On Thursday morning, the Richland County Board of Elections certified the results of all but two elections. The Crestline Exempted and Lucas School board elections are both slated for recounts on November 27. The final official count for the election was 22,304. This number is 229 higher than the unofficial results and includes 29 absentee […]
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Mansfield City School board adopts resolution to go into fiscal emergency
Friday morning the Mansfield City Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt a proposal to go into fiscal emergency. Once the plan is accepted by the state of Ohio, local control of the schools will be handed over to a state appointed commission early next school year. It is expected to take about three months […]
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Two-way conversion tabled at Mansfield council meeting
After more than a month of debate Mansfield City Council unanimously agreed to table bill 13-296, which would have authorized John Fernyak to fund a study to evaluate the feasibility of a conversion of Main and Diamond Streets to two-way traffic. The structure and wording of the proposed legislation was cited as the reason to […]
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“Walkable City” author suggests Mansfield could explore both reunification and two-way conversion
Two proposed projects aim to change downtown Mansfield with hopes of increasing community engagement and stimulating economic activity: reunifying Central Park and converting Main and Diamond Streets to two-way traffic. Both projects propose to benefit small businesses, make downtown more walkable, and improve overall quality of life for Mansfield residents and visitors. John Fernyak, CEO […]
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Land Bank at the forefront of Citizen Action meeting
The second Wednesday of every month a handful of citizens meet at The North End Community Improvement Collaborative (NECIC) to discuss issues facing Richland County residents, although this week the handful became a crowd. The topic that attracted so much interest was the newly approved Richland County Land Bank. The land bank was just […]
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Lip Sync Stage show raised funds and awareness
Every year 60,000 innocent babies and a significant number of mothers die from a preventable disease, neonatal tetanus. Kiwanis International developed the Eliminate Project to solve this international crisis. The goal of Kiwanis International: “To eliminate MNT from the Earth, more than 100 million mothers and their future babies must be immunized. This requires vaccines, […]
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Garverick clarifies Mansfied City Schools’ cuts
On the heels of a levy victory on November 5, Mansfield City Schools returned to the daunting task of addressing critical budget cuts. Some voters were surprised to learn that more cuts would follow the levy passage; however, Superintendent Brian Garverick clarified this point, “The district never claimed the levy would prevent cuts. I […]
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Mansfield City Council appropriates $1,112,760 windfall
In the thirty minutes before the polls closed Tuesday night Mansfield voters cast their final votes in favor of the City Pride Tax, which will increase City of Mansfield income tax by 2 percent. Meanwhile Mansfield City Council discussed the appropriation of a $1,112,760.00 surplus. The windfall resulted from greater than anticipated estate tax […]
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Shop Hop brings Be Focal Buy Local to Bellville
On Wednesday evening, 23 businesses in Bellville welcomed guests from all over Richland County for Be Focal Buy Local’s Halloween Shop Hop and Happy Hour. Festivities began and wrapped up at River Rock bar and grill, and visitors were provided with a map of the participating businesses. Visitors had the chance to see the newly […]
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Students experience Ohio Supreme Court firsthand
In 1987, the now late Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, launched a remarkable education initiative known as the Off-Site Court Program. Twice a year the Ohio Supreme Court hears cases on location at Ohio public high schools in order to provide students with the educational opportunity of viewing live court proceedings firsthand. Each Off-Site […]