VFW Post 9094 will host a craft fair and vendor show Saturday, Oct. 9 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at 100 W. Main St., Hillsboro.

Who was your Civil War ancestor? Do you know? Most folks have at least one. At the Oct. 14 Southern Ohio Genealogical Society meeting, Civil War re-enactors will be describing life as a Civil War soldier.

The McClain High School class of 1961 recently held their 60th reunion.

The Hillsboro Garden Club met Sept. 28 at Floral Hall on the county fairgrounds.

Whiteoak View Bed & Breakfast celebrated their grand with a ribbon cutting with the Highland County Chamber of Commerce, along with friends, family and members of the community, on Tuesday, Sept. 21.

The Leesburg Area Historical Society is honored to announce a $1,000 donation from Merchants National Bank toward the Society’s depot restoration project.

White’s Bakery recently held a fundraiser in support of the Highland County Humane Society.

The McClain High School class of 1970 celebrated their 50-year class reunion Saturday, Sept. 4.

The Paint Valley Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health (ADAMH) Board, along with Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services, are setting aside the week of Sept. 20-26 as a “Week of Appreciation” to honor frontline workers.

Members of the Waw-wil-a-way Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held their September meeting at beautiful Harmony Lake at Liberty Park.

Amelia Gray Skin Care and Cosmetics, a locally owned and operated business in Portsmouth, Monday announced expansion plans and the creation of three new jobs.

On Saturday, Oct. 2, the Highland Amateur Radio Association will operate a special event station to call attention to the “World’s Largest Horseshoe Crab,” which is just off S.R. 124 at the eastern edge of Hillsboro. According to the American Radio Relay League a special event station is an amateur radio station that is temporarily operated to “help commemorate or promote a historic or other special event or attraction.”

Burkes Outlet celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon cutting with the Highland County Chamber of Commerce, along with employees, friends and members of the community, on Thursday, Sept. 16.

The Hillsboro Woman’s Club met Tuesday, Sept. 14 at the Greenfield Historical Society Grain and Hay Building.

Following a year of virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Cincinnati Clermont College will welcome two accomplished authors to the college’s Batavia campus this fall.