MANSFIELD — Family Life Counseling hosted an event last week at the Gazebo on the square in Mansfield in recognition of Mental Health Awareness month. The theme was “Next Generation Mental Health-taking Mental Health Services to where they are needed.
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Mansfield honors Memorial Day 2024 with parade, Central Park ceremony
MANSFIELD — Mansfield observed Memorial Day on Monday with a parade through downtown that ended at Central Park. Once it arrived, a program honored the men and women who have died while serving in the U.S. military. Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day originated in the years after the U.S. Civil War and became […]
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He was not the ‘Weakest Link:’ Mansfield native Benji Cates wins $62K on NBC game show
Cates’ victory prompted swarms of messages from friends and family — an added bonus for the elementary school music teacher.
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Century-old culvert replaced in downtown Mansfield with $4.2 million project
MANSFIELD — New blacktop covers the important part of a $4.2 million public works project recently completed on East Third Street in downtown Mansfield. The year-long effort replaced or rehabilitated about 1,700 feet of failing, century-old box culvert from just east of the city’s Central Fire Station at 140 E. Third St. and runs east […]
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Ready for a musical summer? AFM Local 159 has lengthy list of free concerts
MANSFIELD — The American Federation of Musicians Local 159 in Mansfield has announced its 2024 Summer “Music in the Parks” schedule of free concerts. “This summer’s concerts will offer everything from a 52-member concert band to a four-piece country band, according to MITP coordinator Steve Brown.
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Mansfield lawmakers get update during adult-use cannabis webinar Monday
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council Clerk Delaine Weiner provided the munchies Monday at noon, perhaps fitting as local lawmakers learned more about the implementation of an adult-use marijuana law in Ohio. Chips, dip and cookies flowed as freely as information during a webinar in council chambers, a 90-minute lunchtime event sponsored by the Ohio Municipal […]
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Gallery: Opa! Greek Festival in Mansfield delights with gyros, tasty treats and more
MANSFIELD — Posted below are photos and a video from the annual Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival on Saturday morning at 265 W. Third St. in Mansfield. The two-day event, which began Friday, continues until Saturday at 10 p.m.
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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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Madison grad to appear Tuesday on NBC’s ‘Weakest Link’
Benji Cates, a 2009 Madison High School graduate, will appear on NBC’s television game show “Weakest Link” Tuesday at 9 p.m.
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Open Source: $24-25 million project for senior living moving ahead in Mansfield
OPEN SOURCE — We published this story in response to a reader question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. QUESTION: A few months ago a very detailed release was published announcing a new retirement facility to be built on Cline […]