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CYF Builds Benches to Build Hope

Stacy Turner — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:06:33 +0000

Mantua - The Christian Youth Fellowship (CYF) United, comprised of youth groups from three area churches, have been practicing their carpentry skills to raise money for an upcoming mission trip. The group of 18 area high schoolers from Hilltop Christian, Hiram Christian, and Mantua Center Christian Churches made Leopold Benches. ...

Library Consortium Now Using Collection Agency

Submitted — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:59:34 +0000

The Portage Library Consortium Board enacted a policy at its last board meeting to use a collection agency to help encourage patrons with long overdue materials to return them to the library. The Portage Library Consortium Board voted to pass the cost of this service on to each patron whose ...

Always in Bloom Celebrates Ten Years

Denise Bly — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:55:50 +0000

Nelson Twp. – Always in Bloom in Nelson will celebrate 10 years of meeting the community’s gardening needs this year. Owner Angie Smithburger said it was a dream that she didn’t really have, that just sort of fell into her lap, so to speak. Eleven years ago, Angie was living the ...

Brother and Sister in Arms

Stacy Turner — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:49:36 +0000

Mantua – Under the guise of an impromptu lesson about Memorial Day this week, students in Mrs. Franks’ class at Crestwood Intermediate School got to meet a real-live hero. CIS Principal, Mr. Maglionico, came to the class to talk about the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. He wanted to know what ...

SUE NELSON DESIGNS, Ltd. – Kent’s Antidote to Big Box Hardware

Estelle R. Brown — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:41:47 +0000

Kent – You just don’t find places like this any more. Shops like Sue Nelson Designs, Ltd. in historic downtown Kent died off when big box hardware stores replaced family-owned interior design sales and services. But Sue Nelson has kept her shop alive at 156 South Water Street for nearly 25 ...

Registration Underway for Mental Health Awareness and Crisis Management Workshop

Amie Cajka — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:34:58 +0000

Portage County – A week-long summer workshop for personnel will focus on how to support and work with students in crisis and who may also have mental health problems. Registration is now open for the Mental Health Awareness and Crisis Management workshop set for July 15-19. It is sponsored by the ...

Masonry Students Undertake Library Project

Submitted — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:34:01 +0000

Garrettsville – Maplewood students from Bob Pavlak’s Masonry class were recently seen at the Garrettsville branch of the Portage County Library preparing an area for a new cement pad. Stamm Concrete provided the raw materials at an “amazing price” to the Friends of Library; a new storage shed will be in ...

Due to circumstances beyond our control….

Iva Walker — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:31:25 +0000

Garrettsville – Sincere apologies and grateful thanks go to the folks who showed up for the Machine-0-Mania / Touch-A-Truck event last Saturday at Garfield H.S. Apologies go to the parents, grandparents and such who came expecting to see LOTS more trucks and big rigs of all sorts that simply were ...

Silver Creek Garden Club News

Submitted — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:28:43 +0000

Garrettsville – The Silver Creek Garden Club of Garrettsville, recently met at the home of Colleen Steele. Kathy Hanratty, the president of the Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio and landscape designer with Enviroscapes Design spoke on protecting and using native plants in the home landscape. Their next meeting set ...

The WVFD Joint Fire Board to Purchase Repeaters

Denise Bly — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:25:22 +0000

Windham – The WVFD Joint Fire District met for the regularly scheduled meeting on May 8, 2013 with just enough members to have a quorum. The board approved the minutes from the special meeting on March 19, 2012 and their regular meeting held on April 18, 2013. They also approved ...