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Reaching the GoalIn just two months, NDCL has received gifts and pledges of more than $530,000 toward our $1 million goal to transform our library into a state-of-the-art Learning Commons. The school...
View ArticleLive Transmission Lines Power Some, Burn Others
Regardless of whether eastern Geauga County residents consider installation of FirstEnergy Corp.’s new high-tension wires a win, loss or draw, the power is on. Since the project was given the green...
View ArticleThompson Woman Indicted for Manslaughter
A Thompson Township woman has been indicted for voluntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of her husband following an apparent domestic dispute last October. A Geauga County grand...
View ArticleLocal Barber Cuts Loose in Retirement After 50 Years
In early 1964, Lyndon Baines Johnson was president of the United States. A British band, The Beatles, was a month away from appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show. The Cleveland Browns football team would...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office Busts Three Heroin Dealers
The H-word reared its head again Wednesday for Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland. No, not hell, but rather, heroin. McClelland discussed two cases involving heroin in the county, which has been a...
View ArticleHambden Man Pleads Guilty to Cooking Meth at Home
Peter Mancuso earned an associates degree in the culinary arts. But it was illegal cooking that will send him to prison for at least three years and maybe more. The 36-year-old Hambden Township man...
View ArticleDeputies Get Pies in the Face for United Way Cause
Three Geauga County Sheriff’s Office deputies got a hefty taste of pie filling Wednesday with some crust on the side. The deputies — Lt. Aaron Graley, Lt. Gary Gribbons and Sgt. Gerald Farrow — had...
View ArticleGriefenstein Pleads Not Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Former Thompson Township resident Rita Griefenstein, 67, pleaded not guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter in her arraignment Friday morning in front of Common Pleas Court Judge David L. Fuhry....
View ArticleChardon BOE Restores Cut Programs
Chardon Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to restore approximately $580,000 in academic programs at the elementary and high school levels during Monday night’s board meeting. The...
View ArticleBerkshire Residents Speak Out Against Consolidation
Berkshire Schools Board of Education President John Manfredi and Superintendent Doug DeLong reassured about 50 district residents that consolidation was “not a done deal” with Newbury Schools to the...
View ArticleAnother Try at Competitive Balance
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is charged with regulating the state’s interscholastic sports competition, but its latest competitive balance referendum on the table seems to say to students,...
View ArticleTigers Win 21
It was hard to know exactly what Chagrin Falls would have this year when they began their varsity season four months ago. There was little experience, new faces and the yearly wonder of how the...
View ArticleWrestling Mayhem
Some words commonly associated with the word Mayhem include: chaos, havoc and confusion. After spending an hour hanging out with the wrestlers and coaches at the Mayhem Wrestling Club in Chesterland,...
View ArticleBlack, Orange and — Green?
If the Newbury Black Knights baseball team had to add a color to its black and orange uniforms this season, it would be green. Green as in inexperience, as the 13-man program has nine players who...
View ArticleFROM THE SIDELINES: SAM BARNHART
Sam Barnhart hopes it’s not an inconvenience, but he does not use Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat or anything similar. The junior Newbury baseball player is a member of this year’s Leadership Geauga Youth...
View ArticleSport Shorts for March 13, 2014
Tigers Need Volleyball Coach The Chagrin Falls Tigers are hiring a head volleyball coach. There are some teaching positions available. Please send a letter of interest and resume to Charlie Barch,...
View ArticleOpen Enrollment Saga Continues at West G
West Geauga Schools Board of Education continued to hear comments from the public about hot topics March 10 during its informational work shop meeting on health care staffing. During a segment reserved...
View ArticleGeauga County Recognized for Excellence in Financial Reporting
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded Geauga County a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its comprehensive...
View ArticleHeating Assistance Available to Eligible Geauga County Residents
Geauga County Job and Family Services would like to remind Geauga County residents that there are several programs available to help low-income individuals and families needing assistance with the cost...
View ArticleLetters to Editor
Dear Commissioners: I am writing in my capacity as Geauga County probate judge to express to you the ongoing value of the Geauga County senior centers, including the West Geauga Senior Center at...
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