Township resident Paul Moore is challenging Trustee John Festa for the position of Mantua Township trustee in the November 2023 race.
Pending guidance from legal council, Mantua Township trustees voted to reopen the township civic center and gym annex for rentals. Trustees established a tentative fee schedule for renting the annex, pledging to set definite prices at their May 20 meeting.
Two council members resigned this month from Mantua Village Council following two unrelated incidents, and one of them has already been replaced.
According to a recent survey of Portage County by Flat Wireless, there are 2,135 houses with 6,142 people underserved or unserved by broadband internet service providers (ISPs). The bulk of these are in the rural portions of eastern and northeastern Portage County. Broadband Now, an independent ISP watchdog based in Los Angeles, estimates 12% of Ohioans do not have high enough speeds.
Forget winter rests and hibernation. Staff at the Portage Park District are busy planning and preparing for several new projects.
Oros also offered information relative to the public meeting held Jan. 16 on the topic of the resolution proposing pool fence requirements be lowered from 6 feet to 4 feet.
Mantua Village Council Member Scott Weaver has been charged with menacing, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, after a verbal exchange with a village resident during a Nov. 7 council workshop.
The Village of Mantua will pay $190 per hour to attorney Dean DePiero for his services investigating allegations against the Mantua police chief and an officer.
A section of Mantua’s historic Main Street commercial district will soon be officially "blighted." Under new legislation the village council is considering, a section of the downtown would receive the designation and become eligible for Ohio’s Target of Opportunity Grant Programs. Property owners could unlock funding to repair and rehabilitate their buildings.
Mantua Township is getting a $2.2 million roundabout at state Route 82 and Chamberlain Road to improve safety at one of the most dangerous rural intersections in the state of Ohio.
The Village of Hiram is considering installing traffic cameras for speeding vehicles. The chief of the Hiram Police Department is looking to other communities that have these cameras to see how they are working.
The meeting was very well attended by the public, and several residents wanted time to address the council. Each was limited to five minutes, and each resident spoke about the same topic: the ongoing investigation of the relationship between Chief Urso and Patrol Officer Brothers.