees approved Resolution 2026-071 on Sept. 15, renewing special assessments totaling $51,612.71 across seven residential lighting districts, with per-parcel charges ranging from $4.90 in Happiness Way-Merrymaker to $400.92 in Sterling Run Farms.
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Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson endorsed Flock license-plate reader cameras on Sept. 16 and called on the General Assembly to criminalize their misuse, adding state-level context as Blue Ash keeps its cameras running and Hamilton County and other jurisdictions have paused or dropped theirs.
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The Hamilton County Board of Elections' 46-day notice confirms the full slate of contested races and ballot issues Montgomery, Blue Ash, and Sycamore Township voters will decide on Nov. 3, including a U.S. Senate special election, the 8th Congressional District, State House 28th District, State Senate 7th District, and three levy and amendment questions.
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Sycamore Township's Fall 2026 newsletter details a $4.4 million grant-funded sidewalk and road project in the township's north end, plus new utility aggregation rates that price natural gas at roughly half Duke Energy's published August rate.
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Sycamore Township trustees are set to vote on nuisance abatements at seven properties and authorize a state grant application for the Galbraith Road Rehabilitation Project at their Tuesday, Sept. 15, meeting.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton's proposed statewide ban on Flock license-plate reader cameras would require Blue Ash to shut down the system it chose to keep running, as the Hamilton County Sheriff and other local agencies have already pulled back from the technology.
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Sycamore Township trustees hold their first regular meeting since unanimously approving the Reading JEDD on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 6 p.m., though no formal agenda has been posted yet.
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The Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library will accept voter registration forms at all 41 locations through Monday, Oct. 5, while the Nov. 3 ballot carries a Sycamore schools levy, an increased children's services levy and Ohio Issue 3.
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Blue Ash City Council meets Thursday, Sept. 10, to vote on a $2.175 million budget amendment bringing Summit Park improvements to $3.7 million, an 18.96% employee health insurance rate increase, a $350,000 state grant and a Parkview Drive rezoning that would replace condos and detached townhomes with 54 attached townhomes.
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Sycamore Township trustees unanimously declared seven more properties nuisances on Sept. 1, giving owners seven days to address overgrown vegetation or debris before the township cleans up at the owners' expense.
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Financial reports ahead of Tuesday's Kenwood JEDZ board meetings show sharply diverging trends: Central district collections fell about 22 percent with a $136,000 refund payment required, while the Southwest, Northwest and East districts all posted gains.
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Metro launches its fifth MetroNow! on-demand transit zone in Bond Hill and Roselawn on Sunday, Aug. 30, as the Blue Ash/Montgomery zone nears its one-year mark with 350,000 total rides logged across the program.
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