Freedom Historical Society News and Notes
Freedom Twp. - Our volunteers have taken advantage of the beautiful October weather to continue the renovation work at our one-room schoolhouse on S.R. 303. Two windows were installed on the east side of the building and a historic outhouse was moved from the Malotte residence on Streeter to the schoolhouse. Thanks to our great volunteer team that includes...
War Memorial Update
Freedom Township Residents we are looking to update/add additional veterans’ names to our war memorial. The names will be for all wars. Once the list of names is compiled we will work to design a layout that will be appropriate to honor our veterans. Please contact Jennifer Derthick at 330-931-8227 or email at freedomparkboosters@gmail.com or Claudia Garrett at 330-298-9141...
Freedom Hosts its 2nd Annual Craft and Vendor Show/Fall Festival
Freedom Twp. - The Freedom Township Historical Society and the Freedom Community & Park Boosters are hosting the second annual Craft and Vendor Show on Saturday, September 28. The festival will offer community members free, fun fall activities for the whole family, good local entertainment to enjoy, autumn produce and beautiful handmade crafts to purchase, says organizer Jennifer Derthick. The...
Danny Back, Nationally Known Expert on River History, to Speak in Shalersville
Freedom Twp. - The Freedom Township Historical Society has an exciting guest speaker for our August meeting. Danny Back, a nationally known expert on river history, steamboats, and canals, will give a presentation on Ohio’s Canal Era: 1832-1913 at 7 p.m. Aug.13. We are expecting a large crowd so this meeting will take place at the Shalersville Town Hall...
Freedom Historical Society News
The Freedom Township Historical Society will host local historian and author Julie Thompson at 7 pm July 9 at the Freedom Community Center, 8940 S.R. 700. She will speak about her new book The Hunt for the Last Public Enemy in Northeastern Ohio: Alvin ‘Creepy’ Karpis on His Road to Alcatraz, which details the life and crimes of the...
Freedom Township Clean Up Days
Freedom Township Clean-Up Days Trash Drop-Off will be held: Thursday, June 6, 2019 • 12 Noon – 6 pm Friday, June 7, 2019• 12 Noon – 8 pm Saturday, June 8, 2019 • 9 am – 3 pm Location: Township Garage, S.R. 700 north side of the Turnpike. Proof of residency required. Batteries, motor oil, refrigerators and freezers will be accepted. No paint, garbage,...
JAG Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten registration for the 2019/20 school year will be held on March 21, 22, and 25. To be eligible to attend, students entering kindergarten must be five (5) years old on or before August 1st of the coming school year. If your child is eligible to enroll, please call 330-527-2184 for a registration appointment. If you are preparing to transition...
Candlelight Christmas Service Invitation
This year will be my wife, Pastor Janie and my ninth year celebrating Christmas with the First Congregational Church of Freedom. This will be our final Christmas services with them as we are being called by our Lord into retirement at the end of the year. Please join us on December 23 at 6:30 pm for the Candlelight...
Freedom Township News
Freedom Twp. - The November 18 meeting began with a presentation by Mr. Ratliff, Lease Acquisitions, Kenyon Energy, who presented a revised lease agreement based on discussions with Mr. Zizka and Attorney Dann Timmons. Added were a water testing clause before and after drilling and a water damage clause. The water testing would be done at the oil company’s...
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...
