Meeting Notice: Nelson Twp Budget Meeting
The Nelson Twp trustees will be holding a budget meeting tomorrow at 6pm in the Township Offices located at Pixley Park.
Area Youth Give Back in Hiram Rapids During Summer Break
Hiram Rapids - Recently, 200-year-old Riverside Cemetery in Hiram Rapids hosted a handful of unlikely visitors. With a desire to give back locally, a handful of high-schoolers, not typical cemetery visitors, are giving up part of their summer break to help paint the 100-year-old iron fence that was in dire need of an update. The project gained headway when Debra...
Kent State Trumbull introduces Weekend College/Hybrid Completion Program for Fall
Kent State University at Trumbull continues to examine ways to encourage prosperity in the Mahoning Valley. Its new Weekend College/Hybrid Completion Program offers anyone with prior college credits a unique opportunity to cost- and time-effectively complete their degree. Beginning this fall, classes meet for a few hours every-other Saturday and the remainder is completed online. Classes are completed in...
The Kelly Miller Circus Comes to Middlefield
Middlefield - The Kelly Miller Circus will be in Middlefield at the Cardinal Middle School, Almeda Drive, Middlefield on Thursday July 26 and Friday July 27 with 2 shows each date, at 5:00 pm and 7:30 pm both dates. Buy tickets early at ticket outlets in Middlefield before the date of the show to save!! Presale tickets cost: Adults...
Community EMS District Adds Two Paramedics
Garrettsville – Community EMS District is proud to announce that Clinton Corpening and Jason Dailey have successfully completed their paramedic education through University Hospitals Paramedic program. Their education lasted 10 months, with over 1,000 hours logged between classroom lecture, clinical internship and ride-a-longs with other paramedic units. Along with working at Community EMS District, Clinton is active with the...
Celebrating Mantua’s Art & Trails
Mantua - Last weekend, the Village of Mantua was full of folks looking to enjoy the seasonable weather while they enjoyed art and outdoor activities. For art, wine, and food lovers, the 10th annual Art on the Hill event provided visitors with food stands galore, from kettle corn to barbeque, as well as four local wineries poring wine by...
55th Annual Ox Roast Fair This Weekend In Mantua
Mantua - Plan to attend the largest, three-day fair in Northern Portage County where you’ll enjoy delicious food and find family fun for all ages. St. Joseph’s Ox Roast Fair in Mantua begins on Friday, July 20th, at 6:00 to 11:30 p.m., Saturday, July 21st, from 1:00 to 11:30 p.m., and Sunday, July 22nd, from Noon to 10:00 p.m. The...
Whan Sworn In as Sergeant at Garrettsville Council Meeting
Garrettsville – Village officials present at the July village council meeting, were Village Solicitor Michele Stuck, Nancy Baldwin, Mayor Rick Patrick, and Council people Tom Hardesty; Deb (Glass) Wordell; Jeff Kaiser; John Chambers; Chris Knop; and Tom Collins. The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm by Mayor Rick Patrick. A public hearing was held for the purpose of rehiring...
J.A. Garfield Seeking Levy In November
Garrettsville – Forced by cuts from the state, the James A. Garfield school district will be seeking a 1.5% Earned Income Tax levy this November. Superintendent Ted Lysiak shared the district’s current financial situation with village council last week. The district’s current finances show a significant decline even with the existing emergency levy in place. How Did The District Land on...
GHS Class of 1973 Celebrates at Reunion
The James A. Garfield High School class of ’73 recently got together at Sugar Bush Golf Club for the 45th anniversary of their graduation and had a fine time comparing wrinkles, hair colors…or loss of same…pictures of grandchildren and such. The class officers, headed up by Barb Bailey, put together a fine evening of good eats and great memories...
Headwaters Adventure Race to take place in Mantua
Mantua – The Portage Park District Foundation will hold its Headwaters Adventure Race on Saturday, July 14 beginning at Buchert Park in Mantua Village at 8 a.m. The cost of the race is $49 per person or $29 for ages 18 and under. Boat rentals are available. Registration is online at portageparkdistrict.org. Participants may race solo or grab a friend...
Work on Mantua Village’s Buchert Park Trail to Begin in August
Mantua - In her report, Mayor Linda Clark shared that grant funding is available through AMATS for road improvements and streetscapes. Traffic studies are needed; the mayor noted that a study is currently in progress. She will notify council of the results upon they study’s completion. In public comment, it was noted that the 10th annual Art on the Hill...
Tales from the Americana Music woods… Dancing Eyes
Dancing eyes across the room from me; the so energetic, expressive eyes of the lady fiddler darting in sync to the bluegrass music that we were all playing. You couldn’t miss them. Like a light-house beacon shining across a harbor, you notice them first. They shifted back and forth to the beat of the music. When the fiddle section...
Windham Township Discusses “Paper” Road
Windham Township - Windham Township Trustees met for their regularly scheduled meeting recently with all trustees and fiscal officer in attendance. The trustees are Chairperson Danny Burns, Rich Gano and Brian Miller. The fiscal officer is Jayme Neikirk. The meeting was called to order and the pledge of Allegiance was said. They approved the minutes from the June meeting along with...
St. Ambrose Festival Winners Announced
And the winners are… Everyone who attended St. Ambrose’s Chicken Dinner Festival went home a winner (or at least with the satisfaction of having a delicious meal). However, there are some who went home with a little bit more. Congratulations to all the following winners: $1,500 Cash First Prize Suzanne Jakubec $200 Cash Second Prize Judy Macek $100 Cash Third Prize Bruce Greene $100 Cash...
Chiropractic Center of Garrettsville Awards Scholarships to Lawrence & Siracki
Garrettsville - Chiropractic Center of Garrettsville is happy to announce that Makenna Lawrence is a winner of this years Chiropractic Center of Garrettsville scholarship. Makenna Lawrence plans to attend University of Mount Union to begin her studies. She plans to study early childhood education and to participate in middle school or high school basketball coaching. She expects to continue...
Mantua Designated As Buckeye Trail Town
Mantua - The Buckeye Trail winds a large loop around Ohio, spanning over 1,400 miles. From a beachhead on Lake Erie near Cleveland, to a hilltop overlooking the Ohio River in Cincinnati, hikers on the Buckeye Trail(BT) can experience a bit of all that Ohio has to offer as they travel the trail. Many aren’t aware that our area...
Portage County Clothing Center Looking for Volunteers
Ravenna - For over 30 years, the Phyllis Zumkehr County Clothing Center, located at 3377 OH-59 in Ravenna, has helped families and individuals in Portage County by providing clothing, shoes and household items at no cost. By doing this, the County Clothing Center is able to offer comfort and confidence to those in need in our community. With the school...
Portage Park District Seeks Public Input On New Properties
Ravenna – Portage Park District is now seeking public input to inform plans for creating two new parks on properties acquired in recent years, currently known as the ‘Tinkers Creek Greenway’ and the ‘Kent Bog Expansion’. Input from the community is being collected on the types of amenities that will be added to each location and suggestions for the...
Library Director encourages residents to take part in a community conversation
Geauga County – How do you want your community library to serve you? That question will be discussed in conversations in Thompson and Bainbridge in July. These discussions will serve as a critical step in establishing the types of spaces that patrons can look forward to. Whether the need is for more creativity and storytime rooms or for private...
Upcoming Events at the Garrettsville Library
Learn Japanese Calligraphy II - Guest speaker Haruhide Osugi will speak about calligraphy again on Monday, July 16 at the Garrettsville Library from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Osugi, a Japanese outreach coordinator from Kent State University’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages, will go into more details regarding calligraphy skills and those attending will get the chance to...
Pathways Of Hope’s Holistic Approach to Long-term Care
Portage County - Pathways of Hope is a collaborative, holistic approach to providing strength-based, long-term case management as part of the Salvation Army’s initiative to help families with minor children break the cycle of multi-generational poverty by identifying barriers that prevent families from attaining self-sufficiency. The program elevates the impact for families using Salvation Army services and connects clients...
A Weekend Of Great Events In Hiram
Hiram - On July 14th, the Hiram Police Department will hold its annual “Fill a Police Car” Food Drive and Pet Adoption event. Last year there were over 400 pounds of nonperishable food that was collected for the area Food Cupboard and over 350 pounds of pet food donated, that went to the Portage County Animal Protective League. There will...
Special Event In Middlefield Marks 200 Years
Middlefield - Here’s a local history question for you to try: What’s the oldest building in Middlefield? It’s the building now known as the Century Inn, formerly known as Thompson Tavern or Batavia House. Now home to Middlefield Historical Society, the Century Inn has reached a major landmark. The main building was erected in 1818 by James Thompson (a member...
Hiram Township Trustee News
Hiram Twp - Fiscal Officer Diane Rodhe noted that Portage County Recycling sent a reminder about recyclable items. According to the note cans, bottles, beverage and food cartons are all acceptable for recycling, as long as they have been rinsed. In addition, cardboard is acceptable, but must not contain grease or food remnants. They conveyed the need for residents...
Local Family Provides Scholarships…and Hope
Mantua - “We are happy to finally announce the scholarship winners from the 2017 raffle,” Nora Brant announced, sharing the details of this year’s winners of the Meghan R. Brant Memorial Quilt raffle. “We held off on this announcement in order to make it part of the Senior Award ceremony for one of the candidates,” she a explained. “Congratulations...
A Little Garrettsville History Lesson…
In 1803 John Garrett of Christian Hundred, Delaware bought 300A of land in the Wild West--OHIO--for $1,313 (about $4.38 per acre). A year later, he and his family--wife, children, two slave girls--and Abraham Dyson, a blacksmith, arrived at his property in the southwest corner of Nelson township in the Connecticut Western Reserve in the new state of Ohio, finding...
ASPIRE Celebrates HSE Graduation
Approximately 250 guests attended the ASPIRE HSE Recognition that was hosted by The Portage County Literacy Coalition on Thursday, June 7, 2018, held at Maplewood Career Center. Laure Gauntner, ASPIRE Coordinator and Portage County Literacy Coalition President, welcomed HSE graduates, guests, and friends. She also introduced special speakers: Christy Elliott, ASPIRE Program Manager; Mike Kerrigan, Portage County Commissioner, Sasha...
Garrettsville Farmers’ Market Open For Business
How Ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm? Well, who wants to, when they can come to the Garrettsville Farmers’ Market every Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.? Yes, indeedy, the summer is looking more tasty already, after the grand opening on June 21, for all comers—and there were quite a few. The Market will be held on the...
99th Reunion of Newton Falls Schoolmates & Friends
The Newton Falls Schoolmates and Friends 99th reunion was celebrated June 16th at DiVieste’s Banquet Room in Warren with 337 persons in attendance. Welcoming the schoolmates in the foyer were members of the Class of 1969, Ken Layshock, Dennis Kirkland, Rosie Domyanich, Howie Wolf, Linda Bennight, Delbert Wolaski. The celebration began with the members of the honored class of 1968...
