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Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Despite public controversy, Brimfield Township Trustee Nic Coia on Aug. 6 swore in the township’s new fiscal officer: Jasmine Golden.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Jasmine Golden, Brimfield Township’s intended fiscal officer, has faced headwinds after township trustees learned she had been found fiscally liable in two related cases filed in Portage County Common Pleas Court. 

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

The Paris Township Trustees are in the process of looking into joining a possible combined fire district that would include Charlestown, Palmyra, Deerfield and Edinburg.

I recently received our monthly “AARP Bulletin” and, as always, it was filled with a wealth of information on the national perspective on aging. One of the articles caught my attention, and I decided to bring it back to our local concerns and reality.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

In 2018, Kitrael Chin was contacted by a music group for those with special needs based in St. Petersburg, Russia. The group, named Sunny Notes, wanted Hearts for Music – the Mantua-based orchestra for people with special needs that Chin founded – to play for them, and vice versa. Chin liked the idea.

The joys of summer, walks in the woods, trips to the park, camping, but wait— what are those plants? And now I have an itchy rash! Poison ivy, poison sumac and poison oak: these are three of the common poisonous plants which can cause rashes when we encounter them in the woods and at home.

O’Malia announced that a resident entrepreneur is opening a combination barbershop and tattoo studio. “We have been without the services of a traditional barber for some time,” he said. 

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

A public school math and business teacher for seven years, Cleveland-area native Fred Ode freely admits he became “disillusioned.”

Coincidence or a miracle? You can decide for yourself. I was fascinated by a short post on Facebook that had a Brimfield connection, so I asked Kim Davis, the person who posted it, for more of the story. She was happy to share. It seems that she and her husband, Mark, were visiting their son, Jerry. In her words:

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

The new owners of Laziza have added unique and approachable items to an already popular menu, like a Mediterranean Chicken Sandwich with harissa oleo, and they’ve started serving Sunday brunch, twisting familiar favorites into modern Mediterranean recipes.

A fundraising dinner for the Mantua Restoration Society will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8 in the Mantua Center School gymnasium at 11741 Mantua Center Rd. in Mantua Township.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Reeling from the federal government’s decision to claw back already-approved funding, public broadcasting stations are left to find money.

I finally found time in my schedule to do some weedeating in our one-acre yard. I weedate? weedeated? weed-whacked? OK, trimmed for over an hour and still only did about half the yard. I tanked two arms, two cold refreshing beverages and two batteries in the process.