ASHLAND — Children jumped off the high dive, participated in games and danced to a DJ during Ashland’s second “The Big Splash!” Saturday. The event at Brookside Pool from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. included free entrance and a free meal for children under 15 years of age.
Emma Davis, Report for America Corps Member
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The Big Splash!
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Part 4: Employers adapt recruiting strategy to attract employees
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in a four-part series that will explore the reassessment of work standards as well as turnover rates and retention challenges faced by local businesses. It will delve into what nearby counties, states and countries have tried to address the apparent workforce shortage. Part One can be found here. Part Two can be found here. […]
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Approximately 70 people attend first pride parade in Ashland
ASHLAND — Approximately 70 people marched along Main Street during Ashland County’s first documented public pride celebration Saturday, which was organized by 19-year-old Andi McFrederick. McFrederick sought to give visibility to and show support for Ashland’s LGBTQ+ community through the event, they said.
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Ashland Pride Celebration 2021
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Theater, without the theater: how shuttered local venues survive
HAYESVILLE — Hayesville Opera House manager Dave Roepke described attendance at the facility since it reopened three months ago as scant and inconsistent. “Sometimes we get a big goose egg,” Roepke said. The opera house remains open because of volunteers. “We don’t have money to pay people, just enough to keep the lights on,” Roepke said. […]
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Fredericktown plaza, water amenities to be completed by fall
FREDERICKTOWN — Fredericktown will have a public plaza and water amenities for children on the west side of Main Street by the fall, the contractor of the plaza project Dan Houser said. The approximately $1 million project is funded by private donors and reallocated funds from a community center project that was never completed, all of […]
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Union workers for Custom Hoists strike in Hayesville
HAYESVILLE — Custom Hoists workers, represented by United Steelworkers Local 7008, went on strike outside the facility beginning Monday evening to demand higher wages, improved working conditions and lower insurance premiums. Custom Hoists Inc. is a hydraulic cylinder manufacturing company in Ashland County, near Hillsdale Elementary School. The company also has a facility in Tianjin, […]
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Ashland unveils Foundation Plaza, concert series begins
ASHLAND — The first official event of the downtown plaza opened Saturday night to a crowd enjoying Ashland Main Street’s initial “Music on Main” concert of the summer. Ahead of the opening ceremony at 6 p.m., patrons began entering the plaza through an iron archway adorning its name — Foundation Plaza, after one of the […]