MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a class action settlement against two of the companies whose products allegedly contaminated the soil near Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport. The settlement is part of a proposed agreement in the U.S. District Court of South Carolina between active public water systems and the two companies […]
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Mansfield lawmakers set limit at 3 for recreational cannabis dispensaries
MANSFIELD — Mansfield is open for business when it comes to recreational and medical cannabis dispensaries who want to locate here. City Council, which opened the door for recreational cannabis in June, on Tuesday evening repealed a ban on medical marijuana that previous lawmakers instituted in 2017. Ohio’s Division of Cannabis Control, created after the […]
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How long will Mansfield City Council last Tuesday? It depends on cannabis chat
MANSFIELD — The length of the Mansfield City Council meeting on Tuesday depends on how much more time lawmakers want to spend talking about recreational cannabis dispensaries. There is not a lot of other legislation on the agenda. It appears dispensaries will be approved here by the state, sooner rather than later. Mayor Jody Perry […]
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Richland County invests $2.27 million on county road resurfacing projects in 2024
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Engineer’s Office will spend $2.27 million to improve the conditions of county roads in 2024. Richland County commissioners on Tuesday awarded a $638,741 contract to Sarver Paving of Ashland to put new hot asphalt down on nearly five miles of county roads by the end of the summer. Those contracts […]
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20-duplex housing development approved for Mansfield’s south side
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council cleared the way Tuesday night for a 20-duplex housing development on the city’s south side. Local lawmakers approved rezoning 16.5 acres of the Brushwood Estates into a planned unit development classification. The area, west of South Main Street and north of Straub Road, had been zoned R-1, which only allowed […]
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Road closed: Richland County commissioners OK film-related request
MANSFIELD — The request was a first for Richland County Engineer Adam Gove. Can a county road be closed for a couple of days to assist in the creation of a new entertainment film by local director/producer/writer Gary Jones? “We didn’t really have any way to go about authorizing this, so we’ve come up with […]
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Adena plans second $13 million spec building near Mansfield Lahm Airport
MANSFIELD — Adena Corp. CEO Randy Payne is bullish on the future of Mansfield and Richland County. “I am a firm believer that we need to keep pushing forward with what we are doing to keep the momentum going. We need to have new stuff available,” he said Thursday. Payne made it clear he and […]
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179th Cyberspace Wing photojournalist joins family at White House Easter Egg Roll
MANSFIELD — As a military photojournalist for the Ohio Air National Guard and member of the 179th Cyberspace Wing in Mansfield, I have personally spent the past 18 years documenting so many military families emotions during deployment send-offs or coming home ceremonies along with the incredible support of our Military & Family Readiness Program. Every […]
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Jodie Perry on Mansfield: ‘This city — our city — is on the rise’
MANSFIELD — Jodie Perry focused on growth, infrastructure and public safety when she campaigned to become Mansfield’s new mayor in 2023. So it came as no shock the city’s new CEO focused her first “State of the City” thoughts on those three topics. It may have come as more of a surprise that Perry, who […]
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Mansfield Board of Control OKs $166,125 on aerial mapping needed for GIS system
MANSFIELD — Bob Bianchi said Tuesday his office uses city-wide aerial imaging 50 times every day. “Somebody in our office is probably using it right now and I am not exaggerating,” the City of Mansfield engineer said after the Board of Control approved spending $166,125 on a contract with Woolpert Inc. from Columbus to remap […]