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Carl Hunnell
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Posted inLife and Culture
Founding member of The Ohio Express offers ‘Golden Summers Revisited’ concerts at the Mansfield Playhouse
MANSFIELD — Few musicians performing today can trace their musical roots to the 1960s, to the still-early days of rock and roll. The days of The Beatles and the British Invasion. The days of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Woodstock. The days of Flower Power, the Summer of Love, the Vietnam War and a country […]
Posted inBusiness, Community Development
Third time is a charm: Scaled-down chip-and-seal road project OK’d in northern Richland County
MANSFIELD — There will be a chip-and-seal road resurfacing project in Richland County this summer — albeit a scaled-down version of the original plan. County commissioners on Thursday awarded a $266,165.02 contract to Earthworm Construction from Iberia to seal coat about 9.5 miles of roads in Plymouth, Cass and Bloominggrove townships. The work will start […]
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Behind on your child support payments? Richland County court offers amnesty day, job fair on July 26
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Domestic Relations Court wants to help parents who are behind on their child support payments. The court, in an event arranged by Chief Magistrate Kirsten Pscholka-Gartner, will offer a “Bench Warrant Amnesty Day and Job Fair” on July 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be on […]
Posted inWeather
To storm, or not to storm, that is the question today in north central Ohio
“It was one of those heavy, sultry afternoons when nature seems to be saying to itself, ‘Now, shall I, or shall I not, scare the pants off these people with a hell of a thunderstorm?’”– P.G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Tie That Binds” MANSFIELD — It’s rated as a “slight risk” by the weather experts […]
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Retired Mansfield police captain thanks City Council for supporting ‘men & women in blue’
MANSFIELD — Shari Robertson came to Mansfield City Council on Tuesday to be honored for her 28 years as a police officer in the city. But before any council member could say a word, the recently retired captain thanked them for their support of the department. “I can’t express to you enough, how much of […]
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Two-minute public hearing leads to Mansfield City Council denial of golf course rezoning request
MANSFIELD — It may have been the shortest public hearing in the world history of public hearings. OK, that may be a slight exaggeration since there is no readily known Guinness world record for quick public hearings. But Mansfield City Council dispatched in two minutes Tuesday evening — sans any public comment — a scheduled […]
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Developer ‘rescinds’ rezoning request for former Dawson Ridge golf course
MANSFIELD — Developer Nathan Whittaker has rescinded his request to have the former Dawson Ridge Par & Pub Golf Course rezoned to allow for a manufactured home development on the 86-acre site. “After speaking with numerous Mansfield City Council members and members of the community, we are pausing this until we can get more community […]