MANSFIELD — About 30% of the student body at Discovery School receives some type of financial aid. Parent volunteer Susan Clewell said the school board wants to make the elementary school “accessible to as many families as possible.” One of the major ways the school fundraises for financial aid is through its annual gala. After […]
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Area Agency on Aging passes 5-year renewal for senior services
ONTARIO — Duana Patton, CEO of the Area Agency on Aging, said all of her staff and board members were grateful for voters on Tuesday night. The 1.5-mill property tax levy for senior citizen services received 8,994 votes for it, compared to 3,382 against, meaning 73% supported this measure among 12,376 counted votes from the final unofficial results via […]
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Rose Feagin wins ticket for Ontario’s 2nd Ward
ONTARIO — Ontario 2nd Ward Councilwoman Rose Feagin said she was simultaneously “overwhelmed and overjoyed” Tuesday night. “I’m trying not to cry,” she said. “I’m so happy.” Feagin received 29 of 48 votes cast on Ontario’s Democrat tickets Tuesday, according to unofficial vote totals from the Richland County Board of Elections. Feagin was appointed to […]
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Clear Fork alumna opens Jackie’s Cheesecakes in Lexington
LEXINGTON — Jaclyn Hittesdorf always liked working in a restaurant since she was a teenager. The 37-year-old worked at Fast Eddie’s Pizza for nearly 20 years and earned a culinary arts degree from Hocking College. Hittesdorf celebrated opening her own cheesecake shop at 309 E. Main St. on Tuesday. “The last nine months have probably […]
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‘Put whatever money you have into getting those leveled’: County engineer offers feedback on Madison Twp. roads
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Trustees held a special meeting Monday afternoon to talk with Richland County engineer Adam Gove about the list of roads they want to repair this year. Gove recommended two inches of pavement and leveling on nine roads that trustees thought could use 1 or 1.5 inches of pavement. “My recommendation is to […]
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Madison Twp. trustees sign emergency service agreement pending attorney approval
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Trustee Jim Houser said he has been talking with insurance adjusters nearly every day since a microburst damaged the township building on April 1. Trustees have been hosting regular meetings in the fire station and working partially out of their homes for a month. Houser said the township hall is salvageable and […]
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Mansfield music promoter opens podcast & music studio downtown
MANSFIELD — Ryan James is a self-described “workaholic.” When he’s not at work as the nutrition services manager at OhioHealth Mansfield and Shelby, he’s exploring new ways to edit video and setting up his new podcast studio in the Barrington One building. James started renting a studio space on the top floor of the Barrington […]
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Marvin Memorial Library christens Bert Davis Outreach Mobile
SHELBY — Bert Davis spent almost every day in the Marvin Memorial Library, according to his eldest daughter Julie Alt. “He was an avid reader and would donate books to the library and had a good rapport with the staff,” she said. Davis left $150,000 to the Shelby library after he died in November 2020. […]