MANSFIELD — It may soon become more expensive to violate city laws involving litter, junk and trash. You may also have to do a better job of keeping your property mowed. Mansfield City Council on March 5 is scheduled to consider two updates to existing ordinances regarding both those topics, found in Chapter 917 and […]
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Gigi’s Tacos and Margaritas opens on Fourth Street
MANSFIELD — Gigi and Hector Berber celebrated the opening of Gigi’s Tacos and Margaritas on Wednesday with staff and community leaders.
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Mansfield City Council approves finance office staffing changes
MANSFIELD — Kelly Blankenship said Tuesday she has ideas for what the Mansfield Finance Director’s office can do. Now that City Council has blessed her sweeping reconfiguration of the office staff, the newly elected city financial leader is ready to move forward with those ideas. It’s not her first time in the finance director’s position, […]
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No need for delay: Mansfield City Council OKs new mayor’s 2024 budget on one read
MANSFIELD — Maybe it was the fact Mayor Jodie Perry sat in front of City Council Tuesday night to present her own 2024 spending plan. Maybe it was the fact she was joined at the same table by Finance Director Kelly Blankenship, who went over her revenue projections. Maybe it was because the two newly […]
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Growth, infrastructure and safety: New Mansfield mayor’s budget reflects priorities
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry said a budget is a monetary reflection of priorities, which the new leader will unveil for the first time Tuesday during a City Council meeting. Less than two months after taking office, Perry and Finance Director Kelly Blankenship will present the administration’s permanent 2024 spending plan. It will replace the […]
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Plowing for Pizza: Zader leads effort to land $25K from Domino’s to help clear snow
MANSFIELD — Stephanie Zader said a $25,000 donation from Domino’s will have an impact on Mansfield’s streets even after she is out of office. An At-large member of Mansfield City Council, Zader has said she won’t seek another term when her seat is up for election next year. But her successful launch to land the […]
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‘Mansfield Rising’ plan to get new faces & inspiration in March
MANSFIELD — Many recent improvements in downtown Mansfield can be traced to Austin, Texas. That’s where the origins were born for ideas found in Mansfield Rising, at the annual South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) in 2018, attended by 15 local residents. Six years later, a second group is ready to help the Mansfield Rising plan […]
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New playground equipment coming to Mansfield’s Maple Lake Park
MANSFIELD — New playground equipment is on tap for Maple Lark Park this year. The city’s Board of Control on Tuesday approved spending $73,477 with Midstates Recreation on new equipment for the park on Arlington Avenue on the city’s near west side. The money is in the city’s Parks & Recreation Department budget for 2024, […]
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Ellen Heinz selected as Richland Area Chamber president & CEO
MANSFIELD — The Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development announced Tuesday their selection of Ellen Heinz as the next president & CEO.
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RCCS, Mansfield United Lions Club annual Valentine’s Card Drive collects 8,000+ items
MANSFIELD — Richland County Children Services (RCCS) and the Mansfield United Lions Club’s Valentine Card Drive has surpassed last year’s total of 4,700 items with this year’s collection of 8,156 items. This marks the second year for the project that was created to show foster youths love with Valentine’s Day cards. The Mansfield United Lions […]