MANSFIELD, Ohio — The requirement to change one of its key ingredients could ruin a company– but not in the case of Jones’ Potato Chips. Changing their 70-year-old recipe hasn’t devastated them. In fact, thanks to a willingness to experiment, they’re growing. Innovation seems to be as natural to the Joneses as the potatoes that […]
Rhonda Bletner, Editor
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Technology predictions suggest value is key
MANSFIELD, Ohio – The future of internet technologies for businesses is not a matter of cost, it’s a matter of value. NCORITA’s fourth technology conference focused on “The Future of IT.” Keynote speaker Carl Deal challenged attendees to think about how the technologies he was about to speak about could be applied to their world. […]
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Townsend house: exploring the home, its life
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Sometimes, like people, a house is more attractive on the outside than on the inside. That may be the case of the Townsend House on Park Avenue West. The house is majestic to view from the outside of the property. Its white pillars and terraced front yard compliment the King mansion across […]
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Who was Edwin Oliver Townsend?
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Edwin Oliver Townsend built a home in Mansfield in 1930 across the street from Charles King’s home. His obituary called it his winter home. Who was this man? His name isn’t commonly remembered in Mansfield. That may be because he wasn’t born in Mansfield; and, as was just noted, he didn’t consistently […]
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New look marks Ohio Bird Sanctuary entrance, honors Fonseca
MANSFIELD, Ohio — The Ohio Bird Sanctuary has an improved entrance thanks to the family of the late George and Pam Fonseca and the efforts of the Friends and Flowers Garden Club. “The garden club has helped us for 10 years,” said Gail Laux, executive director of the Ohio Bird Sanctuary. “They’ve been real troopers […]
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Did you see the lunar eclipse?
BELLVILLE, Ohio –Let’s see how many names we can give the lunar eclipse; and by the way, it was a full lunar eclipse. Well, lunar eclipse is one name. It also coincided with a supermoon. It’s also called a Harvest “Blood Moon,” the full moon closest to the autumn equinox, for those of us in […]
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Area pastors pursue resolution to support defunding Planned Parenthood
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Area pastors sent a proposal to the Richland County Commissioners last week that proposed support for defunding Planned Parenthhood at both the state and federal levels of government. What the pastors asked for was the opportunity to read a draft resolution (see pdf at left) at the Sept. 24 board of commissioners’ […]
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Fair baked goods auction benefits Clear Fork band
BELLVILLE, Ohio — The Clear Fork Music Boosters Auction is a popular event at the Bellville Street Fair. It sounds odd to think of a “cake” auction as a source of entertainment, but this one is a crowd-pleaser. The appeal could be the auctioneering; it could be support for the band; it could be the […]
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The Holden Agency at forefront of technology
MANSFIELD, Ohio — The Holden Agency is featured in the September 2015 issue of RISMedia’s Real Estate Magazine detailing their use of the Realtors Property Resource™ app. Recognition in a national publication with approximately 400,000 subscribers is a significant achievement for the young company. “It’s nice and kind of ironic. Sept. 1 is my two-year […]
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Genealogical society, Shelby, tells the Napoli’s/Garrett story
SHELBY, Ohio — The Garrett Building, most recently known as Napoli’s Pizza, is now a page in Shelby’s history—and it is quite a page. The building, 12 W. Main St., was demolished on Saturday, Sept. 12. The Richland County – Shelby Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society crafted the following photo essay that shares the building’s […]