Grace McCormick, Reporter
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OhioHealth commits $100,000 to Richland County Foundation for downtown linear park
MANSFIELD — Many project proposals reach the desk of Vinson Yates, president of OhioHealth Mansfield and Shelby hospitals. Each year, he said, OhioHealth carefully chooses what it wants to support. This year, that includes a commitment of $100,000 from OhioHealth’s community impact fund to Mansfield Rising for the construction of a permanent linear park downtown. […]
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Ontario City Council begins 3-year plan for water lines, road repair
ONTARIO — Paving Lexington-Springmill Road has been on Ontario City Council’s to-do list for years, said Mayor Randy Hutchinson. At Wednesday’s utilities committee meeting, committee members said they will put the road at the top of its three-year plan for road and utility upgrades. Hutchinson said he’s focused on the section of Lexington-Springmill Road that […]
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Madison Twp. discusses Eastview allotment lighting district
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Madison Township Trustees, during a special meeting Monday night, informed residents of the Eastview allotment about the process to install streetlights in their neighborhood. Joe Jakubick, external affairs consultant for Ohio Edison Company, said installation fees would be waved for putting LED lights on existing light poles. Any equipment beyond existing poles […]
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Bellville woman adds Raising Roots Coffee roastery to home decor business
BELLVILLE — It’s rare to walk into a locally owned building that carries hardware, home decor and freshly roasted coffee beans. But on Bellville’s Main Street, that’s exactly what customers find. Whitney Smith has owned Rustik Market since 2016, a business she started in Ontario’s Servex Center. Smith moved Rustik Market into her husband’s store, […]
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Timberlane Finish Solutions opens Longview Avenue building
MANSFIELD — Wilmer Martin has loved woodworking since he built his first birdhouse. Knowing he wanted to be a woodworker, Martin worked for other shop owners before founding his own business, Timberlane Cabinets, in Greenwich. He renamed his business Timberlane Finish Solutions in 2008 and later realized the company was outgrowing its space. So, Martin […]
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Industrial Museum adds 6 members to Manufacturing Hall of Fame
Editor’s Note Be sure to check out the videos on each of the six individuals at the end of this story. Those videos, provided by DRM Productions, focus on the contributions made by Reid Carpenter, Glen Vinson, Millard Pryor, Denny Schroeder, Anton Gerich and Michael Byrne, respectively. MANSFIELD — With more than 50 years of […]
