ASHLAND — The 20th annual Strawberry Feast kicked off Friday at Grandpa’s Cheese Barn and Sweeties Chocolates with a variety of strawberry-themed treats. The feature of both local businesses is always the food, but from Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 19, customers can purchase cheese, chocolates and more with a strawberry twist. There’s homemade […]
Tracy Leturgey, Staff Reporter
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Ashland County Fair Board takes no action on petition calling for ban of Confederate flag
ASHLAND — The Ashland County Fair Board took no action Monday evening after reviewing a petition that calls for a ban on selling or displaying the Confederate flag at the Ashland County Fair. “The fair board decided, we’re not about politics. We’re here to put on a fair,” fair board manager Steve Englet said. He presented […]
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Shop Talk: Panel addresses how to continue uncomfortable conversations
MANSFIELD — When a friend of Micah Derry recently made a racist comment, the Mansfield man was taken aback. “It broke my heart when the words came out of his mouth because I think more highly of him than this,” Derry said. He paused, contemplating how to respond to the uncomfortable situation. It’d have been […]
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Ashland BalloonFest committee reschedules flyover for August
ASHLAND — Organizers of the Ashland BalloonFest won’t let a few bumps in the road — or the air — keep them down. On Tuesday evening, the planning committee announced plans to attempt the “29th and 3/4” version of the Ashland BalloonFest Flyover, an event featuring hot air balloons flying over the city of Ashland. […]
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Hayesville’s new indoor sports training facility offers rainy day alternative throughout summer
HAYESVILLE — On a dry Thursday afternoon in June, a few parents were seen conversing while their children each hit their own set of sanitized baseballs in batting cages at Hayesville’s new indoor sports training center. It’s been “relatively quiet” since reopening, said the general manager of Home Turf Training Center, Bryan Hall. The newly-renovated […]
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Weather halts plans for Ashland BalloonFest Flyover
ASHLAND — The 29th ½ Ashland BalloonFest Flyover has been canceled due to the weather, event planning committee’s president Mindi White confirmed Saturday. Seventeen hot air balloon pilots were set to fly overtop Ashland Saturday evening and Sunday morning, recognizing what would have been the 30th annual Ashland BalloonFest. The traditional event was canceled earlier this year due […]
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Ashland BalloonFest Flyover set for Saturday evening and Sunday morning
ASHLAND — North central Ohio residents can watch a colorful display of hot air balloons fly over Ashland on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The “29th ½ Ashland BalloonFest Flyover” is set for this weekend in lieu of traditional Ashland BalloonFest festivities, canceled earlier this year due to COVID-19 concerns. Seventeen pilots are set to […]
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It’s back: U.S. Boomerang National Championships reschedules Ashland debut
ASHLAND — Sure enough, it came back. A new date was announced Monday for the 2020 U.S. Boomerang National Championships to take place at Ashland’s Freer Field. The upcoming Boomerang National Championship is set for Aug. 7 and 8, according to a Facebook post from the U.S. Boomerang Team. Earlier this year, the team announced plans […]
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Ashland County Fair going forward as normally as possible
ASHLAND — The Ashland County Fair will go on as normally as possible, according to fair board manager Steve Englet. The annual fair, set for Sunday, Sept. 20 through Saturday, Sept. 26, will include rides, food, animals and grandstand events with any required social distancing measures in place. “We’re having a fair. Put it in […]
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Hayesville veteran donates stimulus check to local fire department
HAYESVILLE — Curtis Smith, 92, could have bought a new tractor with his stimulus check. The longtime Hayesville resident and Korean War veteran said he has what he needs, so he could have bought something he wanted. But instead Smith decided to donate his entire $1,200 to the Hayesville-Vermillion Fire Department. “They do a good […]