Sink Your Teeth into this Summer’s Peach Social & Car Cruise
Garrettsville - The peach crop throughout Ohio is the pits this summer, but that won’t put a dent in the annual Peach Social and...
Student Laptop Pickup Dates Scheduled
Dates have been scheduled for parents to come in with their children to receive their laptops over the coming weeks. Our goal is to distribute all laptops before the first day of school on August 26.
Amish Buggy Classic Kicks-Off Middlefield’s Summerfest
Middlefield Activities Committee held their Annual Summerfest this past Saturday and it went off without a hitch. In past years, the event was held at the Municipal Center, this year it was moved to Harrington Square Mall Parking Lot. They roped off a section of the far parking lot for venders, creating a make- shift midway that housed plenty of vendors, an inflatable slide and a bounce house.
Recipes and Ramblings: Homemade Hot Pockets
Our summer has been filled to the brim with softball games, family road trips, and impromptu picnics around town. To make packing lunches a...
Flooding Causes Families to be Evacuated
Middlefield - Early Sunday evening, storms pounded Middlefield Village and the surrounding areas, drenching them with approximately five inches of rain in an hour...
Travels With Skip…. Petersburg — Alaska’s Little Norway
One of the features of the ship’s itinerary is to make a couple stops at the local villages so that we might get the...
JA Garfield Historical Society News
Garrettsville - Rodger Pettit was a visitor and, unexpectedly, the program for the evening at the July 21, 2014 meeting of the James A....
Hiram Township Happenings
Hiram Twp. - It was noted that that as a part of the partnership between Hiram Township and the Hiram Village Police Department, Hiram...
Mantua Village Garden Club News
The MVGC will meet on Monday, August 4, at noon. At this meeting, Judy Novak-Hrdy, Master Gardener, will be showing us several examples of...
Portage County Gardeners Hold Cheese Workshop
After cooking up the milk and other cheese making ingredients, the group had to persevere to get the curds to finally process into cheese. Sarah Perdue and Mary Jo Ryan were given a round of applause as they finally got their curds to form into some cheese.
Portage County District Library to Host Digital Bookmobile National Tour Event
Portage County - The Digital Bookmobile National Tour (www.digitalbookmobile.com) will showcase the free eBook service from Portage County District Library at the Aurora Memorial...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
Busy time for the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club at their meeting on July 28, 2014 at Cal’s II. The monthly list of program responsibility was...
Buckeye Block Recap
“I believe that we are on the verge of seeing a new Garrettsville, but not losing the charm of the old one."
25TH Annual Benefit Race/Walk
Newton Falls - Newton Falls Kiwanis Club announces a new race route for its annual Labor Day 4-Mile Run and 2-Mile Walk. On September...
Are You Our Alumni?
If you attended James A. Garfield (at any point), or Freedom, Nelson or Garrettsville Schools prior to the 1951 consolidation.... you are! JAG Alumni...
Crestwood School News & Upcoming Events
Mantua - At the last school board meeting, the board announced their selection of several individuals to fill vacancies within the district. Lindsay Ludlow...
Area Skaters Compete at Speed Skating Nationals
The Roller Hutt speed team from Garrettsville, OH and Fast Forward speed team out of Hermitage, PA have just returned from the USARS Roller Speed Skating National Competition in Lincoln, Nebraska. Skaters raced on both inline skates (rollerblades) and quad skates (roller skates.) Racing takes place on a 100 meter indoor flat track, and the competition attracts skaters from all across the country.
Copper Joins Hiram Police Department
Hiram - Meet “Copper”, the newest addition to the Hiram Police Department. Copper is now Hiram Police Department’s mascot and will be at Hiram...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club welcomed several guests at the July 21 meeting at Cal’s II—Erin Koon and Jessica McKnight from Huntington Bank, sitting in...
News from Nelson Township
Fiscal Officer David Finney provided the trustees with suggested supplemental appropriations to the Township budget that will free up $85,000 for use on the chip & seal project. By dropping part 5 from the project, only $84,576.20 would be needed for chip & seal work on Township roads. The trustees also voted to award Hughes Contracting the contract for parts 1 through 4.
One To Go!
Savings were realized in the bidding process and have been re-invested in upgrades throughout the James A. Garfield campus, for all buildings. This includes more efficient windows, security upgrades (also utilizing funds raised initially by Dee Synnestvedt for parking lot security cameras), digital signage for the high school and elementary school campus—5’x8’, wireless, , kitchen improvements, carpeting in the new elementary band room, furniture upgrades…the whole shootin’ match…looking good.
Rain Doesn’t Stop Ox Roast
The gray skies didn’t deter folks from going to St. Joseph’s Ox Roast in Mantua this past weekend. Folks ventured out Friday night to watch the karaoke-style Ox Idol Contest and antique tractor pulls. Others took a stroll along the midway and enjoyed many fair treats, including ox roast sandwiches, ox dinners and ox sundaes. Ox sundaes consisted of mashed potatoes covered in roast ox and gravy, topped with sour cream and a cherry tomato. It was delish! The day was topped off with fireworks, making it an evening to remember.
Crestwood School Board News
Mantua - At the July meeting of the Crestwood School Board, the Board approved a contract with Virtual Community School (VCS), an online school...
Portage Park District Guided Nature Hikes and Educational Programs
Looking to embrace the beauty of the outdoors? Portage Parks offers a variety of educational activities, outdoor adventures, and numerous other events throughout each season. Listed below are several upcoming hikes and programs designed for you to get outdoors and explore.
Get Ready For Ham Fest
W.A.R.A. met on Tuesday July 15th at the United Methodist Church on North Park Avenue, at 7:30 pm. Two new ham operators were introduced...
Garfield Fall Jr. High Soccer Sign Ups
Our Garfield Junior High soccer team will be co-ed and be comprised of grades 6 thru 8; open to all communities. We will be...
“Good Morning Baltimore…” and Warren Ohio: Summer Stock 37 presents Hairspray: The Musical
Songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues. In 1962 Baltimore, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad attempts to realize her dream of dancing on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program similar to American Band Stand, and to join the movement for civil rights.
Revenue, Budget and Delinquent Taxes Top Discussion for Garrettsville’s Council Meeting
During round table discussion, Council President, Tom Hardesty, updated everyone on the status of the puddling issues with the completion of the Windham street paving project. The state will make sure the problems are corrected. Hardesty also stated that the village’s next improvement project is to construct curbing on the east side of South Street from the top of the hill to the library entrance. He is waiting on estimates, but the cost should not exceed the budgeted amount.
Annual GCRTA Picnic Scheduled
The Geauga County Retired Teachers’ Association will hold their annual picnic on Tuesday August 5th at Swine Creek Park in Middlefield at the Lake...
