MANSFIELD — Temperatures outside Tuesday evening dipping below zero offered a perfect time to contemplate a sunny, summer afternoon in the park. That was seemingly the case during a Mansfield City Council meeting which included a presentation from Parks & Recreation Supt. Mark Abrams. Public Works Director Louis Andres uses council meetings to have his […]
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Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry: ‘I remain bullish on the future of this community’
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry marks the end of her first year in office at midnight on Tuesday as 2024 comes to an end. Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell recently sat down for a conversation with the mayor in her office to talk about her first year as an elected official — the wins, […]
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Bringing life back to Cyclops: Oasis of Love Church takes lead in restoring Mansfield park
MANSFIELD — Raymond Cochran Jr. believes churches must take their ministry efforts beyond the walls of their buildings. That’s why the senior pastor of the Oasis of Love Church was standing Thursday afternoon on a warm, late-summer day next to a dusty ball diamond at Cyclops Field on the city’s north side. He and Louis […]
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Lexington officials christen new pickleball courts
LEXINGTON — The pickleball craze has arrived at Bicentennial Park. Village officials, including members of the park board, gathered for a brief ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday to celebrate one of the newest upgrades to the Lexington parks system: three new pickleball courts and a basketball court. “I’ve gotten texts from people (saying) how happy they are […]
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Mansfield City Council approves finance office staffing changes
MANSFIELD — Kelly Blankenship said Tuesday she has ideas for what the Mansfield Finance Director’s office can do. Now that City Council has blessed her sweeping reconfiguration of the office staff, the newly elected city financial leader is ready to move forward with those ideas. It’s not her first time in the finance director’s position, […]