MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield is once again looking for a live Christmas tree to place on display at the Carrousel Park located in downtown Mansfield. If you have an evergreen tree you would like to donate please contact the Mansfield Street Department at 419-755-9803. Trees located within city limits are preferred. We are […]
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Mansfield voters asked to increase purchasing power under city charter
MANSFIELD — Rising inflation led to a suggested change involving purchasing power in the City of Mansfield charter. City voters will make that decision Nov. 5 on the lone change suggested by the Mansfield Charter Review Commission earlier this year — and approved for the ballot in May by City Council. If approved, the change […]
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Nov. 6 hearing set for alleged improper demo of Mansfield YMCA
MANSFIELD — The legal battle over the original demolition of the former Mansfield YMCA is about to reach the courtroom. On one side is the City of Mansfield, which paid $500,000 to have the work done on the 3.2-acre site at 455 Park Ave. West in late 2018 and early 2019, using a portion of […]
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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 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MANSFIELD — Nearly one in five traffic signals in Mansfield feature “extremely outdated vintage equipment,” according to city engineer Bob Bianchi.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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Bids for Mansfield’s $17 million Main Street Corridor Improvement to be sought Monday
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield is ready to seek bids for its planned $17 million Main Street Corridor Improvement Plan. City engineer Bob Bianchi said Thursday afternoon the federal government had reviewed all of the plans related to the project, now a few years in the making. On Wednesday, it gave the city authority […]
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Page Excavating seeks to dismiss Mansfield’s lawsuit over YMCA demolition
MANSFIELD — Attorneys for a Lucas contractor have filed a motion seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the City of Mansfield that seeks to recoup money and damages from an alleged improper demolition of the former YMCA on Park Avenue West. The 28-page motion filed Wednesday in Richland County Common Pleas Court by a […]
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News Man Weekly: Cyclops Field, Westinghouse demo and ‘Tomorrow’s Talent’
MANSFIELD — In this week’s edition of the News Man Weekly podcast, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by Source reporters Katie Ellington Serrao, Grace McCormick and Mariah Thomas. The discussion revolves around the massive reporting project “Tomorrow’s Talent” that the trio recently concluded. It was a series of two dozen stories that […]
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Bringing life back to Cyclops: Oasis of Love Church takes lead in restoring Mansfield park
MANSFIELD — Raymond Cochran Jr. believes churches must take their ministry efforts beyond the walls of their buildings. That’s why the senior pastor of the Oasis of Love Church was standing Thursday afternoon on a warm, late-summer day next to a dusty ball diamond at Cyclops Field on the city’s north side. He and Louis […]
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Preliminary work starts on $21 million rehabilitation of Ohio 13 in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Call it the autumn rain before the spring construction storm. Preliminary work has begun on a 3.4-mile, four-lane stretch of Ohio 13 that will be completely resurfaced over the next two years in a $21.2 million Ohio Department of Transportation project. Workers with Kokosing Construction are working to install driving lanes on what […]