Workmen demolish one of the buildings at the Japanese Tea House in Westerville, OH. The abandoned buildings and shrine are being demolished after the buildings fell into disrepair when it’s original owners died and new owner failed to maintain its condition. The property was purchased...

Mark Reiner of Oakland Nursery tosses one of about 20 leftover Christmas trees into the recycling pile at Kurtz Brothers on Westerville Road. The trees came from the company’s sales lot at Glengary Shopping Center that opened the day after Thanksgiving. Christmas tree sales –...

Golfer watches his drive off one of the practice tees at a driving range in Westerville, OH, on a warm but wet day at the start of winter. The unusually warm weather attracted a number of golfers to enjoy the rare winter break from cold weather. Editorial licensing at SmallTown Stock . Part...

Robert Jennings fastens temporary ramps across uneven concrete walkways in front of St. Paul Catholic Church in Westerville, OH, as construction nears completion before the start of winter. Editorial licensing at SmallTown...

Gasoline prices dropped below $3 a gallon for the first time in more than a year in the last week of shopping before Christmas. Drivers were greeted with signage marking the lower prices. Editorial licensing at SmallTown...

Father Charles Klinger of St. Paul Catholic church in Westerville, Ohio, performs rites to bring new parishioners into the church on Sunday morning. Editorial licensing at SmallTown Stock . See the complete St. Paul Gallery at SmallTown...

Chuck Jenkins, wearing a flashing red nose and a reindeer Christmas stocking hat , smiles as he enters Church of the Messiah in Westerville to join others in his bell-ringing choirs they prepare themselves for an afternoon entertaining shoppers in a nearby mall. Editorial licensing at...

A worker sprays paint on a road surface to mark underground cables so construction crews will know where to dig to avoid damaging utility and communication cables beneath the roadway. Editorial licensing at SmallTown...

Surveyors mark locations and elevations along a city road as one of the early phases of deciding how best to rebuild the intersection and roadway leading to a nearby Interstate highwa.. Increased traffic along the road, the expansion of a nearby hospital, and more construction at a new...

Workers install an electronic full color sign at the Blendon Township Senior Center replacing the roadside yellow plastic portable sign the center has used for years. The new signwas paid for with the money the center raised with its bake sales, events, and fund raisers. Editorial licensing...