Grace McCormick, Staff Reporter
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Local businesses accepting nominations for 2023 free high school graduation package
MANSFIELD — Achantee King remembers wanting to attend the 2012 Mansfield Senior High School prom when she couldn’t afford to buy the dress she wanted. “I wasn’t able to go to prom, I didn’t walk at graduation and I didn’t have a graduation party,” she said. “We had to pay school fees and everything, and […]
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Punishers Paintball selling & trading paintball gear in Ontario
ONTARIO — Joel Baker has been playing competitive paintball since he was a teenager. He started selling paintball gear out of his garage and moved the business into Ontario’s Servex Center in 2018. Punishers Paintball carries paintballs, paintball guns, masks, tanks, tank grip covers, pods and storage, as well as clothing gear, headbands and loaders. […]
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Ohio Thrift coming to Appleseed Shopping Center
MANSFIELD – The Appleseed Shopping Center will soon welcome a new tenant in thrift store chain Ohio Thrift. Ohio Thrift senior vice president Chris Groves said he is hoping to open the newly announced Mansfield branch this spring. The company announced on its Facebook page on Jan. 12 it will be opening a branch in […]
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Fresh Grounds Coffee House grand opening scheduled for Jan. 28
ONTARIO — Chriztine Campbell has wanted to own her own coffee shop since she was a student at Mount Gilead High School. She worked at Starbucks as a Wright State University student, and said she later learned the ins and outs of running a coffee shop as a barista at Relax, It’s Just Coffee. “Once […]
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‘He was a businessman that gave back’: Memories of Mansfielder Chan Stevens
MANSFIELD — Chan Stevens was an entrepreneur and businessman for the joy of working with people, said family member John C. Roby. “He was in it for the people, not the money,” Roby said. “He was just an industrious, kind-hearted, hard-working guy.” A man of many talents, interests and intelligence, Walter Chandler “Chan” Stevens, Jr. […]
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Spherion Mid Ohio offers interview practice at Kalahari Classic Robotics Competition
SANDUSKY — The Kalahari Convention Center hosted thousands of young bright minds from across the Midwest at the Kalahari Classic VEX Robotics Competition Wednesday through Saturday. The event hosted 328 elementary, middle school and high school robotics teams. The teams competed to qualify for the world’s largest international youth robotics event, VEX Worlds, scheduled for […]
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Clara’s Pizza celebrates 50 years in Madison & transfers ownership
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Clara’s Pizza kitchen manager Lynde Reedy said her focus in her new job is returning the restaurant to “the original Clara’s.” Reedy and owner Jeff French trained under former owners Mark and Carolyn Wallace for about three weeks to learn how they operated the restaurant since 1994. The Wallaces bought Clara’s Pizza […]