MANSFIELD — A Marion masonry company was awarded two contracts Tuesday totaling $106,150 for a pair of improvements at Liberty Park on the city’s east side. Quality Masonry Co. will handle projects on a sandstone bridge and the bathhouse at the former park pool, working to improve structures constructed nearly a century ago by the […]
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News Man Weekly: Mansfield’s ARPA plans, a new NECIC leader and Blood Prison
MANSFIELD — The 16th episode of the free News Man Weekly Podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition of the News Man Weekly podcast, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by Vic Amesquita, owner of Blood Prison at the former Ohio State Reformatory. The popular Halloween haunt is open and operating every weekend […]
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Open Source: When will the tunnel be done and Trimble Road reopened in Mansfield?
Question: “When is the tunnel on Trimble Road going to be done? It has been 45 days. It sure is annoying. Thanks.” MANSFIELD — A delay in the arrival of concrete box sections has delayed completion of a tunnel beneath Trimble Road, according to City of Mansfield engineer Bob Bianchi. As such, the busy road […]
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Mansfield moves ahead with $2.3 million in ARPA for parks & infrastructure
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry offered Mansfield City Council a couple of meetings to consider her plans to spend $2,295,000 in American Rescue Plan Act dollars — most of it related to improvements in and around parks. But with the clock ticking on the end-of-year ARPA deadlines, lawmakers chose not to wait Tuesday night, opting […]
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Mansfield hopes for grant to help fund $975,000 traffic signal replacement project
MANSFIELD — Nearly one in five traffic signals in Mansfield feature “extremely outdated vintage equipment,” according to city engineer Bob Bianchi. He hopes to replace three of the busiest ones with a $975,000 signalization project that would include a $425,000 Ohio Public Works Commission grant. Bianchi said the city has 105 signalized intersections — 19 […]
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Middle Park pedestrian bridge would again link South, North Lake parks in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Residents may once again be able to walk from North Lake Park — through Middle Park — and into South Park in Mansfield. “That’s been one of the most asked-for parks things, to be honest with you,” Mayor Jodie Perry said Tuesday morning, “at least on Facebook. People asking about Middle Park and […]
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Mansfield City Council to consider $2.2 million investment in parks, infrastructure
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry on Tuesday will lay out plans how she believes the city should spend $2.2 million of the city’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds. The projects cross a wide range, including $1.2 million sought for improvements related to the city’s parks, according to proposed legislation. The projects outlined are: — […]
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Richland County seeks bids for $3.4 million in courthouse renovations
MANSFIELD — Richland County is seeking contractors to perform an estimated $3.4 million worth of improvements to the county courthouse. The county Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved advertising for bids for a $2.75 million in renovations to multiple floors of the five-story building and also a $750,000 project to build a fourth Common Pleas […]
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Mansfield advances wayfinding signage program to enhance city navigation
MANSFIELD — Jodie Perry helped create the Mansfield Rising plan in 2019 as the leader of the Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development. Fast forward five years and now Mansfield Mayor Perry is a step closer to implementing another action item from that plan: creation of a “wayfinding” signage program in the city. Two design […]
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2 firms bid for Bellville wastewater upgrade to enhance Ohio 97/I-71 area
BELLVILLE — Two local companies submitted bids for a wastewater improvement plan designed to aid increased economic development near the Ohio 97/I-71 interchange. Those bids from Driven Excavating of Crestline and Simonson Construction of Ashland were opened Tuesday morning by the Richland County Board of Commissioners. The project was estimated at $4.2 million by Richland Engineering […]