Garfield Historical Society News
The James A. Garfield Historical Society met on Monday, October 21 in the historic Mott Building, Main St. , Garrettsville to pursue its usual business. This included : • Enthusiastic thanks to Damaris Peters Pike for the contribution resulting from her recent presentation (with Jack Warren) “The Garfields—An Ohio Presidential Couple” , with the sponsorship of Ohio Health Benefits, LLC •...
Can You See Excellence In Action?
Our students are amazing. Academically they perform at levels that exceed expectations. For example, our third grade math scores were third highest in Northeast Ohio (96.6%). Our high school students showed improvements in all five areas of the Ohio Graduation Test, and this is after they were already scoring above 90% in all areas! This excellence does not stop...
Did You Catch It? Bi-Annual Business Showcase a Success!
Did you catch the tunes by the Tuba Troubadours? They were the trio pumping out classy tunes in a lower register to keep up the festive mood at the Garrettsville Chamber of Commerce 11th Biennial Business showcase, held in the James A. Garfield High School gymnasium on Thursday, October 16. Senior Mike Ebie, band director Theo Cebulla and senior Dan...
‘Walkable Neighborhood’ comes to Garrettsville
Garrettsville - Are you wondering what is a ‘walkable neighborhood’? If you Google the term, it is broadly defined as a community that is a desirable place to live, work, learn, worship and play. It fosters smart growth because goods (such as housing, offices, and retail) and services (such as transportation, schools, libraries) are located within an easy and...
Think Local: News & Events from the Garrettsville Area Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Abraham, and his team at Charles Auto Family recently celebrated the Grand Re-Opening of the newly remodeled Charles Chevrolet. Hundreds of local residents, and customers -- past and present -- were on hand for a day filled with great food, family activities, and entertainment by K-105. Attendees also had the opportunity to enter drawings for a ton of...
New Owners Take the Wheel at Kehoe Used Cars
Garrettsville - Jerry Kehoe Used Cars has stood in the heart of Garrettsville at the intersection of Main Street, North Street, Center Street, Windham Street and South Street for the past 34 years. But the car dealership’s namesake quietly prepared for retirement by selling the business to Eric Hedge last February. Now Hedge and his wife, Meredith, want the...
Library Spotlight On: NextReads
Portage County District Library is pleased to spotlight NextReads, a free email newsletter service that provides suggested reading on various topics. Portage County District Library cardholders with an email address can subscribe to any of the 20 different subject and genre newsletters. Newsletter topics range from Biography and Memoir to Fantasy, and are sent on a monthly or every other...
“Bash and the Pirate Pig” Appearing at Village Bookstore
Burton Cole, Nelson Township resident and author has released his first novel nationwide for middle grades readers, Bash and the Pirate Pig. The age range is for readers ages 8 to 14. “But we’ve run tests on adult readers and judging by their laughter, we conclude that I managed to not write it over their heads. They think it’s about...
“Women of Note” Fundraiser — Five Shows by One Talented Woman.
“Women of Note”, aka Famed Dames, will be here in no time and you don’t want to miss making their acquaintance. Your introduction will come in the person of Damaris Peters Pike, Professor of Music Emerita of Hiram College, musician, historian, communicator par excellence who will be presenting a 25th Anniversary Benefit Series in support of local causes—education, historical...
State of the Village Report
Village Residents, It has been a little over a year since Mayor Craig Moser passed away unexpectedly and that I had the responsibility to step in and take over the reins of a wonderful and well respected Mayor. I admit that at first I was frightened to be taking over such a huge responsibility of being your Mayor. I realized...
Garrettsville Hardware to be Purchased by E&H Hardware Neighborhood retailer to join Ace Hardware team of stores
Wooster – Family owned E & H Hardware, part of a team of more than 4,700 locally-owned and independently operated Ace stores across the globe, is in the process of purchasing the Garrettsville Hardware located at 8009 State Street, Garrettsville, Ohio. Garrettsville Hardware, a Do It Best store, will be converted to an Ace Hardware in the very near...
Second Style Boutique Opens in Garrettsville
Second Style resale boutique held their grand opening on Saturday, September 7th in downtown Garrettsville. Located at 8089 Main Street (the former Denette's Designs), Second Style is packed with a range of new and gently used clothing items, accessories, children's gear and toy. Hours of operation for Second Style are 10am–6pm Tuesdays through Fridays, and 10am–5pm on Saturdays. Second Style is...
Scout Completes Eagle Project for Community Ambulance
Garrettsville - Kyle Angermeier from Boys Scout Troop 4062 in Garrettsville recently completed his Eagle Scout Project for Community Ambulance. The idea was formed two years ago, when, Community Ambulance’s Chief Chris Sanchez presented the need for a new sign to the troop, and Kyle decided that he wanted to do this for his Eagle Scout Project. An Eagle...
Spotlight On: Book Box Program
Garrettsville - Portage County District Library would like to help educators prepare for the upcoming school year by placing its September service spotlight on its Book Box program. Book Boxes are ideal for classroom teachers or other educators who need multiple copies of the same title. Each Book Box contains 30 books of a title and most contain a...
The 900 Coalition Presented “Tools of the Trades”
Garrettsville - Last Saturday, the 900 Coalition presented their second Tools of the Trades. The event was held in the side parking lot of Sky Plaza IGA. It offered many vehicles and large equipment used everyday in various trades. The Tools of the Trades gave one a chance to get an up close view of the vehicles and some...
JAG Maintains High Score with New State Grading System
Garrettsville - School districts throughout Ohio finally learned their scores for 2012-2013 according to the new state report cards last week. James A. Garfield School District -- which has achieved Excellent with Distinction for two of the past three years -- maintained high scores for 2012/13 by earning an overall A grade in Progress from the state. JAG Superintendent Ted...
Making Sense of the Affordable Care Act
Small Businesspersons, is your head swimming with all of the details and requirements of the Affordable Care Act which is heading for us all like a locomotive on an express line? Are you and your accountant scratching your heads over what it all means? Are you wanting to do your best by your employees and not lose your shirt? ...
Facet Salon Hosts Open House
Garrettsville–On Tuesday, August 6th Rachelle King and the staff of Facet Salon and Day Spa played host to over 100 area residents and business owners during their business open house. Attendees were treated to a tour of the entire TLC facility, comprised of vision, wellness, and fitness centers in addition to the Rachelle’s salon. After their tour, attendees had the...
Fireman’s Association Dedicates Building
Garrettsville–Following a brief history of the Garrettsville Freedom Nelson Joint Fire District, and the Fire Station, representatives of the district Fireman’s Association held a dedication ceremony Saturday evening during the 2013 Peach Social & Car Cruise. The new outbuilding located between the fire station, and Community EMS houses an assortment of antique fire equipment and memorabilia. The structure was...
Candlelight Winery Goes to the Dogs
Nelson Twp. - Often when we think of wineries we think of a nice glass of wine, a plate of cheese and crackers, and some relaxing music; we usually do not add dogs to the mix, however, this past Saturday was Pug Day at the winery which brought out pugs and all sorts of other breeds as well. Pugs...
JAGS are 2013 OGSO Class C Champions
Garrettsville - The Garrettsville JAGS won their third OGSO state title over the July 27th weekend in Champion. They defeated South Amherst Firelands (10-0), Amherst Vipers (6-0) and Mogadore Wildcats (10-1). The JAGS finish off a stellar OGSO run where their record is 89-3 since 2009.
SkyLane’s Coach Is Ohio Youth Bowling Coach of the Year
Garrettsville - SkyLane Bowling Alley is proud to announce that youth bowling coach Carl(Rick) Ewell has been named the Ohio Youth Bowling Coach of the Year by the Ohio State USBC Youth Association. Rick is pictured here with one of his prize students Lauren Sanchez of Garrettsville. Lauren recently competed in the Regional Tournament in Kentucky (28th place) and the...
The 8th Count Dance Studio Starts Fifth Year
Garrettsville - The 8th Count Dance Studio is celebrating their fifth year in business in Garrettsville. The studio is located in Garfield Plaza across the parking lot from the movie theatre. The studio opened in 2009, has continued to grow and is still growing. The 8th Count offers instruction in a variety of dance and tumbling for all ages....
Three Area Businesses Celebrate Anniversaries in July
Garrettsville - The Garrettsville Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to recognize three member businesses who celebrated anniversaries in July. Now in her 25th year of business, Allene Fodor has welcomed customers into her beautiful butter-yellow century home since 1988. From the moment they cross the threshold, treasure-seekers visiting Enchanted Books, Antiques, Etc. are treated to an overwhelming assortment...
Have you spotted the Garrettsville Goblin?
The Garrettsville Goblin has returned and has brought good luck with him. It appears that this charming little fellow wandered into our village and decided he liked it so much he was going to stay. Being a free spirit, he trades portraits of himself for goods and services from our area businesses – these portraits are said to bring good...
“Notorious”
“I made that s-o-b” Heckuva line to open with, eh? Chalk it up to Julie Thompson who made it part of her presentation on the Last Great Train Robbery in the U.S. and the perpetrator, Al “Creepy” Karpis, who spoke those words in reference to J. Edgar Hoover, head of the F.B.I. Probably true, too. It was quite a tale. From...
Knight Recipient of 2013 Eagles Scholarship
For the eighth year in its more than 30 years of history the Garrettsville Eagles Club No 2705 has awarded one $1,000 to a grandson of a member. Matt Knight is a 2013 graduate of Windham High School as valedictorian and is accepted at the Ohio State University. He will major in Business, Finance and Economics. His goals are to be...
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Opens Friday
Garrettsville - The Garrettsville Curtains up Theatre will present “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” on July 12, 13, 19, 20th at 7pm and July 14, 2013 at 2pm in the James A. Garfield, Iva Walker Auditorium - starring Megan Ryser as Snow White and Ben Vizy as the Prince. Direction of this production is by Justin Steck and...
Original Quality & Fresh Ingredients Return to Italian Garden
Garrettsville - After briefly franchising-out their flagship restaurant in Garrettsville, owners Tim and Joselle Weiss have returned to the helm of The Italian Garden. Opening fifteen years ago in the former Mario Angelo Pizza building (8116 Main Street), The Italian Garden quickly became known as the place to go for affordable "home-made taste without the hassle or wait". Since returning...
Goblin Arrives in Garrettsville Bringing Good Fortune
Have you heard the news? The Garrettsville Goblin has returned and has brought good luck with him. It appears that this charming little fellow wandered into our village and decided he liked it so much he was going to stay. I am told that he resides under the bridge in town and likes to explore, taking advantage of the area...
