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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Windham grad Colleen Thompson’s hay business booming with revamped broadband access

Windham graduate Colleen Thompson stands in front of hay at the family farm

Since creating McGuire Hay Sales LLC two years ago, Colleen Thompson said that one of her biggest obstacles had been reliable internet access. Only one year removed from switching to Spectrum, the 2002 Windham graduate’s family business has been on an upward trajectory, becoming a reliable hay provider. “It has just made it easier,” Thompson told The Weekly Villager on...

Windham Teachers Association hosts Fill-The-Bus charity drive

According to Windham Teachers Association Union President Lisa Sampson, the time for giving is always present in the community, and WTA has put together A Fill-The-Bus charity drive, which runs from March 2 through March 12. “It is very pivotal,” Sampson told The Weekly Villager on March 4. “The people that are in need in our community we are aware...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Windham Township Trustees discuss investment opportunities

Windham Township Hall/Photo by Daniel Sherriff

At the Windham Township Board of Trustees meeting last Thursday evening at the Windham Township Hall, the Board discussed several upcoming key decisions, including how best to invest the $300,000 proceeds they received from the recent sale of the factory on the site of the Windham Alloy.  “We are trying to make money off of the money instead of just...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Garfield G-Men boys’ basketball secures victory against Windham

For the third straight year, the Garfield G-Men boys’ basketball team reigned supreme in their annual rivalry game against Windham, as the G-Men used a second half push to defeat their neighborhood foes 59-50 last Friday evening at Windham High School’s Marty Hill Court. “I think it was a fun game for both of us,” said Garfield Coach Matt Hill....

Kathleen Mary Towles

Kathleen Mary Towles

Kathleen Mary Towles passed away in the evening of Wednesday, February 11, 2026. She was born in Cleveland, OH, on July 24, 1942, to the late William Williams and Elizabeth (Rankin) Williams. She was raised in Windham Twp. and Freedom Twp. and was a proud graduate of James A. Garfield High School, then later, Kent State University. Kathleen retired from...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Windham Township Board of Trustees considers change to variance fee policy

Windham Township Hall/Photo by Daniel Sherriff

The Windham Township Board of Trustees held discussions about making significant changes to the variance fee policy at their meeting on Monday evening at Windham Township Hall. Board of Zoning Appeals Chairwoman Becky Phillips presented the Board with a letter on behalf of the BZA, outlining the BZA’s concerns about the Township absorbing the entire financial cost for variance fees. “Do...

Windham grad Bill Fugate finds rejuvenation from behind the camera

Photo courtesy of Bill Fugate

Windham graduate Bill Fugate acknowledged that he was a late bloomer when it came to photography, pursuing this venture late in life. The Garrettsville native may have started late but has enjoyed success from behind the camera becoming an award-winning freelance action photographer. “I really enjoy it,” the 1973 Windham graduate told The Weekly Villager on Jan. 29. “I still...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Save A Lot Recognizes Hometown Hero

Tiffany Plaugher selected to be Save A Lot's Hometown Hero

Recently, Garrettsville’s Save A Lot grocery store had the opportunity to celebrate Windham resident Tiffany Plaugher as a Hometown Hero. Plaugher was one of one of 16 winners who were selected in 2025, chosen from 319 nominations around the eastern United States. She was nominated by her colleagues at Katherine Thomas Elementary School in Windham, where she makes a...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Windham football joins Northern 8 Conference

The Windham Bombers’ football team will look a little different over the next two years, as Windham has agreed to a two-year contract to have its football team compete in the Northern 8 Conference, an 8-on-8 football league spanning from Ohio to Pennsylvania. “Sometimes change is necessary, and we felt like the time was now and it is adapt and...

Bomber girls’ basketball undone by poor third quarter in loss against Mustangs 

The Windham Bombers girls’ basketball team’s first half lead against Northeastern Athletic Conference foe Matthews evaporated in the second half as foul trouble and a bad third quarter sank them, leading to a 40-34 defeat in a crossover league duel last Thursday evening at Marty Hill Court. “We got a lot of quality shots and a lot of breakaway shots,...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Windham Township Board of Trustees make plans to purchase a columbarium for cemetery

Windham Township Hall/Photo by Daniel Sherriff

At the first Windham Township Board of Trustees meeting of the New Year last Friday evening at the Windham Township Hall, the trustees covered a wide range of topics concerning the new fiscal year, including approving a motion to purchase a columbarium at the cemetery, a wall containing recessed compartments to hold ashes of the deceased.  “Everybody is getting cremated...

Harvey Louis Wensel

Harvey Louis Wensel, aged 84, of Durham, North Carolina passed away on December 28, 2025.  He will be greatly missed by all who knew him – his family, his neighbors, his students, his friends, all the people who came in contact with him regularly. Harvey was born in Columbus, Ohio, on February 15, 1941.  The son of Charles Lester Wensel...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Council member Terrie Altiere appointed as Windham’s new Mayor

Longtime council member Terrie Altiere takes over as the new Mayor of Windham/Photo courtesy of Terrie Altiere

The Village of Windham now has a new mayor in place, as longtime council member Terrie Altiere was officially sworn in as Windham’s Mayor by Village Solicitor Charles Gacior at the last council meeting on Dec. 16. “I am going to try,” Mayor Altiere told The Weekly Villager on Jan 2. “I have been on the council for seven years...

Windham Historical Society has big plans for local monument

Photo courtesy of Lynnea St. John

The Windham Historical Society has a lot of big projects nearing completion, including one that will have them retouch the local monument that resides on Mike Paul’s property, off of Werger Road, which is dedicated to the first house ever built in the township, as well as building a replica of the monument and installing it on Brick Chapel’s...

Samuel “Blue” Byich

Samuel “Blue” Byich

Samuel “Blue” Byich, 90, of Windham, OH, went home to his Lord and Savior with his loving family by his side on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. He was born July 2, 1935, in Nanty Glo, PA, the son of the late Peter and Mary (Grant) Byich.  He was a graduate of Nanty Glo High School, belonging to the class of...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Bombers’ basketball fends off Red Devils for season’s first victory

The Windham Bombers boys’ basketball team finally snapped their winless start to the season by edging Northeastern Athletic Conference Stripes Division rival Lordstown 53-48 to capture their first victory last Friday evening in Warren. “It is something that our group has talked a lot about is gaining confidence and believing in ourselves,” said Coach Cody Apthorpe. “Unfortunately, typically the order...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour exchanging impressions & opinions at our book review & discussion, 10am, the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month. Presented by Dr J Patella:  Garrettsville YMCA, 8233 Park Ave, (330)469-2044. NO book or fees required. Farmington Senior...

Windham Township Board of Trustees accepts Zoning Board’s decision on proposed zoning amendment

Windham Township Hall/Photo by Daniel Sherriff

The Windham Township Board of Trustees voted to accept the Windham Township Zoning Commission’s rejection of resident Colleen Thompson’s proposed zoning amendment last Thursday evening at Windham Town Hall. As The Villager previously reported, Thompson presented the Board with a proposal at the September meeting to amend the Zoning Code to allow residents who live on parcels of 10 acres...

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