By Joanne Huist Smith, Staff Writer Updated 1:15 AM Wednesday, May 26, 2010 DAYTON — Montgomery County voters are being asked to support a 6.03-mill replacement levy for human services on Nov. 2. But, with unemployment at 12 percent and foreclosure filings up, s…
By the Dayton Daily News | Sunday, September 19, 2010, 12:00 AM Editor’s note: This editorial, as originally posted, incorrectly reported the number of children in Montgomery County who are in foster care. As of July, 2010, that number was 761. Of that number, 670 are in traditiona…
By Joanne Huist Smith, Staff Writer Updated 12:58 AM Sunday, September 26, 2010 Montgomery County voters have never rejected a consolidated human services levy, and in 2007 — the last time the levy appeared on the ballot — more than 58 percent said yes. But with double-dig…
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By Joanne Huist Smith, Staff Writer Updated 12:52 AM Sunday, October 3, 2010 Brittany Jurgens, at 17, didn’t know what to expect when she walked through the door of Montgomery County foster mom Eler Brown’s Huber Heights home. Jurgens clung to her then 7-month-old son, Ale…
By Joanne Huist Smith, Staff Writer Updated 12:52 AM Sunday, October 3, 2010 As grills heat up for festivals that attract thousands, food inspectors from Public Health —Dayton and Montgomery County are on the job ensuring patrons go home with full bellies, not stomachaches. The …
Deborah Feldman, Montgomery County Administrator, presented the dire need for passage of the Human Services levy at the regular session of the Huber Heights City Council meeting on Sept. 13.The county presently has two current eight-year human services levies with one of them about to ex…
DAYTON — Sixteen-month-old Maleigha Fugett was fidgeting in bed, relaxing in spurts, then turning to make sure her mom, Miranda Deal, was still in the room. Only after the toddler crawled into bed with mom, did they both sleep. “I realized she was making sure I wasn’t g…
By Christopher Magan, Staff Writer Updated 12:52 AM Sunday, October 24, 2010 DAYTON – More than a hundred supporters of the Montgomery County human services levy rallied Saturday morning before fanning out into communities to drum up voter support. The theme from the film Superm…
By the Dayton Daily News | Sunday, October 24, 2010, 12:00 AM 2010 Election Maybe you’ve seen one of the 10,000 yard signs that are sprouting, asking people to vote for Montgomery County’s Human Services Levy and saying, “It’s critical.” The slogan isn&rsq…