Irwin Hardware Building Escapes the Wrecking Ball
Garrettsville – Main Street has avoided the wrecking ball and will retain its storefront profile, thanks to action taken by Garrettsville Village Council and Mayor Craig Moser. “We are moving ahead with needed repairs on the Irwin Hardware Building,” Moser reports. “Council authorized the mayor and clerk to do so at the October 21 meeting.” Work has already begun on the...
History Influences Council’s Decision
Garrettsville - Garrettsville Village Council wrestled with the pros and cons of either demolishing or repairing the Irwin Hardware Building, with several members initially hesitant to allocate public monies for a privately-owned building. Despite the controversy, detractors had to agree that the privately-owned building has become a very public hazard, due to its deterioration in the heart of the...
Windham Village To Purchase Cruisers
Windham - Windham Village Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting with all council members and the fiscal officer in attendance. The council approved the fiscal officer’s expenditures, and the September bank reconciliation. Items on the agenda were: the purchase of new cruisers, revisions to income tax filing requirements, mineral rights lease, water and sewer agreement with Portage County...
Garrettsville Area Chamber News
Garrettsville - The November 3rd Garrettsville Area Chamber Meeting was held at the Nelson United Methodist Church. Thank you to Pastor Rick for hosting the meeting and a big thanks to Pam and Norma for the tasty breakfast. Ruth Simera gave the treasurer’s report and was happy to announce that there is over $2000 in the flower basket fund for...
Garfield Grads Make Garrettsville Proud
Garrettsville - Where? Garrettsville. You know, north of Ravenna, tucked up in the corner of Portage County. And for the many who didn’t know we existed, or barely gave us a passing notice, we are definitely on the map now, thanks to the election last week. James A. Garfield graduates, Tommie Jo Marsilio and Kathleen Clyde, are hometown girls with...
A New Mayor For Newton Falls
Newton Falls - This election season residents of Newton Falls visited the polls, not once, but twice. In addition to the usual opportunity to vote for various state officials and cast a yea or nay toward potential levies, a special election was held on Thursday regarding what could arguably be the recognized figurehead of the town: the mayoral seat. The...
Freedom Township News
Freedom Township - A large portion of the November 4 Trustee Meeting was a presentation by Mr. Ratiff of Western Reserve Farm Co-Op regarding changes being made in diesel oil used for equipment requiring its use. These changes include cleaning out or replacing storage tanks as well as potential price increases for the fuel. A group of residents attended the...
Turli Tava Ensemble at Hiram College
Hiram - The Eastern European Ensemble, Turli Tava, will perform at Hiram College on Thursday, November 18 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. The location is Frohring Music Hall, 11746 Dean Street. The free concert is part of the College’s convocation series. Turli Tava plays energetic and creative music strongly rooted in Macedonian and Bulgarian dance traditions. It takes its name from a...
Support For Survivors
Area residents who have lost someone to suicide will gather Nov. 20 to find support and to honor their loved ones at the 12th Annual National Survivors of Suicide Day sponsored by the Portage County Suicide Prevention Coalition. “What we know is that every 16 minutes someone in the United States dies by suicide and every 17 minutes someone is...
Roby Lee’s Donates Wedding Reception
Newton Falls - June is widely known as the typically popular month for wedding bliss, but November turned out to be the special time for one lucky local bride and her adoring groom. Last fall, Rob Lee, the owner of Roby Lee’s Restaurant and Banquet Center in Newton Falls, announced that he and his staff were offering an opportunity to...
Veterans Day, How it Began
On Thursday of this week our country will observe Veterans Day, a day set aside to honor those who have served or are serving this country in the armed forces. The origin of the holiday was the signing of the Armistice with the Germans that ended World War I (WWI); major hostilities of WW1 were formally ended on the...
Friday Night Lights
The old cliché, “on any given day” never rang truer than last week. The 1-8 Newton Falls Tigers traveled to Orwell last week to take on the 8-1 Grand Valley Mustangs. The score was what everyone expected, the winner was not. The Tigers roared into Grand Valley’s stadium and walked away with a 38-13 victory, their first since opening...
Youth Bowling News
Costumes, candy, pizza, music....and bowling. The Youth Leagues celebrated Halloween on Saturday and everyone had a great time. Michelle Tushar and Jenny Wampler passed out Halloween candy, Aaron King served up pizza (yes, even at 9:30 in the morning), and coach Kenny Brigham turned on the music and turned off the lights for some cosmic bowling. In spite...
Rotary Report
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary members were awed by the scope of initiatives, activities and programs outlined by their speaker, Fred Youngen, of the Windham Bible Church, also a moving force in the Renaissance Family Center, which was the topic of his remarks. Virtually no age group in the community would fail to find some area of interest to participate in. Social concerns...
Middle School Girls Make History
Garrettsville - The James A. Garfield girl’s Middle School cross country team made school history by winning the PTC Championship meet on October 16, 2010. Scoring for the team were Mariah Coulter, 2nd in the county with a time of 13:16 followed closely by her teammates Shian Penna 13:51, Molly Matthews 13:58, Amanda Bartlett 14:19, Haylie Hannigan 14:49, ...
Newton Falls Chamber Report
Newton Falls - During the October meeting of the Newton Falls Chamber of Commerce Association, holiday planning was the main topic of conversation. With Halloween just around the corner and organizing for the Christmas season in full swing, there was much to be discussed. Starting off the meeting, a proclamation of thanks was presented to Falls Home Remodeling and “Santa” Rick...
Eagles Make Donation
Garrettsville - On November 27 the Garrettsville Eagles Club, F. O. E. 2705 presented a check for $2,000 to National Diabetic Research Center generated by the Club-sponsored golf outing. The donation was accepted by Matt Eisemann and Brian Mullins who ran the event. The Fraternal Order of the Eagles Grand Aerie in partnership with the University of...
Painting Pumpkins Promotes Positivity
Newton Falls - Last Saturday members of the Optimist Club of Newton Falls held their annual Pumpkin Painting Party, welcoming the area’s youngest residents to the Community Center for a day of painting pumpkins just in time to get into the spirit of Halloween. Each pint-sized guest was given a miniature wooden pumpkin to decorate using any number of...
Roller Hutt on a 20-Year Roll
Garrettsville - Kids growing up in this small town have limited entertainment options. There’s the movie theatre, the indoor sports complex, the bowling alley, a couple fast food joints, a park or two... and the Roller Hutt. Since 1990, Craig and Linda Dlugokecki have provided a safe and happy place for youngsters to hang out and have some...
Windham Band Revival
Windham - Two years ago Windham football season started with the usual elements, players, coaches, cheerleaders and fans but one important element was missing on the field. The band. The band helps lead cheers and adds to the spirit of the game, but they were absent on that opening day two years ago. They were absent all...
A Tale of Two Chocolate Companies in Burton
Burton - Burton is a sweet place to visit. Burton is well known for its maple syrup and maple sugaring activities. We all know that the Burton Log Cabin offers maple syrup and candy all year round. But there are two more reasons to find Burton so sweet. Buckeye Chocolates and White House Chocolates have upped the sweet factor...
Special Holiday Activities At Library
Windham Library invites kids of all ages to a special Thanksgiving storytime on Monday, November 15 at 10:30 am. Storytime is an opportunity for both parent and child to spend some one-on-one time enriching the child’s environment with stories, music, finger plays and movement. A Thanksgiving craft will be available November 15-November 19. Crafts are open to all ages...
4-H Shooting Sports Pioneers
The Trumbull County 4-H Shooting Sports Pioneers will have their introductory meeting for 2011 on Friday, Nov.19, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Fish and Game Club of Vienna (SR 193 across from the Airport – back a long gravel driveway). All prospective and returning members should attend to complete the paperwork and have questions answered...
Geauga County Public Library Conducts Community Forums
Geauga County - The Geauga County Public Library Board of Trustees will be holding open public forums throughout the county shortly after Election Day, November 2. Members of the public are invited to comment about what library services need to be funded in the 2011 library budget and beyond. This will help the Library Board to make decisions about...
Basketball Before Marty Hill
Windham - The history of the legendary Windham High School basketball program will be relived on Monday, November 15, as sports historian George Belden speaks to the Windham Historical Society, at a meeting co-sponsored by the Windham Bicentennial Committee. This talk is being presented to the public at Katherine Thomas Elementary School, 9032 Maple Grove Road in Windham, with...
The Area’s Original Christmas Walk Returns To Garrettsville
The James A. Garfield Historical Society’s Christmas Walk takes place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, November 5th, 6th, & 7th, and 12th, 13th, & 14th. Hours are 10am to 5pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 12:30pm to 5pm on Sundays. Your first stop is the Historical Society at 8107 Main Street in downtown Garrettsville, where tickets are purchased for $10. The...
