MANSFIELD — A Skate Ohio pop-up skate park was a success five months ago in Maple Lake Park. Now the Mansfield-based organization — armed with a $12,000 donation and the cooperation of the City of Mansfield — plans to return with something more permanent on a portion of the tennis courts at the park along […]
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Mansfield seeks $500K in grants to convert Liberty Park bathhouse into pavilion
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield is seeking grants totaling $500,000 to restore the former Liberty Park Pool bathhouse into an open-air pavilion. Public Works Director Louis Andres told City Council on Tuesday evening the city has requested the funds from the Richland County Foundation and the Milliron Foundation. The project would restore and preserve […]
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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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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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Former Share ’N Dipity becomes Bakehouse at Maple Lake
MANSFIELD — Monica and Rick Badgley will open the Bakehouse at Maple Lake in the former Share ‘N Dipity starting Aug. 6.
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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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New playground equipment coming to Mansfield’s Maple Lake Park
MANSFIELD — New playground equipment is on tap for Maple Lark Park this year. The city’s Board of Control on Tuesday approved spending $73,477 with Midstates Recreation on new equipment for the park on Arlington Avenue on the city’s near west side. The money is in the city’s Parks & Recreation Department budget for 2024, […]