GALION – The Galion Fire & EMS Department has been awarded a SAFER grant funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant aims to help fire departments increase or maintain the number of trained, front line firefighters. Galion was one of 20 departments nationwide to be selected […]
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OhioHealth adjusts visitor policy based on COVID-19 surge
MANSFIELD — Following the recent community surge of COVID-19 cases, OhioHealth announced that patients will be allowed to designate a single visitor for inpatient for the duration of their stay starting Tuesday, Aug. 31. Patients in emergency, medical practice, surgery, and outpatient infusion/radiation oncology space remain unchanged with one visitor allowed. The new visitor policy […]
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Editorial: Richland Carrousel Park success proves vision, cooperation can move mountains
It starts with a vision, followed by a plan and then by execution. If our reporting revealed anything in August, it’s that those are three key elements that drive a community’s success. Earlier this month, we told you about a local group’s plan to finally — after three decades — do something with a decaying […]
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Editorial: Richland Carrousel Park success proves vision, cooperation can move mountains
It starts with a vision, followed by a plan and then by execution. If our reporting revealed anything in August, it’s that those are three key elements that drive a community’s success. Earlier this month, we told you about a local group’s plan to finally — after three decades — do something with a decaying former […]
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Column: Launching Richland Carrousel Park included ‘cleaning up’ downtown crime
MANSFIELD — The Fourth Street massage parlor owner asked the police officer why her business was suddenly being raided. “There’s a new law,” the officer said, “you can’t operate a brothel so close to the mayor’s new carrousel.” It was a joking remark in 1991, but it rang close to the truth. The Richland Carrousel […]
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Then & Now: Richland Carrousel Park @ 25 Years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. When the news became public in the late 1980s that a merry-go-round was in the works for downtown Mansfield, it ignited a firestorm of scathing abuse. The project was five years in the making, and even after it was open and doing business […]
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Richland Carrousel Park celebrates 30 years in business
MANSFIELD — The Richland Carrousel Park’s nostalgic charm, brightly colored building and whimsical music has made it a beloved staple of downtown Mansfield. But when it first opened three decades ago, much of the community was skeptical. “It’s hard to explain to people who weren’t here for it … the bold, visionary action that it […]
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Column: Launching Richland Carrousel Park included ‘cleaning up’ downtown crime
MANSFIELD — The Fourth Street massage parlor owner asked the police officer why her business was suddenly being raided. “There’s a new law,” the officer said, “you can’t operate a brothel so close to the mayor’s new carrousel.” It was a joking remark in 1991, but it rang close to the truth. The Richland Carrousel […]
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Richland Carrousel Park helps trigger 30 years of economic redevelopment in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — John Fernyak still has copies of the bumper stickers that read, “Will the last person leaving Mansfield please turn off the carrousel?” The downtown businessman can also smile, look out his West Fourth Street office window every day and see proof across the street that the vision he and others put forth three […]
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Open Source: How did Shelby City Schools get its Whippet mascot?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was written in response to a reader-submitted question through Open Source, a platform where readers can ask Richland Source’s newsroom to investigate a question. Do you have a question you’d like our reporters to answer? Click here to share. SHELBY — George Christoph was meandering through Shelby’s community garage sale when he saw the emblem for […]