A special interest

The Times-Reporter

BOLIVAR - During the holiday season that just ended, Countywide Recycling & Disposal received a nice Christmas present, but it didn’t come from Santa.

Instead, it came from the outgoing director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Joseph Koncelik. On his last day on the job Friday, Koncelik recommended that the Stark County Board of Health not act on Countywide’s operating permit until the OEPA can determine if the horrible odor coming from the landfill just north of Bolivar has cleared up sufficiently....Read more.