MANSFIELD, Ohio — The walls of the nondescript second-story office overlooking Park Avenue are a muted baby blue, no doubt painted that color to put at ease the men and women who visit it. Sunlight floods the room through the partially drawn shades, casting a glare on the picture frames hung from an interior wall. […]
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Ashland University sets spring reading series
ASHLAND – The Ashland University English Department has set its Spring 2016 Reading Series featuring a poetry reading by Anna George Meek on Feb. 29, a nonfiction reading by Scott Russell Sanders on April 13 and a fiction reading by Jeffrey Lent on April 20. The poetry and fiction readings will take place in the […]
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2016 Final Friday Concert Series to launch May 27
MANSFIELD, Ohio – The 2016 Final Friday Concert Series will kick off on Friday, May 27 at 5 p.m. at The Brickyard with Thee Rough Country Band, Kelly Vaughn and The DeVault Ridge Band. Each date will include multiple acts and shows will begin at 5 p.m. Concerts are free and open to the public, […]
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Temp2Higher and NECIC join forces to help solve unemployment
MANSFIELD, Ohio — This is not the first time a non-profit organization has joined forces with a for-profit business. But NECIC and Temp2Higher hope their model becomes the blueprint for others in the workforce development industry. “We think this could be a community solution to workforce development,” North End Community Improvement Collaborative Project Lead Mary […]
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AU hosts low brass recital, winter choral concert
ASHLAND – The Department of Music at Ashland University will present a pair of musical events this month that are both free and open to the public. First will be the low brass instrumental recital on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall. Eileen Navratil, euphonium, and Jaylynn Buchmelter, trombone, […]
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Temple Chr. girls team surprises foe with gift
MANSFIELD, Ohio — The Temple Christian girls basketball team surprised an injured foe with $100 worth of gift cards at a recent game against Crestline. The gift was presented during Crusaders’ Senior Night on Friday, Feb. 5. Temple has a Senior Night tradition of doing something special to honor senior players, including those from the […]
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OSU football players visit Richland Mall
ONTARIO, Ohio – The Richland Mall was filled with a sea of scarlet and gray on Saturday afternoon when Ohio State football stars Braxton Miller, Joel Hale and Tommy Schutt came to town. More than 300 estimated people turned out to receive autographs, take pictures and meet the three former players at the event organized […]
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Love is in the air
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Area Y celebrated its 9th annual Daddy Daughter Dance last Saturday with 180 dads and daughters. It was a record turnout that started with a nice meal and soon the DJ had everyone on the dance floor. Whether it was “Let It Go” or the Chicken Dance, the duos had a […]
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Tygers earn revenge against Madison
MANSFIELD – Tim Mergel looked at the stat sheet Friday night and shook his head after his Madison Rams lost to cross-town rival Mansfield Senior, 72-59. The number that jumped off the page was 27 turnovers, glaring mistakes against an overwhelming Tygers’ press that generated 25 points for the winners. “That was like one of […]