OFP Weekly: Butler Tech expansion, new gas rates for residents and more in this week's print edition
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In this week's edition, we cover the expansion of Butler Tech's Bioscience Center, new gas rates for residents and the Oxford composer whose piece will be performed by a choir from Kentucky.
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Butler Tech expands Bioscience Center
An expansion for Butler Tech’s Bioscience Center in West Chester is nearly complete, with finishing touches and furniture being moved in this month. By the first week of March, some of the new classrooms constructed on the back of the original building were already full of students.
To read more, check out our story below.
Kentucky women’s choir to debut work by Oxford composer
An Oxford composer’s most recent work, inspired by Japanese poetry, will be performed locally by a women’s choir this month. Robert Benson worked as an architecture and interior design professor at Miami University for 30 years and has been a composer since 1985.
On March 21, Dolce Women’s Ensemble, a choir from Thomas More University in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, will be premiering Benson’s most recent work, “Poems of Dwelling,” at 1 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on 25 E. Walnut St., conducted by Sara Cahall.
To learn more, click the link below.
Oxford City Council approves new gas rates, takes step back with mayor’s court
The Oxford City Council approved changes to gas rates for residents and businesses during a meeting on March 17 and delayed a decision that would begin funding the city’s mayor’s court.
The city council also signed off on new police and fire department contracts for equipment and resources.
Find out more by clicking the link below.
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