Chillicothe — Activists gathered in front of old City Hall, and two members spoke to council, on concerns about the Wear-Ever pollution, at the August 25th, 2025 council session. Painted with skull faces, they handed out brochures on “Poisoned Water?” by the new “Buzzards’ Digest,” labeled as “Chillicothe’s Working Class Press.”

The Wear-Ever / Howmet groundwater pollution has gained awareness in recent weeks as the Chillicothe paper mill was being shut down. A high-capacity well that supplied the Pixelle paper mill has redirected a “plume” of industrial chemicals in the groundwater under the Wear-Ever factory that was closed in the 1990s at 1089 Eastern Avenue

Among the activists, Stephanie Renner and Jamie Brown spoke in the public address part of council. Renner said they were in “co

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