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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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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Gallery: Mansfield firefighters turn tools into fun sprinklers for kids at John Todd Park
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Parks & Recreation Department and the Mansfield Fire Department teamed up again Thursday to help local youngsters (and people of all ages) to cool off during a week of 90-degree temperatures. The event was at John Todd Park on Thursday, two days after a similar event was staged at Liberty Park, […]
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Mansfield mayor goes to social media to discuss future of public swimming pool
MANSFIELD — Temperatures are soaring in the city this week with highs expected in the 90s every day through Saturday. Yet the City of Mansfield has no swimming pool in which residents can cool off in again in 2024. This marks the third summer in a row that a city of 48,000 residents will be […]
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New playground equipment headed to Prospect Park in Mansfield for $67,740
MANSFIELD — Another city park is getting new playground equipment in Mansfield. The city’s Board of Control on Tuesday voted to spend $67,740 to buy the equipment from Midstates Recreation for Prospect Park on the city’s southeast side at 542 Marquis Ave. The decision comes a month after the same board approved $73,477 with the […]
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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, […]
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Community members launch sled library at Liberty Park
MANSFIELD — Nine-year-old Paul Crego shrieked with delight as his red sled slid down the hill at Liberty Park. Unbothered by the frigid temperatures, he rode to the bottom and hiked back up. After a few trips down he hill, he walked over to the simple gray rack underneath the tree, swapping the red rider […]
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Many roles, one job: Remy said his task was to ‘keep city inside the guardrails’
MANSFIELD — David Remy had many different roles during his 31 years of work with the City of Mansfield. Law Director. Public Works Director. Human Resources Director. Safety Service Director. Many jobs. One goal. “My whole job during that time, as I looked at it from a legal background, as a legally trained person, was […]
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Skaters create their own park in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — B.J. Price was prepared to make an impassioned argument when he arrived at the Liberty Park tennis courts Friday afternoon. But the resistance he was anticipating wasn’t there. The meeting with Mansfield Parks Director Mark Abrams lasted less than 10 minutes. At the end, there was an agreement between the Mansfield Parks Department […]
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Mansfield City Parks back on agenda at public meeting Aug. 31
MANSFIELD — The future of Mansfield’s city parks will again be in the spotlight at a public meeting. Mayor Tim Theaker and Parks & Recreation Supt. Mark Abrams on Friday announced a meeting for public discussion is scheduled Aug. 31 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting was announced via email. It’s the second public session scheduled […]