Battaglia Gets 2 Years in Prison for Role in Scheffield Murder
Gina Battaglia, 32, was sentenced to two years in prison Friday afternoon after pleading guilty in January to two third-degree felonies for her role in the murder of Randy Scheffield in 2011. Before...
View ArticleKenston to Pick Builders for Stadium, Transportation Garage
The Kenston Schools Board of Education plans to vote Monday to award construction contracts for a new football stadium and transportation garage, but until then, board members are reviewing possible...
View ArticleJFS Offers Summer Camp and Enrichment Program
Geauga County Job and Family Service’s Summer Camp and Enrichment Program provides foster children and low-income children in Geauga County an opportunity to enjoy a summer camp or enrichment activity....
View ArticleNewbury Residents Ask BOE For More Info on Consolidation
Newbury Schools Board of Education members and administration told two district residents they couldn’t answer their questions about the proposed school consolidation because they don’t have reliable...
View ArticleParkman Township Seeks New Fire Chief
For the second time in less than six months, Parkman Township Trustees need to replace a department head following decades of service. In August, longtime Road Superintendent Tom Evers was killed when...
View ArticleIt’s Pancake Time
American Legion Post 459 Atwood-Mauck American Legion Post 459 is serving all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfasts March 13 and 20, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at 14052 Goodwin St. in Burton. Call...
View ArticleDiscover Fun in the Sun at Gilmour Summer Camp
With more than 20 new offerings, including web design, entrepreneurship, leadership, fly fishing, CSI Gilmour and more, Gilmour Academy’s summer camps have something for everyone. Camps will be offered...
View ArticleChagrin Falls Schools
Photograph Featured as Canadian Stamp Chagrin Falls High School student Natalie Krill had her photograph selected as the stamp to commemorate the 32nd annual Seguin Sled Dog Mail Run in Ontario,...
View ArticleUnplug this Summer at Red Barn and Chincapin Camps
Research shows that, in today’s fast-paced, high-tech world, it’s more important than ever for children to unplug and connect to nature. But when it feels like every place they go is hooked up to some...
View ArticleDoctors Chime in on Woman’s Holistic Approach to Cancer
(This is the second article of a two-part series. The first segment, titled “Overcoming the Cancer Odds: A Chester Woman’s Holistic Journey to Health” appeared in the March 3 edition of the Geauga...
View ArticleTwo Challenge Incumbent Commissioner in GOP Primary
City of Chardon Mayor Nancy McArthur and former Burton Village Mayor Nicholas Fischbach are seeking to unseat incumbent Geauga County Commissioner Ralph Spidalieri in the March 15 Republican primary...
View ArticleChardon Fires Accounting Clerk for Fraudulent Activity
A City of Chardon accounting clerk has been fired for alleged fraudulent activity following an inspection of city financial records. Chardon Police Chief Scott Niehus said on March 11 police had...
View ArticleGeauga-Trumbull Solid Waste District Launches 2016 Great American Cleanup
Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District has announced the launch of the 2016 Great American Cleanup. Entering its 27th year, the Great American Cleanup is the country’s largest community...
View ArticleBras For a Cause Decorating Competition Opens at UH Geauga Medical Center
University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center will hold its fifth annual Bras For a Cause “Decorate a Bra Contest” to raise money for the hospital’s cancer programs, instill hope and support, and promote...
View ArticleLegals 3-17-16
TAX FORECLOSURE SALES NOTICE OF SALE UNDER JUDGEMENT OF FORECLOSURE OF LIENS FOR DELINQUENT LAND TAX Revised Code, Sec. 5721.19.1 Case No. 15-F-000067 CHRISTOPHER P. HITCHCOCK, TREASURER OF GEAUGA...
View ArticleWest Geauga BOE OKs Grade Leveling Elementaries
It probably wasn’t the vote a majority of parents attending the March 14 West Geauga Schools Board of Education meeting ultimately wanted, but board members voted 3-2 to postpone grade leveling until...
View ArticlePaschke Wins GOP Primary For Common Pleas Court
Carolyn J. Paschke defeated her Republican challengers for a seat on the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, commencing Jan. 1, 2017. With 100 percent of the vote counted, Paschke won the right to...
View ArticleChester Township
The Chester Township Board of Trustees held a special public meeting with township department heads on March 3 at 4:30 p.m. The purpose of this meeting was to review each department budget, including...
View ArticleRoad and Police Levies Pass Muster in Chester, Bainbridge
Voters who were reluctant to pay more property taxes in the past several elections in Chester and Bainbridge townships dug deep and approved them in the March 15 primary, according to unofficial...
View ArticleMiddlefield Council Votes No Pay Raise for Members, Mayor
Middlefield Village Mayor Ben Garlich and council members will not receive a cost of living pay increase in 2016 after council voted March 10 to waive the annual increase. “We did not give the increase...
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