New Menu and Vision For Garrettsville’s Main Street Grille & Brewing Company
Garrettsville - On October 19th, the Main Street Grille & Brewing Company had a soft opening to introduce new Chef James St. Ours and launch his new menu and vision for the Garrettsville landmark restaurant. A part of the Cleveland/Akron culinary scene for twenty years, St. Ours comes to Garrettsville after working with the likes of esteemed chef Dante...
Windham Banners Declare Community Pride
Windham - Community pride is one of those things. It can sit latent, seemingly at rest until threatened. Then it rises up and takes action, inspiring everyone else to take part. Look around town. See the new banners fluttering in the breeze? Historical photographs and images emblazoned with the words, EDUCATION, FAMILY, TRADITION and PRIDE line up like sentinels along...
Preserving the Past and Looking Forward in Mantua Township
Mantua Twp. - In most ways Mantua Township is probably very much like the majority of other cities, townships and villages going into the upcoming election season. Which is to say that one party advocates this, the other party advocates that. Regardless of who wins one hopes that there is a positive outcome and life goes on preferably a...
This is How We Roll
Time to catch up – I am a week behind on reporting scores and I have to make sure we keep everyone up to date on all the bowling going on at Sky Lanes! On October 10, Jacob Britton tossed a 203 game and ended up with a nice 557 series, high for the day in the 11:00 Trio League. ...
Road Issues Rock Hiram Township
Hiram Township - At the last meeting of the Hiram Township Trustees, Trustee Kathy Schulda reported that the Ohio State Patrol has been stopping trucks on Township roads near the storage well on Allyn Road. When stopped, drivers were issued a warning to produce an applicable permit within a set time period. Failure to comply resulted in ticketing. Soon...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The October 19, 2015 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club was a series of short takes. Here’s what got tooken : For Friday, Bob Evans restaurants will be joining the Polio Plus campaign of worldwide Rotary International by contributing 15% of receipts collected from contributing diners to the fight to end polio sooner rather than later. The Garrettsville-Hiram club will...
Cardinal Credit Union Unveils New Branch at Hiram College
Hiram – Hiram College and Cardinal Credit Union marked the opening of a full-service credit union branch on campus through a grand opening celebration at the college’s Kennedy Center. State Rep. Dave Joyce, state Sen. John Eklund and Hiram Mayor Lou Bertrand joined Hiram College President, Lori Varlotta, Ph.D., Hiram College President Emeritus Tom Chema and Cardinal President and...
Garrettsville Village has good chance of ending year in the black
Garrettsville - Work items completed (or near completion) by the Village were reported at the October 14 village council meeting. Items included chip and sealing of Wheeler Road, crack sealing of several village streets and concrete work at the Boardwalk. Councilwoman Becky Harrington reported that the streetscape on Main, Center and High should be completed by the end of...
20th Century Club News
Women of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville met on October 15 at the home of Joyce Fashing on Eagle Creek Drive. The roll call response, as befits the season of Halloween, was to tell of a favorite costume or item of apparel. Resulting tales ranged from dressy occasions to Trick-or-Treat and beyond. New members Jane Hill and Gail Gergely were...
News From Garrettsville’s Mayor
Garrettsville - As we enter the fall/winter season I would to like reflect back on the spring/summer. A big thank you to the Silver Creek Garden Club & our Street Department for the beautiful hanging flower baskets and plantings around the Village. I received many compliments, most stating that these were the best that they had ever seen. They...
Crestwood Soccer Teams Go4theGoal
Mantua - Did you know that cancer is the leading cause of death of children by disease? In spite of this startling statistic, you might be surprised to learn that less than four percent of federal funding is dedicated to pediatric cancer research. That’s why Crestwood’s boys and girls soccer teams made it their goal to raise awareness and...
Another year, another Business Showcase in Garrettsville
Garrettsville - And a fine display it was, of all sorts of things, including—this being an event that takes place before Election Day on November 3—various individuals running for various offices, people on the ballot, people hoping to be written in, supporters of ballot issues for townships, county services to the developmentally disabled, long-deserved support for the county district...
Third Annual Friends4Friends™ Campaign Film Festival Featured Film Created by James A. Garfield High School Students
Garrettsville - A team of students from the James A. Garfield High School Peer Leadership Council submitted a short film featured at the third annual, regional Friends4Friends™ Campaign film festival, held on September 29, 2015, at Austintown Fitch High School in Austintown. The James A. Garfield High School short film, titled Posts that Paralyze, inspires students to Stand Up and...
This Is How We Roll: Week of October 9, 2015
Niles Wicks shot the high game for the 11:00 Trio with a nice 204 game; Niles also had a 500 series. High series for the day belonged to David Martin with 519; David’s high game was 185. Other good games were rolled by Billy Potteiger, 172, Ericq Williams, 156, Gavin Bervish, 149, Ian Huebner, 138, Billy Radcliffe, 138, and...
Ravenna Business Plans to Hire 30 Professional CAREGivers
Ravenna - As America’s aging population grows, a local senior care company is gearing up to meet the expected need for services. The Home Instead Senior Care® office serving Portage County anticipates adding up to 30 professional CAREGiversSM to its staff by the end of 2015. By 2050, it is predicted that the senior population will more than double from...
Indians Outfielder Michael Brantley Visits CMS
Mantua - The gymnasium at the Crestwood Middle School reverberated with excitement last week, as Cleveland Indians outfielder Michael Brantley entered. Timmy and Jacob, two of the over 400 students filling the bleachers, sat in a prime spot in the first row as they waited for Brantley’s arrival. In their Indians garb, the two sixth-graders clutched baseball cards and...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Recap
T’was business as usual at the October 4 2015 meeting of the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram. Action on and discussion of the following were on the agenda : Kyle Collins is alive and doing well as a Rotary Exchange Student in Japan. He’s noticing differences in social interactions as well as improving his Japanese language skills. Happy to talk...
Fall Savings Sidewalk Sale in Middlefield
Middlefield - Join us for our 2nd annual, FALL SAVINGS SIDEWALK SALE. Visit us on, October 8th, 9th & 10th 2015 from 10am-5pm in the local historic town of Middlefield. With small town charm & homespun arts & crafts you can uncover fascinating one-of-a kind treasures & gifts! What makes this special is the great savings we will be offering...
“Horsing around” with the 20th Century Club
The ladies of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville spent their meeting of October 1, 2015 “horsing around”. The subject of the evening’s roll call was experiences with horses and the tales sometime rivaled “The Perils of Pauline.” Business was conducted by President Mary Furillo and the group voted in a new member, Pat Fisher. Dues were collected. The program...
Geauga Growth Partnership Presents Entrepreneur Success Breakfast
Tricia Kaman was an art student and worked in 1965 as a portrait artist during the summer at Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio. In 1971 she started her own portrait stand at Geauga Lake Park, and since that time has grown a business that has locations in over thirty major theme and amusement parks throughout the United States and...
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
Garrettsville - The September 21, 2015 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society saw an influx of visitors from Freedom, seeking information on organizing and operating a historical society, with an eye to possibly establishing such a group for Freedom Township, either as a separate entity or as a semi-autonomous affiliate. This inquiry originated with the Freedom Room...
Arts & Culture Shine at Hiram College
Hiram - As fall semester began, Hiram College celebrated enhancements to the Warren Sherman Hayden Memorial Auditorium at Bates Hall. Renovations to the 80-year-old venue included new seating for 511, including wheelchair-accessible seating, a new thrust stage and extensive roof repairs and new gutters on Bates Hall. Ohio Senator John Eklund, a key supporter of the project, attended the...
Crestwood Students Learn the Importance of Keeping Promises
Mantua - A rainy Monday morning was transformed into into a day full of promise when Alex Sheen spoke to students and staff at the Crestwood High School and Crestwood Middle School. Sheen founded the social movement and nonprofit organization because I said I would. Through because I said I would, individuals use promise cards to record and remember the...
Portage County District Library’s Big Read Book Discussions at Branch Libraries
Portage County District Library is once again partnering with Hiram College’s Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature to bring The Big Read to Portage County residents. This community-wide reading program will feature the title Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea. The Big Read book discussions will take place at various branch libraries in the month of October....
Portage County District Library Millage Request on November 3 Ballot
On Tuesday, November 3, 2015, Portage County District Library residents will vote on a 1 mill ballot proposal to provide funding for PCDL for five years. Portage County District Library currently receives no local funding and depends entirely on state funding which is now at about the same level as that received in 1998. State funding provides about 95%...
Short Takes: Go Out, Get Involved
Read Big! It’s not too late to participate in the BIG READ, a program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest being offered by Hiram College’s Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature and the libraries of the Portage County Library District. There will be authors, speakers, a dance troupe and Mexican food as well as discussion...
Portage County Gardeners’ Harvest Market A Success
The Portage County Gardeners' Center wants to thank everyone who supported their Harvest Market event. Craig Stevens of Ravenna won the helicopter ride raffle held during the event. The next phase of the fall fund raiser formally held in Oct. will now be Fri. Nov 13, 2015 from 4-8p.m. and Sat. Nov. 14, 2015 from 10a.m.-3p.m. at the Portage County Gardeners’...
ABLE Offers GED/ESOL Classes in Portage County
Ravenna - The Adult Basic & Literacy Education (ABLE) Program at Maplewood Career Center in Ravenna would like to welcome everyone back to a new school year! The ABLE Program is offering classes and materials for adults, free-of-charge for GED, ESOL, basic English and math skills, and transitioning into post-secondary education, training, or trade. We have trained instructors to help...
Geauga Fresh Farmers Market Looks for County’s Best at Annual Salsa Tasting Contest
Enter your favorite salsa in the Geauga Fresh Farmers’ Market Annual Salsa Tasting Contest on Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 10-Noon. Customers and vendors are encouraged to enter – hot and sweet, fresh or cooked. Shop now for the freshest ingredients and please keep basic ingredients locally grown – zucchini, eggplant, peach, tomato, tomatillo, watermelon, cucumber and any other...
Crestwood Celebrates a Culture of Caring
Mantua - On a perfect sunny day earlier this week, students at Crestwood Primary and Crestwood Intermediate Schools celebrated the 6th annual International Day of Peace by making and planting pinwheels for peace at their combined campus. Crestwood Primary Principal Cindy Ducca shared, “Pinwheels for Peace is an art installation project started in 2005 by teachers in Coconut Creek,...
