Shelby City Council approved plans and specifications for the 2024 street paving project Monday. Bids for the project will be opened March 20.
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Mansfield City Council may pay another $282,047 to clean up former YMCA site
MANSFIELD — The former YMCA property is returning to Mansfield City Council. Local lawmakers are expected to discuss a request from Mayor Jodie Perry to appropriate $282,047 from the city’s PRIDE fund to help the Richland County Land Bank cover costs associated with a building demolition initially completed five years ago. The legislation is not […]
Wayfinders hires Crestview grad Parsons as executive director
MANSFIELD — The Wayfinders Ohio board approved Crestview native Miles Parsons as its new executive director on Feb. 8.
Open Source: What is going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West?
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: What’s going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West? There is orange construction fencing around the site. […]
Gallery: Work underway to remove debris buried when former YMCA torn down
Photos taken this week as workers from Advanced Demolition in McComb, Ohio, began the work of removing “hard fill” that was buried when the former YMCA along Park Avenue West was razed five years ago.
Dry up, would ya? Westinghouse site demo/cleanup still slowed by water issues
MANSFIELD — The former Westinghouse site on the city’s east side is not going away without a fight. More than a year since demolition began at the former industrial site, and nearly a year since the Westinghouse “A” building on East Fifth Street was felled, efforts continue to dig up, bust up and clean up […]
Historical sadness: ‘Daisy Thomas House’ on Wood Street demolished in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — A significant building in the history of African-American residents in Richland County has been reduced to a pile of bricks. Demolition of the “Daisy Thomas House” at 89 Wood St. began Thursday and continued Friday morning under cloudy skies and a persistent rain. The historic brick building is said to be the first […]
Richland County Land Bank offices may get complete remodel in 2024
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank, born in 2012, may soon have a remodeled home. The quasi-public land reutilization corporation calls the lowest level of the Richland County Courthouse home in a space not largely different than when it was home to administrative offices for the sheriff’s department. Richland County commissioners on Thursday are […]
Open Source: Has Napoli’s Pizza repaid City of Shelby for demolition?
It’s been more than eight years since the former Napoli’s Pizza building on West Main Street was demolished due to structural failure.
Richland County Land Bank board honors Burton, Theaker for decade of service
MANSFIELD — Attorney Jon Burton won’t have to attend Richland County Land Bank board meetings any more. His decade of service as legal counsel for the 11-year-old organization came to an end Wednesday when the board met for the last time in 2023. But his name will live on. Literally. Board chair Bart Hamilton, the […]