Newton Township Cemetery Association
Newton Twp. - The NTCA held its regular monthly meeting on May 16 at the township administration building in Newton Falls. Plans were made...
Troy Homecoming Community Festival
Troy Twp. - Troy Homecoming is a free community festival held in southern Geauga County (at Troy Community Center; 13950 Main Market Road; Burton,...
Garfield Historical Society News
The James A. Garfield Historical Society was happy to accept a number of donations for its collections at the May 20, 2013 meeting: Bob...
CSG returning to Grand Nationals in 2013!
Congratulations to the Crestwood Scarlet Guard Marching Band for being accepted to perform at the Bands of America Grand National Championships on November 14-16...
General James A. Garfield is coming to Mantua!
Mantua - At the Mantua Historical Society’s May meeting, the members brought in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam era memorabilia...
Change Takes Root at Mantua Gardens
Mantua - Few people noticed as construction began last June on additional greenhouse structures at Mantua Gardens on Route 44 in Mantua. As the...
The Image Consultants; a Cut Above the Rest
The Image Consultants is a perfectly-named hair salon at 149 S. Water Street in historic downtown Kent. Owned and operated by Cheryl Germano-Smith, the...
Sugar Bush Golf Classic Supports Hattie Larlham for 27th Year
Garrettsville - More than 220 golfers showed their support for Hattie Larlham and children with developmental disabilities at the 27th annual Sugar Bush Golf...
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...
