MANSFIELD — Due to water main repairs, the City of Mansfield has announced that it will be necessary to close sections of the following roads while work is being completed: Lind Avenue from Ohio Street to the dead end. Albert Avenue. The road has been closed and is expected to reopen by Aug. 10. Construction […]
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Mansfield Airport Day features dazzling drone show
MANSFIELD – Mansfield Lahm Airport Day soars into Mansfield again this year on Saturday, Aug. 5, with events taking place from 2:30 to 10:30 p.m. Showcasing the many updates and improvements at Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Airport Day features helicopter and airplane rides, a kids zone with inflatable, interactive and games for all ages, a […]
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Mansfield Police Dept. welcomes 2 new officers
MANSFIELD — Two new members joined the Mansfield Police Department Monday during a swearing-in ceremony in the City Council chambers. Joseph C. Sabo and Michael C. Nelson will begin their probationary officer duties and report to the North Central State Police Academy for basic peace officer training starting Aug. 21. Mansfield police Chief Keith Porch […]
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Trolley barn of the Mansfield Railway Light & Power Co.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — At one time in Mansfield’s history all the streetcar rails in town led to this site on East Fourth Street at Scott Street. The building in the old photo burned down some years ago but it was replaced by a structure that […]
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Trolley barn of the Mansfield Railway Light & Power Co.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — At one time in Mansfield’s history all the streetcar rails in town led to this site on East Fourth Street at Scott Street. The building in the old photo burned down some years ago but it was replaced by a structure that […]
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Louis Bromfield and The Farm
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. Throughout Mansfield’s long history there have been a great many artists whose works have focused on the city in one way or another. 1933 first edition of The Farm. This series of articles collects portraits of our town created in different decades by painters, […]
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Louis Bromfield and The Farm
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. Throughout Mansfield’s long history there have been a great many artists whose works have focused on the city in one way or another. 1933 first edition of The Farm. This series of articles collects portraits of our town created in different decades by painters, […]
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1899: Main St. at N. Park Street in Mansfield
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally appeared on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the photographer set up his tripod in the 1890s to capture this image of North Main Street, he was standing in the middle of a traffic lane and his equipment probably straddled a streetcar track. Capturing the same scene today entails […]
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1899: Main St. at N. Park Street in Mansfield
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally appeared on Richland Source in 2016. MANSFIELD — When the photographer set up his tripod in the 1890s to capture this image of North Main Street, he was standing in the middle of a traffic lane and his equipment probably straddled a streetcar track. Capturing the same scene today entails […]
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The life & afterlife of Davey Field
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. If you study baseball, and you study history, you begin to understand that both of these subjects are totally shaped and sustained by the same element of our existence: the element of time. Because there is no clock in baseball, it is easy […]