ASHLAND — Downtown Ashland’s Pump House District could start looking more like a construction zone in the coming months. Ashland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to a purchase agreement between the city and a developer who hopes to build apartments and other mixed-use structures in the area directly north of Main Street. The agreement states […]
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Ashland Source ‘Solutions Seeker’ award goes to Terry McQuillen of LSS The Good Shepherd
ASHLAND — A woman who is accustomed to providing joy to others was on the receiving end of that emotion during Richland Source’s Reporting Reimagined Volume 2 event last weekend. Terry McQuillen, director of life enrichment and volunteer coordinator at The Good Shepherd in Ashland, won a Solutions Seeker award during the June 25 event. The […]
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How did hot air balloons become central to BalloonFest?
ASHLAND — The first-ever Balloon Festival was mostly a celebration of toy balloons, and Ashland’s position as “The Balloon Center of the World.” At the time, Ashland had positioned itself as a powerhouse of toy balloon manufacturing, making up to 8 million balloons everyday. Some estimates hold that around half of the world’s balloon supply came […]
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Ashland Bike Co. photo wins statewide ODNR contest
ASHLAND — It was an early morning late last summer when a group of co-workers from Ashland Bike Company set out for a mountain bike ride in Mohican State Park. Between 8 or 9 a.m., the group of three riders — Tony Bunt, Quinn Watson and Ashley Hendershot — came around a bend in the […]
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New law requires flashing lights on Amish buggies at all times
ASHLAND — Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill earlier this week that requires Amish buggies and other animal-drawn vehicles to display a yellow flashing light while driving on public streets. Republican representatives Darrell Kick of Loudonville and Scott Wiggam, of Wooster, co-sponsored the law, House Bill 30, that is intended to reduce the crashes between Amish buggies […]
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Foraging with Nicholas Copley: Bringing back ‘Foraged Feasts’ video series
Mansfield resident Nicholas Copley loves being in the woods. As a certified herbalist, he relishes studying all the different types of flowers, plants and foliage you can find outdoors. A big part of being an herbalist involves foraging and eating wild plants, and sharing that knowledge with others. I’ve known Nic for a long time. […]
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Ashland’s Charles River to expand with 200,000 square-foot facility, 500 new jobs
ASHLAND — Charles River Laboratories expects to add 500 new jobs in Ashland with the expansion of a 200,000 square-foot facility to be completed in the next couple years. The pharmaceutical and biotechnology company currently employs 1,000 people as the area’s largest employer. Construction is set to begin in July, pending the approval of state […]