Garrettsville Idol Finalists Announced
Sunday, May 19th the Garrettsville Idol contestant field was whittled down by half in a tight, talented competition from 45 contestants to 22 vying...
Sibling G-Men Qualified For AAU Junior Olympics
Trinity and Angel Williamson, students at James A. Garfield Elementary and Middle Schools respectively, have qualified for the AAU, (Amateur Athletic Union), Junior Olympic...
Editorial: On The Wrong Foote
So, is this how the Opera House was lost? The James A. Garfield Historical Society withdrew its application to the Portage County commissioners for consideration...
Middlefield Student Receives Communications Factory’s Scholarship
At Senior Night at Cardinal High in Middlefield, Hiram-based Communications Factory recognized Elaine Warren as the firm’s eleventh annual college scholarship recipient. Chosen from...
Forestry Camp Scholarships awarded by Geauga SWCD
The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District is proud to award partial scholarships to four Geauga County students for registration to the 2013 Ohio...
Trading Life in the ‘Burbs for Life in the ‘Ville
Garrettsville - I was awakened this morning to the sounds of carriage wheels rolling along and the clip-clop of horses’ hooves as an Amish...
Kiwanis Junior Olympics Held In Newton Falls
Newton Falls - Newton Falls Kiwanis Club and nearly sixty enthusiastic 6- to 12-year olds spent a chilly May 11 morning enjoying track and...
Valuable Information Learned From Multi-County Disaster Drill
Ravenna – On April 25, Robinson Memorial Hospital, in conjunction with the Northeast Central Ohio Regional Disaster Planning Consortium (NECO) and a number of...
Rotary Report
Elizabeth DeLuca, recently of the University of Findlay, was on the program of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary at their meeting on May 13, 2013. She...
UH Geauga Medical Center Tea Luncheon featuring “Bras For a Cause” to be held
Geauga County – The second annual University Hospitals (UH) Geauga Medical Center Tea Luncheon featuring “Bras For a Cause” will be held at Chardon...
Burton Antiques Market Returns on June 8th With Over 400 Dealers
Burton - Don’t miss what promises to be one of the most exciting events of the antiques show summer season. Now celebrating its 52nd...
GCRTA Luncheon
The Geauga County Retired Teachers Association will meet on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 for a luncheon and meeting at the St. Denis Golf Club,...
Bilingual Early Literacy Stations at the Library
Garrettsville - Portage County District Library is pleased to announce that it has just added Bilingual Early Literacy Stations at two of its five...
And The Walls Came Tumbling Down…
Nelson Twp. — The Nelson Township Trustees met for their regularly scheduled meeting on May 15, 2013 with all trustees present. Chairman Tom Matota...
CYF Builds Benches to Build Hope
Mantua - The Christian Youth Fellowship (CYF) United, comprised of youth groups from three area churches, have been practicing their carpentry skills to raise...
Library Consortium Now Using Collection Agency
The Portage Library Consortium Board enacted a policy at its last board meeting to use a collection agency to help encourage patrons with long...
Always in Bloom Celebrates Ten Years
Nelson Twp. - Always in Bloom in Nelson will celebrate 10 years of meeting the community’s gardening needs this year. Owner Angie Smithburger said...
Brother and Sister in Arms
Mantua - Under the guise of an impromptu lesson about Memorial Day this week, students in Mrs. Franks’ class at Crestwood Intermediate School got...
SUE NELSON DESIGNS, Ltd. – Kent’s Antidote to Big Box Hardware
Kent - You just don’t find places like this any more. Shops like Sue Nelson Designs, Ltd. in historic downtown Kent died off when big...
Registration Underway for Mental Health Awareness and Crisis Management Workshop
Portage County - A week-long summer workshop for personnel will focus on how to support and work with students in crisis and who may...
Masonry Students Undertake Library Project
Garrettsville - Maplewood students from Bob Pavlak’s Masonry class were recently seen at the Garrettsville branch of the Portage County Library preparing an area...
Due to circumstances beyond our control….
Garrettsville - Sincere apologies and grateful thanks go to the folks who showed up for the Machine-0-Mania / Touch-A-Truck event last Saturday at Garfield...
Silver Creek Garden Club News
Garrettsville - The Silver Creek Garden Club of Garrettsville, recently met at the home of Colleen Steele. Kathy Hanratty, the president of the Native...
The WVFD Joint Fire Board to Purchase Repeaters
Windham - The WVFD Joint Fire District met for the regularly scheduled meeting on May 8, 2013 with just enough members to have a...
Mantua Historical Society Discusses Nature
At the last meeting of the Mantua Historical Society, to commemorate Earth Day, Matt Sorrick, Director of the Center for Science Education at Hiram...
Hiram PD to Participate in AAA Helmet Smart Program
Hiram - The Hiram Police Department is educating children on the importance of wearing a bike helmet. Chief Ed Samec announced that the Hiram...
Garrettsville Approves Appointment of New Full-Time Police Officer
Garrettsville – Village Council, by a unanimous vote, approved the appointment of Matthew Noah as a new full-time police officer for the village. Noah’s...
Bigger and Better Than Ever…Windham’s PTO Carnival
This year the Windham PTO Carnival was bigger and better than ever. We had our usual games set up in the gym with a...
Rotary Report
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians we’re offered renewed insights on the operations and goals of the Coleman Professional Services--Fostering Recovery, Building Independence, Changing Destinies--being offered to the...
The majestic beauty of the horse is yours to discover at HorseFest
KIRTLAND – The majestic beauty of the horse is yours to enjoy during HorseFest. Meet more than 20 breeds of horses from the very...
