Around Charlestown

The Charlestown Historical Society was pleased to recently host Tim Morgan, the State Environmental Supervisor, who has worked at the site of the Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant for 37 years. The topic of his presentation was "An Inside Look at the Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant."

A "little" rain doesn't faze Charlestown. It rained on and off all morning and early afternoon Saturday, Aug. 3, as set up for the 21st Annual Charlestown Summer Festival and Cruise In was completed. Then, right on cue the rain stopped, the sun came out at 3 p.m. and the festival commenced as planned.

Charlestown Community Yard Sale Day will be Saturday, June 22, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Charlestown will observe Memorial Day on Sunday, May 26 with the annual parade and service at the cemetery.

What do you do when a once in a lifetime event is happening? You plan a party, right? That's exactly what I did! An eclipse party!

MaryAnn Nething contacted me recently with the news that she and her dog, Ike, are officially a therapy team in the WAGS program at University Hospitals Portage Medical Center.

Assistant Chief Don Hanna was recently honored at a ceremony held at the Charlestown Volunteer Fire Department. The ceremony marked his retirement after 45 years of service to the fire department. Approximately 40 people were in attendance to thank Hanna for his dedication to protecting the residents of Charlestown.