Local Family Remembers Loved One While Supporting Others
Each year, local quilter Nora Brant has created a beautiful quilt in honor of her daughter, Meghan, who passed away from ovarian cancer at the age of 26. Each year, that gorgeous creation is raffled off, with proceeds used to increase awareness, fund education and ovarian cancer research, and provide scholarships. Since 1997, Brant has used her skills to...
Local Family Business Opens Next Door General Store
Locals may remember Terri Vechery as the lucky winner of the Queen of Hearts drawing at SkyLanes in Garrettsville back in 2016. With her single ticket, she won the jackpot of over $3 million. Often, winnings of this size tend to negatively impact the prize winner, but Vechery has managed to maintain her equilibrium. She remained in her hometown,...
Mantua Village News
Mantua - At the last Council meeting, residents Brian Perkins and Kim Ule requested that Council consider allowing an abbreviated Potato Festival this year, in light of Covid-19 event cancellations. In anticipation of eased State restrictions, Perkins and Ule proposed that an event would take place on one day during the usual time period (the weekend after Labor Day)....
Crestwood Kids Meet K9 Guapo
Mantua - Last Friday, kids from Crestwood Local Schools summer program received the special opportunity for a personal meet-and-greet with a local celebrity -- Hiram Police Department’s K9 Guapo. Although Guapo has been on duty since this spring, this was the first chance the crime-fighting K9 has had to meet with a large group of his best supporters --...
Mantua Shalersville FD News
Mantua - At a recent meeting, Fire Chief Matt Roosa conducting a swearing in for two new part-time firefighters: Julie Farley and Robert Barnhart. He asked the board to accept Tyler Hill’s letter of resignation; Hill is working more hours at another department in an effort to secure a full-time position there. Similarly, Chief Roosa noted that Haley Martin,...
Progress At Mantua Center School
Mantua - “There is much community energy. We have a need for a community center like this, to let people know what is available, and a connection to it. Here is a place, a location where people can come in, find support for families, drug problems, a place for the Hiram College business incubator program, a space that could...
Mantua Quick Mart is Open For Business
Mantua - Peter Patel, shop owner, is no stranger to convenient stores. He owns and operates another Quick Mart in Ravenna. When the opportunity arose to purchase the former Circle K store in Mantua, Patel was happy to transform the chain store to an independent business. The former location had also been home to a Subway, leaving a void for...
Crestwood Primary Celebrates Works of Eric Carle
Mantua - Each year, Crestwood Primary School teachers Monica Grebb and Jennifer Gilles get together to select a special book that will be featured in the school’s annual One Book One School program. Over the following months, they work with CPS teachers from preschool through second grade to incorporate that special book into math and language arts lesson plans,...
Mantua Gains Green Space
Mantua - Several months ago, Mantua native Broc Benner was having a drink with a friend in Garrettsville, and the topic of conversation turned to the green space that Garrettsville had created in the heart of downtown, in the spot made vacant by the fire of 2014. That conversation planted the seed for Benner to do something similar in the...
Crestwood Distributes Food and Holiday Cheer
Mantua - A week or so before the final meal distribution before the Christmas, Jennifer Bujak-Hirsch, Director of Nutrition Services at the Crestwood Local School District had an idea. The Crestwood Local School District has provided over 300,000 meals since the pandemic began in March. And while local families have appreciated receiving breakfasts and lunches, she thought, after a...
Derthick’s Farm Celebrates 200+ Years
Mantua - Last summer, Darla Derthick’s father, Jeff, asked her to help out with a family history project. Together, the pair spent many hours over the summer researching family history. They combed through artifacts in relative’s homes, asked countless questions of Darla’s grandparents Phil and Marie Derthick, and pored over documents at the county recorder’s office. The countless hours...
Five Five Media Co Now Open in Mantua
Mantua - A new shop opened its doors recently in Mantua, though the occupants are no stranger to the village. Five Five Media Company, Holly and Matt Michelson’s photography and videography business has been in operation since 2011, so while this isn’t a new business, it’s definitely a new location, at 4690 East Prospect Street. Five Five has also carved...
Mantua Police Department Recipient of GEA4HEROES Program
Mantua - The Mantua Police Department would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to GE Appliances (GEA), for their recent award to our agency. The Mantua Police Department submitted an application to the “GEA4Heroes” program, which sought to provide first responder agencies, or their employees, with new appliances in the battle with COVID-19 and other...
Crestwood School Board News
Mantua - As this unusual school year draws to a close, Crestwood Schools commemorated their graduates in an unusual manner. Driving by Crestwood High School, you’ll notice school buses parked in the front parking lot. From ground level, you may not notice, but seen from above, thanks to aerial photographer John Rayle, the buses are arranged to display 2020...
Mantua Village News
Mantua - At the last Village Council meeting, Council approved an ordinance authorizing an agreement to transfer the ownership and operation of the Village’s Water and Wastewater plants to Portage County. Many Village residents were in attendance to voice their opinions on the this Ordinance (2019-49), among them, former Mayor Donna Hawkins, who noted that a number of citizens...
Mantua Village News
Mantua - At the last meeting, Police Chief Joe Urso noted that the Ravenna Kennel Club made a generous donation of $2,500 to the Mantua Police Department’s K-9 Fund. Chief Urso expressed gratitude to Carol Scerba and to the Ravenna Kennel Club members for their assistance in helping keep the K9 program moving forward. In similar news, the chief...
Crestwood School Board News
Mantua - At the last Board meeting, Superintendent David Toth shared some information on a new proposal under consideration by State Legislators to consider alternative pathways for students to receive a high school diploma. If you recall, recent changes in graduation requirements had been made that deem that an estimated 30% of Ohio’s high school seniors would not fulfill...
St. Joseph Church Ox Roast Fair Plans Well Underway
Mantua - Last year was a tough year for all of us, but we made it. St. Joseph Church in Mantua is hitting the ground running with the Ox Roast Fair, which is being held on July 16th, 17th & 18th. They’ll have a few changes this year and maybe some last minute changes as the Diocese of Youngstown...
Mantua Village News
Mantua - At their last meeting, council met virtually with the two candidates who expressed interest in filling the open seat vacated by David Sluka. Members of Council had the opportunity to pose questions to the two residents, Tammy Meyer and Wes Collins, before convening in executive session to vote on the appointment. Tammy Meyer, who desires to serve...
Red Cross In Need Of Blood Donations
As the nation transitions to a new, hopeful phase of this devastating pandemic and people resume some of their normal activities, the American Red Cross needs your help to avoid a summer donation slump.Individuals of all blood types are urged to schedule an appointment now to give blood, and in most cases, those who have received a COVID-19 vaccine...
Crestwood Hosts Career Café
Mantua - It’s lunchtime on a Thursday, and just like any other weekday, you find Crestwood Intermediate students filing in with their packed lunched, or lining up to buy tacos, that day’s special. But instead of the usual lunchtime banter among the fifth graders, in walks 20-year-old US Airman First Class Devon McDivitt, of the Air National Guard, ready...
Mantua Village News
Mantua - At the last meeting on May 18th Council amended Ordinance 2021-27, which seeks to place a .5% increase in residents’ income tax collected. If approved by voters at the November 2nd election, the half-percent increase would be devoted to law enforcement and public safety. It was noted that the proposed increase is .5%, which would increase the...
Crestwood School Board News
Mantua - At their last meeting, Superintendent David Toth publicly recognized Food Service Director Jennifer Bujak-Hirsch and her Nutrition Service team for helping to support Crestwood students and their families throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr. Toth noted that the team served more than 300,000 meals to area families, both in school and via drive-through services from March through December...
Local Woman’s Mission to Help Kids
Mantua - Angela Smith of Mantua recently started an organization called iTELLsecrets. Her purpose is to help children learn the difference between good touches and bad touches, to help protect kids from sexual abuse. Strikingly, among cases of child abuse reported to law enforcement, 93% of victims knew the perpetrators; 34% were family members while 59% were acquaintances. Only...
Crestwood School Board News
Mantua - At their last meeting, Superintendent David Toth showed a plexi-glass tri-fold, sharing that every student and teacher desk within the district would be equipped with one at the start of school. In addition, thanks to hard work by teachers and custodians, every classroom has been set up to ensure 6-feet space around desks in each classroom. Classrooms...
SweetheArt & Dessert Auction This Saturday
Mantua - Roughly 15 years ago, the Mantua Center School was purchased by Mantua Township from the Crestwood School District when the District consolidated elementary students on one larger campus. Prompted by the possibility of the building’s alternative use as a gathering space, as well as historical significance and sentimental for the structure, township trustees, with residents’ approval, purchased...
Mantua Twp. Trustee News
Mantua Twp. - At their last meeting, the Trustees discussed how the Township could better utilize Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding. In addition to N95 masks, gloves, touchless hand sanitizer and soap, Trustees discussed the purchase of a new message board, and equipment to facilitate online meetings. Trustee Matt Benner reported gathering estimates to update lighting...
Crestwood High School Student Council Arts and Crafts Show
Mantua - On May 4th, 2019, Crestwood High School is welcoming the community to join us in an Arts & Crafts Show from 9 AM until 2 PM. The entrance fee is $2 per person at the door, and will be hosted in the gym. Not only is this event open to the public to enjoy and purchase creative...
CHS Student Awarded American Legion Trip
Mantua - “Congrats to CHS’s Zoe Simmons for earning High Honors on the American Legion’s Americanism & Government Test.” tweeted Crestwood High School Principal Dave McMahon. “Zoe will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Washington DC and Gettysburg, PA as one of 18 delegates from Ohio, along with other scholarships. Proud of you, Zoe!” McMahon beamed. Now in its 54th...
Mantua-Shalersville Fire District News
Mantua - At the final meeting of 2019, the Board approved the part-time contract and approved a 3% raise for full-time employees for 2020. At their 2020 organizational meeting, the Fire Board selected Bob Gaglione from Mantua Village as Chairman and Jason Carlton from Mantua Township as Vice Chairman. In the regular meeting, Chief Matt Roosa reported on developments...
