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Parks, Portage DD and mental health board levies passed by wide margins

- Rachel Abbey McCafferty

Voters easily passed the three county-wide levies on the ballot for Portage County residents.

Issue 29 was a 2.9-mill, 10-year renewal tax levy for the Portage County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

Issue 30 was a 1-mill, 10-year replacement tax levy for the Mental Health & Recovery Board.

And Issue 31 was a 1-mill, 10-year replacement and additional tax levy for the Portage Park District.

Issue 29, which combined two levies, passed 36,998 to 17,447. Issue 30 passed 34,220 to 21,312. And voters passed Issue 31 32,389 to 23,595.

(For more, click the links above, which will take you to a detailed Voters Guide article.)

Rachel Abbey McCafferty

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Historic Hiram farm to become community center

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A historic Hiram farmstead is in the process of being revitalized to create a community-oriented volunteer education center. The center will feature instruction on eco-friendly living and will include hands-on programs on topics like growing heirloom apples, nut trees and other fruit crops, as well as making apple cider.

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