MANSFIELD — David Bell wants to make sure everyone knows the difference between dirt and soil. Dirt is what you sweep into a dustpan. Soil is a rich, life-giving material bursting with potential. Bell was one of numerous honorees during the Mansfield Men’s Garden Club Beautification Awards dinner on Tuesday evening. At 92 years old, […]
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Metal detector: Retired police officer reunites 1979 Lexington High School class ring with its owner
LEXINGTON — Tim Clark spent his career investigating crimes, searching for clues and trying to help people. Having retired in 2013 as a police officer in Mansfield, Ontario and Lexington, Clark quickly found a new outlet for his vocation turned avocation. Metal detecting. His most recent success was revealed Tuesday afternoon when he returned a […]
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Mansfield Chamber Music Players concert set for Oct. 2
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Chamber Music Players will present the 26th annual Donald Bernhardt Memorial Chamber Music Concert on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. in Riedl Hall at The Ohio State University, Mansfield Campus. Music by Franz Schubert, Farenc Farkas, and Ange Flegier will be performed by a string quintet, a woodwind quintet and […]
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Mansfield Youth Theatre to perform Seussical Jr. from Sept. 9-11 at The Ren
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Youth Theatre (“MY Theatre”) will present Seussical, Jr. on the stage of the Renaissance Theatre Sept. 9, 10, and 11 as a part of the Mechanics Bank Education Series. Performances will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Dauphne Maloney directs the show with […]
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Preview: Fredericktown’s 45th Tomato Show goes back to the past
FREDERICKTOWN — This year’s Fredericktown Tomato Show theme: a blast from the past. From Wednesday through Saturday, Fredericktown will be home to a variety of tomato-themed events in celebration of the village’s community spirit. From a parade to Fredericktown’s own Marching Scarlet and Grey, and 4- and 5-year-olds pulling tractors around Main Street. The 45th show […]
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What are those balls? They’re galls!
BUCYRUS — Perhaps you have noticed weird, ball-like plant growths while hiking through a park or even in your own backyard. These abnormalities growing on trees or other plants, called galls, are commonly formed by insects but are also caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, or mites. Insect galls are typically species-specific as well as tissue-specific, […]
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Is Ashland County’s upcoming ‘Bigfoot Basecamp’ event your best shot to spot sasquatch?
PERRYSVILLE — If there was one event that could guarantee to produce evidence to prove the existence of the elusive Bigfoot, it would be at the event planned this weekend at Pleasant Lake Hill Park. Unless, of course, sasquatch is shy. Hundreds of people are expected to show up for the inaugural Bigfoot Basecamp weekend […]
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Local playwright Black brings truth, humor in ‘Everybody Doing Their Own Thing’
MANSFIELD — Helen Black may be a playwright and director, but she’s taking her cues from the Holy Spirit. The Mansfield resident has written and produced 10 plays in the last 12 years, each with a spiritual message and a little bit of music. Black’s latest production, “Everybody Doing Their Own Thing,” will be presented […]
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Alone in Badlands National Park and other highpointing tales
March 18, 2018: Very rarely do my journalism assignments geographically coincide with highpoint opportunities. But the women’s Division II college basketball Final Four was in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and a team I’d been covering all year was headed there as the #1 overall seed. Sioux Falls was only a little over an hour from […]