Staff Reporter

Windham - Windham Board of Education met for their regularly scheduled meeting with all board members, including Treasurer Dawn Altman and Superintendent Gregg Isler in attendance. Board president Danny Burns called the meeting to order. After they presented the students of the month and Bomber Stars, Burns opened up the...

Portage County Memory Project Are you interested in learning more about Garrettsville’s Opera House? Are you a Civil War enthusiast? Portage County District Library is pleased to announce that it has added additional items to its Portage County Memory Project. Documents, letters, and photographs from two area organizations, including the...

Register now for the Class of 2025! The J. A. Garfield School District is now accepting kindergarten registration information for your child who will turn age 5 before Sept 30, 2012. Registration will take place on Wednesday, March 14, Thursday March 15 and Friday March 16, 2012 at the elementary...

Windham - Mia Berardinelli, is a 5th grade student at Windham Katherine Thomas Elementary School. With the help of her little sister Madison, (1st grader at KT), she recently collected gently used blue jeans for a program called Teens for Jeans through Aeropostale and dosomething.org.  She collected jeans from...

Windham - The Renaissance Family Center RFC held their one-day Annual Indoor Garage Sale last Saturday. Long before the scheduled 9am opening time, folks started lining up at the door ready to converge on the facility to find that special item at bargain prices. The doors opened at 9am...

Imagine your birthday appearing on the calendar only once every four years. Sounds preposterous, but that’s exactly the case for Leap Year Babies, who are born on February 29. So-called "Leaplings" may hold the secret to staying young, since they can claim that they age only one fourth as fast...

Newton Falls - Our local Girl Scout Troop 239 is helping the American Red Cross by donating seven quilts, after reading an article requesting needed items. The troop began their "service project” in September. They set up a quilting frame in their meeting room at First Church of God and...

Members of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville and their guests met on February 16 in the Fellowship Hall of St. Ambrose Church in Garrettsville to become acquainted with the artistic and spiritual journeys of sculptor and woodcarver Rich Cermak.   Members answered the roll call by introducing their guests...

Ravenna - Kelly Engelhart, Service Director, traveled to Columbus last week to request financing through the energy bonds administered through the OAQDA, making the City of Ravenna the third Ohio city to take advantage of energy conservation financing through the OAQDA for the overhaul of equipment and systems at...

Nelson Twp. - Nelson Township Trustees met for their regularly-scheduled meeting with trustees Joe Leonard, Tom Matota, and Jim Turos and Fiscal Officer J. David Finney in attendance. Mr. Finney presented the minutes from the January 4th, 11th, and 18th meetings and they were approved as presented. The minutes...

Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians are The Rotarian Train, highballing it to the Family Fun Week coming up, starting with the Music Festival on Sunday, February 26 in the Iva Walker Auditorium at James A. Garfield High School, proceeding through the Community Night Out activities (3/2/12) and Grandparents Night (2/28/12) at the...

Aurora - Fairway Fitness in Aurora is hosting its first Health and Wellness Fair at the Aurora Golf Club on March 4th from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.  “Healthy Life.  Happy Life.” is the theme and if you have been putting off your New Year’s Resolution to live a...

Nelson Twp. - The first day of operation will be Monday, February 27th for the newly-formed Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard. The cupboard is located at  on the northeast corner of Nelson Circle (9415 St. Rt. 305)behind Isaac Mills Bakery. The hours of operation will be Monday 4:00pm to 7:00pm and...

Mantua - St. Joseph’s 2012 Lenten Series begins on the first Tuesday of Lent, February 28, and runs for five consecutive Tuesdays. Soup Suppers begin at 6:00 p.m. in Hughes Hall and are a long standing tradition at St. Joe’s. Parishioners are invited to bring a pot of soup...

American Legion Fish Fry Fridays The Windham American Legion will be hosting a fish fry every Friday from 5 - 8  pm. Cost is $8.50.   Fellowship & Music Wednesdays Beginning on February 29, 2012, Wednesday night, at 7:00 p.m. and each Wednesday night  after  February 29 there will be fellowship and music at the...

And another thing about the GREAT BIG  Home and Garden Show…. We got to meet up with internationally-known local light, Joe Leonard, woodcarver par excellence, creator of carousel horses, church installations, mythical creatures of all kinds.  He was represented--and did us proud--by an armored carousel horse featured at the entrance...

Mantua - Mayor Linda Clark recently presented her first State of the Village address of the  new year to village council, appealing to residents and business owners to take active part in the change they voted for when they elected her to office last November. “Attend our meetings,  contact myself...

Garrettsville - Friends of Melana (FOM) are seeking sponsors for their Second Annual 5K Run and One Mile Fun Run for kids’ cancer held during Garrettsville’s SummerFest this year. The race will be held on Sunday June 24, 2012 at 9am in beautiful downtown Garrettsville. FOM held their inaugural...

Aurora - Over ten years in development, the Amish Heritage Center, in collaboration with the Florian K. Lawton Foundation, will provide a rich visual and historical program that will encourage a better understanding of the Amish and English visitors that migrated from 18th century Europe, spanning all the way...

Garrettsville - Valentines Day is almost here, have you ordered your flowers yet? If you have procrastinated like so many do, it’s not too late to get that done and the friendly folks at the Bay Window would be happy to help you with all your valentine needs as...

Braceville Twp. - Over the last several weeks, people have contacted me asking what they could do to reduce the risk of theft from their residences. Here are a few things that could be done to help prevent this, and to help aid the police in recovering items taken: Limit...

Nelson Twp - The Nelson Township Trustees met for their regularly-scheduled meeting last week with trustees Jim Turos, Tom Matota, and Joe Leonard present. Fiscal officer Dave Finney was unavailable; however Brianne Finney took the minutes for the meeting.  Brianne presented the wages and the trustees approved the payment...

Windham Twp - Windham Township Trustees met for their regularly scheduled meeting with all trustees and fiscal officer present. They also had 11 residents, two guests and a deputy sheriff in attendance. Chairman Dann Timmons called the meeting to order and opened the floor to any guests. Guest Fran Teresi...

Portage County - The Portage County Board of Commissioners has had a busy start to the new year.  This will highlight some of what has happened so far. After permanently abolishing many administrative jobs in late Fall, we recently approved a plan to streamline workflow and reassign jobs to existing...

Geauga County - Geauga Lyric Theater Guild, located in Chardon, Ohio, will offer many opportunities for youth ages 4 through 18 during the 2012 summer workshops. Mission Imagination, for early learners, will encourage children to sing, dance and perform, and will have three sessions. The Elementary Drama (Peter Pan) and...

Ravenna - The 14th Annual Portage Environmental Conservation Awards Dinner will take place Saturday April 21 and will feature a reception with music by Mitch Reed, hors d’oeuvres featuring local foods, a buffet dinner and more. The dinner steering committee is seeking nominations for potential awardees to be honored at...

Garrettsville - The 2012 Summerfest planning is well on its way and the committee is in need of the public’s help for their latest project.  The committee is planning on having a multi-media extravaganza at the conclusion of each day, but to do so we need help. We are...

Do you know a couple in the Garrettsville-Hiram-Windham community who’ve been married fifty years or more…your charming spouse and yourself, perhaps?   The neighbors down the street? Friends, grandparents, the possibilities are nearly endless.   Well, the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club would like to recognize and honor folks who have reached this...

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