Denise Bly

Windham - The WVFD Fire District met for their regularly scheduled meeting recently, with one member absent from the board.The board approved the minutes and expenditures. They opened the floor up to anyone who would like to speak. There were no pre-approved guests to speak. An employee wants to...

Windham - The Windham Village Council met recently via Zoom with all village council members in attendance. Zoning Inspector Tom Brett was excused for personal reasons.  They added 10.4 to the agenda, the hiring of part- time police officer Jeff Scott. Council approved the minutes and the financial report as presented...

Windham - Windham Board of Education (BOE) met for their regularly scheduled meeting last week with all but one member in attendance. The board approved the usual -- minutes, expenditures, and financial report. Superintendent Aireane Curtis said, they are placing a replacement 1.5 mills on the ballot in November....

Windham - Windham Village Council met for their regularly scheduled remote Zoom meeting. Anyone interested in attending, contacted the fiscal officer prior to the meeting so she could send out an invitation link to join the meeting. The meeting was called to order with all but one council member in...

Windham Twp. - The most recent Windham Township Trustees meeting was held outdoors with social distancing practices in play. The trustees first approved the tentative 2021 budget. A discussion was held on the particulars of the budget. The trustees did a 3% increase across the board, with the exception...

Windham - In these trying times, we are seeing a new normal in almost every aspect of our lives, and school systems are no different. After months of working on a plan with the county health department, CDC and other Portage County school districts, Windham Board of Education (BOE)...

Windham - Earlier this year, on March 24, 2020, Windham Village Council passed Ordinance O-2020-3, amending section 505.15. The ordinance prohibits farm animals, exotic animals, reptiles, or other pets, except dogs, cats, household birds, other creatures indigenous to the area or other creatures exhibited as part of a duly...

Windham - Windham Joint District Fire Board met for their regularly scheduled meeting with one board member unavailable. The fire board approved the expenditures, the minutes, and the bank reconciliation before moving on to the Chief’s Report.Chief Rich Gano reported that there were 318 calls to date (06/30/2020). There...

Windham Township - Trustee Brian Miller reported that Windham Township road crew has finished up the ditching for now, took care of the eight clean outs on Bryant Road, removed stumps from the ditch and will soon start patching the roads. The workers also continue to mow the cemetery...

Windham - Windham Schools are moving forward with plans to open in the fall. Now, just because the district is being pro-active in getting the building ready for students, it remains to be seen if they are, indeed, returning to the classroom. Everything is in the hands of the...

Windham - Windham Village Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting through Zoom. All council members, the mayor, fiscal officer, solicitor and administrator were logged in for the meeting. Mayor Scott Garrett called the meeting to order, following the public hearing on the budget. The meeting was opened with...

Windham Twp. - The Windham Township Trustees met for their regularly scheduled meeting recently. The meeting was called to order and the floor was opened up to guests. One guest asked, about water run-off on Bryant Road, mainly ditch drainage and the storm water fees Portage County charges as required...

Windham - They did it! They graduated without the usual “Pomp and Circumstance”, the class of 2020 are now graduates of Windham High School. Windham High School seniors had a chance to experience graduation in a different way. Instead of the usual band, lots of family members and friends...

Windham - Windham Volunteer Fire District (WVFD) held a long discussion on what to do with ambulance 2812 at their most recent meeting. This ambulance has been a “problem child” since day one. The ambulance starts but doesn’t restart immediately if it’s turned off. After having it looked at,...

Windham Twp. - Windham Township Trustees met for their regularly-scheduled meeting with all pertinent parties in attendance. Guest Deborah Blewitt, administrator for Windham Village was there to ask the township if they could help pay a portion of the rent for the Windham branch of the Portage County District...

Windham - Windham Village Council held their most recent meeting using Zoom. The meeting got off to a rocky start as there were a few problems with the link to Zoom. After getting all the technical bugs worked out, it was business as usual. The meeting was called to order...

Windham - Due to technical difficulties I was unable to log in and attend the virtual Board of Education (BOE) meeting, however through email the superintendent brought me up to speed on what I missed and also answered some questions I had about how the district is running on...

The Windham WVFD Board met for their regularly scheduled meeting with all pertinent people in attendance. Abiding by the governor’s orders, social distancing was being practiced. The board approved the minutes, expenditures, and bank reconciliation for both February and March, as the March meeting had been cancelled.  Chief Rich Gano...

Windham Twp - Windham Township Trustees carried out business as usual at their most recent trustee meeting.  They had the room set up to accommodate the new regulations of social distancing. Each trustee and fiscal officer were at least six feet apart per governor’s regulation for conducting government meetings....

Windham - Windham Board of Education has placed a 1.5 Permanent Improvement (PI) Levy on the March 17th ballot this year. The 1.5 mills PI Levy can only be used for the following: for building repairs and upgrades, buses, bus repair, heating and cooling parts, parking lots and repairs,...