Randolph

The 167th Portage County Randolph Fair will be all day from Tuesday, Aug. 19 through Sunday, Aug. 24 at 4215 Fairground Rd. As usual, there will be animal shows, animal contests, animal auctions, a demolition derby, live bands, karaoke, scavenger hunts, workshops, truck and tractor pulls, and a wide variety of food concessions. For more information about the fair, visit randolphfair.com.

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The Randolph Township Trustees will be getting bids for the construction of a pavilion with picnic tables and restrooms at Old School Park.

Atwater

Atwater Fire Chief Jason Brock reported there were 43 total incidents for the month of June. Two of the fire department’s dual-certified members have begun coursework to become paramedics. Meanwhile, one of the fire department’s fire trucks will be at the Dollar General at 6693 Waterloo Rd. from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 9 for a “Stuff the Truck” event to collect school supplies for the upcoming Waterloo school year.

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The Portage County Prosecutor’s Office informed the Atwater Township Trustees that a new attorney, Heaven DiMartino, has been assigned to the township as its legal advisor.

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The township board of trustees approved the 2026 proposed budget as submitted by Fiscal Officer Emily Lashley after discussing various topics concerning rising costs for the township, expenditures, revenue and cost-saving measures.

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Township Chair Thora Green and Trustee Charlie Harris attended the recent Portage County Prosecuting Attorney’s Township Seminar. Topics included competitive bidding, lowest/best bid, public notices, zoning/civil fines and sunshine laws.

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Upcoming August events:
*6 – Atwater Zoning Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m. at Atwater Town Hall at 1219 State Route 183
*8 – Waterloo Local Schools “Midnight Madness,” 7 to 10:45 p.m. at Hamrick Field
*9 – “Stuff the Truck” event
*12 and 26 – Trustees meeting, 7 p.m. at Atwater Town Hall
*18 – Records Retention meeting, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Atwater Town Hall

Suffield

Suffield Township’s website, suffieldtownshipohio.com, is in the process of a reboot. The township is streamlining its services that will allow residents to go to the website and download a form if, for example, they need a zoning permit. Residents will be able to print the permit right off the website.

“That way,” township Chair Jeff Eldreth said, “you’ll be able to go to the building inspector knowing what you need instead of having to go to the office, sit down with the zoning inspector, get your stuff, fill it out and then go back. We’ll have more information on the website to try to streamline complaints, too, stuff like that. For example, for people who complain about the roads, their message will automatically go to our road supervisor; if somebody complains about zoning, it will go to our zoning guy. We’re just trying to clean it up.”

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Suffield’s annual Cruise-In on June 29 at Town Hall had a tremendous showing. There were several food trucks and music, too.

“Everybody had a great time,” Eldreth said. “We had more than 300 cars and probably 800-1,000 people there.”