Summer Celebration at the Mantua Center
Mantua Twp. - In days fraught with divison and derision, one group is making an effort to build community by throwing a summer celebration....
Hiram College announces record-breaking fundraising year with more than $9.8 million in cash gifts in fiscal year 2018
Hiram - Generous Hiram College donors provided cash gifts totaling $9,835,743 to the College in fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017 – June 30,...
Garrettsville McDonald’s Undergoing Facelift to Add Convenience & Comfort
Garrettsville – The McDonald’s restaurant at 8027 State Street in Garrettsville started a major remodel project this week to bring in new, modern convenience...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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 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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
