MANSFIELD — Kent “Kip” Curtis had a dream of self-sustainable microfarms in Mansfield. Organizations like the North End Community Improvement Cooperative and local residents like Walter Bonham, Justin Ocheltree, Vincent Owens and Matt and Amanda Stanfield are helping make that dream come true.
Carl Hunnell
City editor. 30-year plus journalist. Husband. Father of 3 grown sons and also a proud grandpa. Prior military journalist in U.S. Navy, Ohio Air National Guard. -- Favorite quote: "Where were you when the page was blank?"
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GALLERY: Ohio Microfarm Project celebrates in Mansfield
DSC_0641 (2).JPG A view in October from one of the microfarms on Mansfield’s north side. DSC_0667 (2).JPG DSC_0669.JPG DSC_0673 (2).JPG DSC_0677 (2).JPG Amanda Stanfield washes carrots on Saturday morning at her family’s GrowFourth farm at the corner of West Fourth Street and Rowland Avenue in Mansfield.
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Former Mansfield City Council member accepts transit development position
MANSFIELD — Former Mansfield City Council 6th Ward representative Jean Taddie has joined the Richland County Regional Planning Commission as the transit development manager. Taddie announced Oct. 20 during a council meeting that she was leaving elected office immediately to accept the new position. She cannot serve on Mansfield City Council while working for RCRPC, […]
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Residents discuss community/police relations during Black/Brown Coalition Town Hall meeting
MANSFIELD — Friday night’s town hall meeting was designed to explain the new Code of Conduct, a document signed less than a month ago, setting forth standards of behavior for residents and Mansfield police officers when interacting with one another. Coming just four days after a Mansfield officer was suspended without pay for 60 working […]
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COVID-19: Two more RICI inmates die due to the virus; death toll at 5
MANSFIELD — Two more Richland Correctional Institution inmates have died due to COVID-19, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The latest figures raise the death toll to five since an outbreak of the virus began at the prison in late September.
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‘Savannah Sipping Society’ ready to generate laughs at Mansfield Playhouse
MANSFIELD — Gregg Ashbrook II has waited a long time for this happy hour. “Savannah Sipping Society,” a raucous, four-woman southern comedy based largely upon an impromptu happy hour, had been scheduled to stage this spring at the Mansfield Playhouse.
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COVID-19: Richland County remains ‘red;’ Crawford County ‘red’ for first time
MANSFIELD — Richland County remained “red,” or level three, on Thursday in the state’s color-coded COVID-19 rating system, despite the fact it met two of the seven indicators. The county has reported 158 new positive coronavirus tests in the last two weeks. In a county with a population of 121,154, that is 130.41 cases per […]
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Richland County commissioners add $1 million for small business grants, $500K for non-profits
MANSFIELD — More local businesses will be able to apply for relief through the Richland County/Mansfield COVID-19 Small Business Emergency Relief Grant Fund. Richland County commissioners unanimously approved Thursday adding $1 million to the program, which was launched in early September with COVID-19 relief funds from the county, City of Mansfield and other local governmental […]
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Republicans lead in-person voting, Democrats lead in absentee ballots in Richland County
MANSFIELD — More Richland County in-person voters thus far are Republicans, while Democrats have an edge in absentee ballots, according to the local Board of Elections. Total votes in both categories continue to surge well ahead of numbers seen in the past two presidential election cycles, according to numbers released Tuesday by Richland County Board […]
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Third RICI inmate death reported due to COVID-19
MANSFIELD — A third inmate at the Richland Correctional Institution has died in October from what the state calls a “probable” COVID-19 death, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, The virus outbreak began in late September at the 1001 1001 S. Olivesburg Road state prison on the city’s northeast side and spread […]
