Ontario faculty and board members as well as the public, discussed the new Ohio’s Teacher Evaluation System and new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) at the Ontario Board of Education meeting on Tuesday evening. Director of Operations Curt McVicker opened the discussion with a presentation about the new teacher evaluation system. McVicker explained this evaluation […]
Emily Johnson, Staff Reporter
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2,000 scholarships available for kindergarteners enrolling in private schools
As of Monday, July 1, Governor Kasich signed into law a new income-based scholarship of $4,250, which will be awarded to eligible families seeking to enroll in private schools in Ohio for the 2013-2014 school year. Only incoming kindergarteners whose families have an income at or below 200 percent of the Federal Policy Guidelines are […]
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Bookshelf Project looks to boost literacy
United Way of Richland County: Big Red Bookshelf Project The United Way is generating community involvement and powering literacy through the Big Red Bookshelf Project. This is an ongoing project that started in January of this year. It was created in an effort to increase childhood literacy by providing new or gently-used books to children […]
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Ontario 5K brings large crowd
Day two of Ontario’s 4th of July Festival kicked off with the annual Ontario Liberty 5K this morning at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Ontario High School. The event featured 187 registered runners, along with many other unregistered runners who also participated. The top three male finishers were Joe Davis (16:31), Brett Cortelletti (16:39), […]
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Linda Fulmer selected as grand marshal for Ontario parade
Linda Fulmer was honored as this year’s grand marshal for the Ontario 4th of July parade. Fulmer has been serving the Ontario community for over 40 years, first as the Recreation Coordinator for Ontario Schools, then as the OMS 6th grade language arts teacher for 25 years. She currently is a correspondent for the Tribune-Courier. […]
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Festivals, fireworks, family, and fun
Richland County is a host for many fun-filled Fourth of July festivals. With some planning and organizing, Richland County residents can spend as much as a week at different entertaining events. The Ontario 4th of July Festival is one of the first festivals to occur. It will be held Wednesday, July 3 and Thursday, July […]
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Lexington council hears NEER property possibilities
The village of Lexington partnered with Poggemeyer Design to decide the fate of the NEER building, which has been vacant for more than five years. After the previous property owners, EGS Electrical Group, donated the NEER building to Lexington village in January of 2013, the village contacted Lexington Schools, the Lexington Fire Department, and the […]
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Local movement embraces the community
Awakening website In 2010, about 20 college-aged individuals convened in an effort to unite people from various local churches into a faith-based community. As a result of this gathering, the Christian ministry movement called Awakening was created. Since that time, the leadership team within Awakening has employed a variety of activities that have worked to […]
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Battling cancer one step at a time
Over 300 people gathered at the Madison Comprehensive High School track Saturday morning for the Relay for Life of Richland County (RFL) to honor and support those affected by cancer. “We’re here to fight back, which is what we do through our fundraising,” stated co-chair of RFL, Roselyn Ramey. As of that morning, RFL has […]
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Safety Town returns for 76th year
Elementary students from Mansfield-area schools are given the opportunity to learn the basic safety lessons at the 76th annual Mansfield Police Division Safety Town Program held at Brinkerhoff School. The program offers three separate sessions, each lasting ten days on Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Sessions are divided out by the […]