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Embracing Change: Firelands Electric Cooperative holds 80th annual meeting
NEW LONDON — More than 600 members and guests attended Firelands Electric Cooperative’s 80th annual meeting or members, held June 23 at Myers Convocation Center on the campus of Ashland University. Incumbents Gene Lamoreaux and Rob Turk were reelected to the cooperative’s board of trustees, representing Districts 2 and 7, respectively. John Martin was elected […]
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State Route 95 closed Monday for culvert replacements
ASHLAND — The Ohio Department of Transportation has issued its construction report for the week of July 9. Ashland County drivers are urged to use caution on these roads: State Route 58 SR 58 is closed for two culvert replacements. The first location is north of Co. Rd. 620 and the second location is north […]
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Ashland’s Fox scales Wyoming’s highest peak amid controversy
We start the series with my hardest climb to date that left me hated by half of the highpointing community: Gannett Peak, Wyoming. It took days of hiking with a 50-pound pack, over mountain passes of 11,000 feet, to even get to Base Camp II. You start the expedition in shorts and a T-shirt, and […]
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‘Camp Hope’ provides local youth with opportunity to grieve
PERRYSVILLE – As the lunch hour neared, a feeling of restlessness began to emerge within the activities room where a good portion of ‘Camp Hope’ participants had just wrapped up a craft session. On this day, Thursday, they made Hogwarts-themed scarves. Before they were dismissed for lunch by camp co-director Kathy Wantland, many of the […]
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Ashland drug detectives ask for more manpower, treatment for addicts
ASHLAND — Ashland Police Department detective Brian Evans and Ashland County Sheriff’s Office detective Monica Viloria made it clear Thursday night. They need help in the fight against drugs. That was the main message the two shared at Ashland University’s Ronk Lecture Hall in the Dwight Schar College of Education as part of an ongoing […]
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Ashland-area actors sought for July 24 rehearsal of dinner theater murder mystery
ASHLAND – The Uniontown Players, an organization dedicated to bringing community theatre back to Ashland, will be holding open auditions for A Wedding to Die For, an interactive dinner-theatre murder mystery written by Ashland University alumnus Karen Vuranch and directed by retired Ashland University professor David Kowalka. The setting for the show is the wedding […]
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Faux brick surface coming to Ashland alley beside brewery
ASHLAND – The city of Ashland is moving forward with plans to beautify the alley beside Uniontown Brewing Company, preparing the space for the restaurant and brewery’s much-anticipated outdoor seating. City council members approved an ordinance Tuesday to enter into a $34,764 contract with Paveway Systems to apply a surface treatment on top of the […]
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Hayesville woman pleads guilty to endangering children
ASHLAND – A Hayesville woman pleaded guilty in Ashland County Common Pleas Court Monday to two counts of endangering children. The charges stem from a March 3 incident in which the defendant, 28-year-old Alyssa Mae Edwards, left her two children alone while she went to work around 8 a.m. on a Saturday. Sometime within the two […]