MANSFIELD ─ The children were excited about picking up clothes and shoes themselves on Saturday. They got plenty to choose from at The New Store. It was one of the Dressing Days, in which children with financial need can go to the store and shop with a volunteer ─ for free. They looked for shoes […]
Peng Chen, Staff Reporter
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Ontario’s Marshall & Stowell Parks to see improvement projects
ONTARIO ─ Improvement projects are coming to Ontario’s Marshall and Stowell Parks. Ontario City Council’s park committee met on Wednesday evening before the general council meeting. Discussions went from multiple projects that the city is going to execute this year to making a three- or five-year park improvement plan. Mayor Randy Hutchinson said the city […]
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Madison Township to resurface 13 roads
MADISON TOWNSHIP ─ Madison Township is going to bid out a chip and seal road resurfacing project that will be executed on 13 roads. The township trustees voted to advertise the bid on Monday evening. Trustee Dan Fletcher, who prepared the bid documents, said he will put an advertisement in local media on Thursday. Trustees […]
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Lexington electronics company contributing to COVID-19 vaccine storage
LEXINGTON ─ A Lexington electronics company is broadly supporting the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. DECA Manufacturing started to build a temperature monitoring system for a client, Health Care Logistics Inc. (HCL), at the end of 2019, having no idea the device would later be used for the coronavirus vaccine storage. Cameron Haring, DECA’s owner […]
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Richland County bars welcome expiration of COVID-19 curfew
MANSFIELD ─ Bar owners are excited to see some normalcy back in their business. On Thursday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced the statewide COVID-19 curfew has been lifted. The order was in effect for almost three months and initially from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. DeWine shortened it in late January to 11 p.m. to […]
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Pandemic lessons teach restaurants to evolve
MANSFIELD ─ The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing restaurants to evolve ─ approaching customers differently and taking better care of employees. Hudson and Essex has been taking different strategies to reach the community over the past year. As a fine dining restaurant that once relied on in-house dining, it is trying to provide customers the same […]
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Virtual career fair on Feb. 18 to connect job seekers with local employers
MANSFIELD ─ A free online job fair on Thursday, Feb. 18 will provide job seekers an opportunity to connect with multiple companies in Richland and Crawford Counties. Clint Knight, workforce development director for Richland Area Chamber and Economic Development, said JobsOhio partners with the regional workforce partners at Richland-Crawford Ohio Means Jobs to create the […]
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Swank retires from volunteer position with Madison Fire Dept.
MADISON TOWNSHIP ─ Catherine Swank said in the fire and Emergency Medical Service, you know when it’s time to leave. The Madison Township Trustee retired over the weekend after almost 34 years volunteering at the fire department ─ 10 years at Mifflin Township and 24 years at Madison Township. Swank, 71, said while her heart […]
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Madison Twp. moves to pay contractor for partially completed work
MADISON TOWNSHIP ─ Madison Township trustees voted Monday night to pay $2,000 to a contractor who demolished and partially cleaned up a site next to the fire station. The contractor, H&T, was stopped last year by the township’s order after finding suspicious soil at the scene. The township decided to hold $2,000 of the compensation […]