MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank is to receive $275,000 from Ohio’s Neighborhood Initiative Program (NIP) to fund 22 demolitions, land bank manager Amy Hamrick announced Wednesday at the organization’s regular meeting. Exactly $12,500 is allotted per demolition for work that must be completed by Oct. 16. Any additional demolition costs must be covered […]
Tracy Leturgey, Staff Reporter
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Oasis of Love Church plans backpack giveaways at July 27 block party
MANSFIELD — The Oasis of Love Church’s fourth annual community block party is planned for Saturday, near the Ocie Hill Neighborhood Center. The end-of-summer tradition features backpack giveaways and free haircuts to help local families prepare for the upcoming school year. Plenty of free entertainment is also on tap, including a rock climbing wall, bouncy […]
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Former GM employees anticipate upcoming opportunity to “meet again”
ONTARIO — Cathy Hetsler watched her longtime employer, General Motors, slowly deteriorate in the months after management announced its impending closure on June 1, 2009. The Bellville woman and her coworkers clung to a simple motto: “Until we meet again.” No one knew where or when, but holding tight to this belief was more comforting […]
Posted inOpen Source
Is there a thrilling history behind the beautiful estate to the west of Mansfield Art Center?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was written in response to a reader-submitted question through Open Source, a platform where readers can ask Richland Source’s newsroom to investigate a question. MANSFIELD — Living in the brick mansion tucked behind the Mansfield Art Center on Marion Avenue was somewhat of a dream for Mansfield resident Margaret Black. She […]
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Lexington winery receives regional honor for three wines
LEXINGTON — Several wines from the 1285 Winery won awards earlier this month at regional competition. The Lexington winery received three awards last weekend at the 13th annual Mid-American Wine Competition at the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) campus in Ankeny, Iowa. The locally made red raspberry wine and a sweet blueberry wine, called Blueberry Bliss, won silver […]
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Richland Idea Audition calls for award-winning ideas, application deadline is Monday
MANSFIELD — The application deadline for the second-annual Richland Idea Audition is fast-approaching. Those who wish to submit an idea to this fall’s pitch contest must submit their applications no later than Monday. The Richland Idea Audition contest will take place Sept. 17 at OSU-Mansfield in Founders Hall, where the entrepreneurs will have four minutes […]
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Shelby native opens upcycled furniture store in Mansfield
MANSFIELD – A Mansfield couple has turned their hobby into a full-time job. Juan (Jo-Wan) Stuckman-Barndollar and her husband Dan Stuckman opened Shed Penny along Fourth Street in downtown Mansfield earlier this month to sell upcycled furniture and antiques, which all come with a story. “We try to tell everyone something, to give them a […]
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Ontario mother’s 2-year-old boy inspires business called Gate Genie
ONTARIO — Amy Hiner can thank her mischievous 2-year-old boy and an aging, but still rambunctious dog for the inspiration to start her first business. The Ontario mother launched Gate Genie earlier this year, a business selling fashionable, but affordable fabric covers for child and pet safety gates. “Initially, I wasn’t using safety gates. I refused to […]
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Children learn social skills through partnership between the Ren, Ontario Close to Home Center
ONTARIO — On a Wednesday afternoon, a group of nearly a dozen children tossed around a ball at Nationwide Children’s Ontario Close to Home Center. One of the smallest girls in the room crouched down a bit, then sprung up, sending the purple plastic ball flying a short distance across the room to a similar […]
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Clear Fork school board appoints new member, former 179th Airlift Wing commander
BELLVILLE — The Clear Fork School District’s Board of Education appointed a new board member and chose a new president at its most recent meeting. The board appointed Bellville resident and former commander of the Ohio Air National Guard’s 179th Airlift Wing Gary McCue as its newest member and voted to keep acting board president, […]