What's happening in Carthage?

The Carthage Civic League met Monday night (3/21/11). Here are a few highlights from the meeting:

• Officer Jodie of the Cincinnati Police Dept. gave her monthly update. Burglaries are up in Carthage, especially in vacant properties. If you notice suspicious activity at a vacant house, contact the police at 352-3536. Crime generally goes up in March because people get “spring fever” after being cooped up during the winter.
• April 9 is the community Easter Egg Hunt at Caldwell Park. Meet there at 11:15. Don’t be late - the egg hunt is usually over in about 5 minutes!
• OKI Auto Auctions will be moving into one of the vacant Jim Beam facilities in May.
• On April 1, there will be a live band at Andy’s Cafe on Vine Street. Cindy is organizing another get-together/fundraiser at Andy’s in May. Stay tuned for details.
• The Carthage Seniors have continued to meet on weekdays up at Hartwell Recreation Center (since the Carthage Rec Center closed in January). However they would prefer to find a place to meet in Carthage. Bob Hartlaub encouraged them to talk to churches and to look into maybe renting the building on Vine Street recently rehabbed by Cincinnati Housing Partners. They have a little money, but not much, and probably could not rent the building, so they are hoping to find something inexpensive or free. They generally meet from 10-2 on weekdays and have two Friday night dinners each month at 5 pm.
• U-Pull & Pay - the owner spoke at the meeting, to thank the community for their support of his proposal and to find out if there are any problems. A couple of residents mentioned things and he said he’d look into getting the problems addressed. He also said they’re hiring for two positions. One is a customer service/cashier, and the other is in production (manual heavy labor).