PLYMOUTH — It’s not the kind of year Plymouth’s seniors envisioned. But the send-off was as close to normal as the circumstances would allow. Despite social distancing procedures and an audience that included people in masks, the 2020 seniors were celebrated a graduation ceremony on a beautifuly Saturday night at the high school.
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Softball returns to Cyclops
MANSFIELD — Jeff Montgomery and his crew worked overtime Saturday but it was worth it. Softball is back at Cyclops Circle. The 10-team Cyclops Bash for Cash got off to a late start because of Friday’s heavy rains and didn’t conclude until the sun was setting. By all accounts, the event was a resounding success […]
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Riders put on a show at Mohican MTB 100
LOUDONVILLE — For the riders participating in the Mohican MTB 100 mountain bike race, finishing times and final results didn’t carry the normal gravitas. Just getting on the course was a win. The event went off without a hitch on a sunny and cool Saturday morning. Several of the mud-flecked racers trickling across the finish […]
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Black Lives Matter protest in Mansfield sends angry, peaceful message
MANSFIELD — In discussing the Black Lives Matter Rally protest Saturday in Mansfield’s Central Park, let’s start with what it was not. It was not violent. Hundreds of people of all ages came downtown for the three-hour rally, the brainchild of a group of young people angered by the recent policeman killing of a Minneapolis […]
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Local committee plans Ontario Boom Festival for July 4
ONTARIO — Ontario will still have an Independence Day celebration this year. The Ontario Boom Festival will take place July 4 in Marshall Park. The event will feature live music, food trucks and fireworks. The Journey tribute band Departure will kick things off at 6 p.m., followed by a performance from Country Line. Free tastings […]
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Hayesville-Vermillion Fire Dept. to expand parking with Land Bank transfer
HAYESVILLE — The Vermillion Township Trustees will soon convert a vacant lot near the heart of Hayesville into a parking lot for the Hayesville-Vermillion Fire Department. Vermillion Township acquired the grassy lot, located along Mechanic Street beside the fire department’s current parking lot, through a recent transfer from the Ashland County Land Bank. “It’s been a vacant lot […]
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Native Son: A Fountain of Youth
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2014. The Vasbinder Fountain is a landmark in downtown Mansfield, but it is also a special bookmark among the pages of early memories of Mansfielders. People remember being near it as a child, and the memory is warm with sunny goldfish, and gentle raining […]
