An appeal of Frank Bowen’s conviction and 18 years to life prison sentence in the 2014 murder of Joseph Graley III of Miami County’s Bethel Township was filed March 8 with Ohio’s 2nd District Court of Appeals.

At the March 8, 2016 meeting of the Bethel Township Trustees, Township Resident Joe Sumpter questioned the trustees on what actions he needed to take to convince them that assessing the Phoneton residents $8,000 for the water line was wrong.

At the February 25, 2016 meeting of the Bethel Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), commissioners approved a request for a triple variance to increase the maximum size of an accessory structure from 1600 sq.

The Bethel Township Trustees approved a resolution to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Miami County Commissioners to participate in the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Storm Water Permit.

Phoneton area residents told Miami County commissioners Feb.

At the January 26, 2016 meeting of the Bethel Township Trustees, the trustees approved the employment of four new fire department employees.

At the January 28, 2016 meeting of the Bethel Township Miami Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), the board heard three requests for exceptions to the zoning code.

At the January 28, 2016 meeting of the Bethel Township Miami Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), the board heard three requests for exceptions to the zoning code.

At the January 28, 2016 meeting of the Bethel Township Miami Zoning Commission, the commissioners heard a request from Thomas Burrowes, of 9885 Palmer to split off and rezone two acres from 147.

Before the Bethel Township (Miami) Board of Trustees meeting on January 12, 2016, the trustees held a public hearing on a zoning request from Dennis Swartzbaugh of 8355 Flick Road for a lot split and a rezoning of five acres of the 38.

A jury was scheduled to be selected Tuesday, Jan.

Miami County commissioners agreed last week a Phoneton area water supply project in Bethel Township is necessary and set a projected $8,000 assessment for each lot to help pay for a portion of the estimated $2.