MANSFIELD — Tim Bowersock left his economic development job with the City of the Mansfield the same way he started. Helping to create local jobs. Bowersock, who officially retired last week, attended Mansfield City Council’s meeting on Wednesday to explain a pair of Community Reinvestment Area agreements on two projects near Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport. […]
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Closed for remodeling: Mansfield City Council moves one floor down for meetings
MANSFIELD — Don’t come to council chambers Tuesday if you want to attend the Mansfield City Council meeting. Because it won’t be on Tuesday, since City Council doesn’t meet on Election Day, opting instead to meet on Wednesdays that week. And it also won’t be in council chambers. A long-anticipated remodeling of council chambers by […]
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Former police captain Shari Robertson sworn in as Mansfield’s new councilwoman
MANSFIELD — Shari Robertson, who was appointed to complete Stephanie Zader’s term, was sworn in as at-large councilwoman Tuesday.
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Grace Episcopal Church seeks city council support for $1 million upgraded pantry
MANSFIELD — Grace Episcopal church pantry volunteers and Rev. Daniel Orr requested city ARPA funds to support a food bank renovation.
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Law enforcer to lawmaker: Shari Robertson joining Mansfield City Council
MANSFIELD — Shari Robertson stood in Mansfield City Council chambers two years ago to thank lawmakers for their support of her 28-year law enforcement career. The retired Mansfield Police Department captain will return to those chambers on Tuesday as a member of that nine-member legislative body. Robertson was elected Thursday by the 11-member Mansfield Republican […]
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Mansfield moves ahead with $2.3 million in ARPA for parks & infrastructure
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry offered Mansfield City Council a couple of meetings to consider her plans to spend $2,295,000 in American Rescue Plan Act dollars — most of it related to improvements in and around parks. But with the clock ticking on the end-of-year ARPA deadlines, lawmakers chose not to wait Tuesday night, opting […]
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News Man Weekly: Facebook was wrong, drones in the sky & karate expert Reneta Music
MANSFIELD — The 15th episode of the free News Man Weekly Podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by Reneta Music of the Music Academy of Karate and Empowerment in downtown Mansfield. Music, a long-time local karate instructor, is the founder/owner/executive director and chief hanshi at the […]
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Mansfield City Council to consider $2.2 million investment in parks, infrastructure
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry on Tuesday will lay out plans how she believes the city should spend $2.2 million of the city’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds. The projects cross a wide range, including $1.2 million sought for improvements related to the city’s parks, according to proposed legislation. The projects outlined are: — […]
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Mansfield lawmakers OK airport pollution settlement deal after closed-door session
MANSFIELD — Answers offered behind closed doors Tuesday night were enough to satisfy Mansfield City Council members. Local lawmakers approved the city’s participation in a class-action settlement against two of the companies whose products allegedly contaminated the soil near Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport. The class action lawsuit settlement is part of a proposed agreement in the […]
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Zader exits Mansfield City Council with message: ‘It’s not about party. It’s about people’
MANSFIELD — Stephanie Zader opted not to pull any punches on her way out the door Tuesday night. The outgoing At-large member of Mansfield City Council, who announced in August she was stepping down at the end of September, said her work during her three years in office was about the people. “It’s not about […]