MANSFIELD — A Marion masonry company was awarded two contracts Tuesday totaling $106,150 for a pair of improvements at Liberty Park on the city’s east side. Quality Masonry Co. will handle projects on a sandstone bridge and the bathhouse at the former park pool, working to improve structures constructed nearly a century ago by the […]
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Middle Park pedestrian bridge would again link South, North Lake parks in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Residents may once again be able to walk from North Lake Park — through Middle Park — and into South Park in Mansfield. “That’s been one of the most asked-for parks things, to be honest with you,” Mayor Jodie Perry said Tuesday morning, “at least on Facebook. People asking about Middle Park and […]
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Open Source: Why is Maple Lake Park in Mansfield being used as staging area?
Question: The parking lot next to the basketball courts in Maple Lake Park in Mansfield has been used as staging areas for the gas company. Are they paying the City of Mansfield anything to use this park? It’s full of trucks, stones and other equipment. The parking lot is not useable by the public. MANSFIELD […]
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News Man Weekly: Shawshank, presidential campaign chaos and the Olympic Games
MANSFIELD — The sixth edition of the News Man Weekly Podcast has dropped. In Tuesday’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by Dan Smith from the Ohio State Reformatory Preservation Society and Jodie Snavely from Destination Mansfield-Richland County to talk about plans for the upcoming 30th anniversary celebration of The Shawshank Redemption […]
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Prospect Park in Mansfield site for ‘Official Shake Up’ event
MANSFIELD — City of Mansfield and Richland County officials joined in Friday afternoon at Prospect Park for “An Official Shake Up” lemonade event. David Kirst, owner and producer of Rominus James Productions, said he wanted the free event to help city residents meet trusted leaders in the community. It included fresh lemonade and pizza for […]
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Public-private partnerships shine as Mansfield celebrates Liberty Park rebirth
MANSFIELD — Obie Stillwell is still looking out for his hometown in Mansfield. The former Madison High School football star, who later walked on and lettered at Ohio State University, lives in Columbus. But the desire to help people back home still burns as bright as it did when he was an All-Ohio linebacker for […]
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Liberty Park re-dedication: A community celebration of parks and progress
MANSFIELD — It was clear when Louis Andres took over as public works director in Mansfield in January that improving city parks would be a focus for new Mayor Jodie Perry. After all, Andres began his 40-year career parks and recreation career in 1978 with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources as a park naturalist, including 22 […]
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News Man Weekly: Speed bumps, cannabis and Mansfield parks
MANSFIELD — The first episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped. In the first episode of the News Man Weekly podcast, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell sits down with City of Mansfield Public Works Director Louis Andres to talk about improvement in the city parks. Learn more about Andres and his background as a […]
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Gallery: Mansfield firefighters turn tools into fun sprinklers for kids at John Todd Park
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Parks & Recreation Department and the Mansfield Fire Department teamed up again Thursday to help local youngsters (and people of all ages) to cool off during a week of 90-degree temperatures. The event was at John Todd Park on Thursday, two days after a similar event was staged at Liberty Park, […]
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Operation Clean Sweep: Beautification effort day concludes with litter removal
MANSFIELD — The back of Kim Hildreth’s shirt late Tuesday afternoon explained her dedication to the City of Mansfield — along with that of all the volunteers she has motivated for nearly three decades. It’s a shirt she first wore in 1997 — the same year Hildreth helped launch “Operation Clean Sweep” in the city, […]