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CONNEAUT – Retirement won’t be easy for Ron and Arlene Ross.

CONNEAUT  - The Conneaut Rotary Club wants to help Conneaut Township Park Board of Commissioners with its massive boardwalk replacement project, but would also like a favor of its own.

ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP – Touring Braden Middle School at the start rather than the end of the evening was slightly out-of-order at a community meeting convened to garner support for new, or enhanced, buildings in the Buckeye Local Schools District.

The Pymatuning Valley Lakers girls basketball team picked up a late season win over the host Conneaut Spartans on Saturday, Feb. 15. Kendall Baker went over 1,000 points in her career for the Lakers in the win. The Lakers and Spartans played a close first half until Pymatuning Valley put up 29 points in the third quarter.

The Grand River Academy Eagles played the Saint Martin De Porres Lions for the Lake Effect Championship on Friday, Feb. 14 at SPIRE.

JEFFERSON - At the end of January, the Federal Communications Commission took what a press release described as “its single biggest step to date to close the digital divide by establishing the new Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to efficiently fund the deployment of high-speed broadband networks in rural America.”

Building partnerships is important not only locally but statewide and nationally as well. The impact of partnerships at the state and national level can be felt here at the local level.

JEFFERSON - The Ashtabula County commissioners have made trips to Columbus in recent weeks, with Commissioner Casey Kozlowski having the opportunity to meet with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine earlier this month.

ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP - Edgewood High School students were recently recognized by Ashtabula Job & Family Services for their work in updating the videos promoting services provided by the Ashtabula County Senior Services levy.

COLUMBUS - The Ohio News Media Association honored Gazette Newspapers with seven awards during its annual convention on Thursday, Feb. 6, in Columbus.

ASHTABULA - Cars and people were turned away at the Elks Lodge in Ashtabula for the presentation of a film featuring the history of the Great American Train Tragedy in Ashtabula when the parking area and building met their capacity last Tuesday.

GENEVA ON THE LAKE – A big crowd gathered at Geneva on the Lake Village Hall to discuss land damage caused by erosion at Geneva Township Park and the upcoming park levy voters will make a decision on in less than a month.

SAN DIEGO - Littoral combat ships were first introduced more than a decade ago to the naval fleet to increase forward presence and complete diverse missions. Petty Officer 1st Class Jacob Carothers, an engineman responsible for working on the diesel engines aboard the ship, is one of the sailors serving aboard USS Freedom, homeported in San Diego.

SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP - On Saturday, Feb. 15, Lakeside High School opened its doors for Black History Youth Day.

JEFFERSON - For the second year in a row, Jefferson Area High School has been recognized by Ohio’s State Board of Education with its Momentum Award.

PAINESVILLE – It took nearly 100 years, but women were finally granted the right to vote with passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Aug. 18, 1920.

LAKE COUNTY – The Board of Commissioners approved the 2020 permanent appropriations for the general fund and funds outside the general fund at the Feb. 6 meeting.

PAINESVILLE - Child Support Administrator Cheryl Baibak gave a summary of services her division provides to the community at the Feb. 6 Board of Commissioners meeting.

PAINESVILLE – City Manager Monica Irelan Dupee stated at the Feb. 3 council meeting that Lake County was sharing the proceeds it received from local casinos with its communities through Lake County Road Improvement and Economic Development Grants.

CONCORD TOWNSHIP – The bond issue on the November 2019 ballot, which was to pay for a new fire station, failed when more than 65 percent voted against it. The Board of Trustees and the administrator stated at the Feb. 2 trustees meeting they will work with interested residents on a new plan and financing.

CONCORD TOWNSHIP – The Board of Trustees agreed with the recommendations of the Lake County Planning Commission and the Concord Township Zoning Commission and voted against rezoning property on Prouty Road at the Feb. 3 trustees meeting.

 CHERRY VALLEY – Information regarding grants they are eligible for through NOPEC, maintenance bids, along with upcoming events were some of the topics covered by Cherry Valley Township trustees on Thursday, Feb. 13, during their monthly meeting within the town hall.(From Feb. 21 edition).

ANDOVER – Three farms from Centerra Co-Op of Andover took home awards on Saturday, Feb. 1, at a 2019 state-wide contest in Columbus as organized by Bayer Seed Chemical Company, who each year offers a local yield competition involving soybean and corn yields as sponsored by Asgrow and Dekalb companies. (From Feb.21 edition).

ANDOVER – Therapeutic Solutions has a lot to be proud of at its location of 10 Public Square as the Pymatuning Area Chamber’s Spotlight Business of the Month (along with Centerra Co-Op). (From Feb. 21 edition).

PIERPONT – The swearing-in of a new fiscal officer, discussion on road conditions, grants and future plans for the area were some of the topics discussed on Tuesday, Feb. 22, during Pierpont Township trustees’ monthly meeting at the township hall.(From Feb. 21 edition).

ANDOVER – Direct descendant of the famous Patrick Henry, Patrick Henry Jolly, visited Pymatuning Valley High School on Friday, Feb. 14, representing the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution thanks to a grant Andover Public Library was issued in partnership with the Daughters of American Revolution.(From Feb. 21 edition).

The filming continues for the documentary, “Engineering Tragedy, the 1876 Ashtabula, Ohio Train Disaster,” and this time it took the crew out of state to Lancaster, Pa.

LAKE / GEAUGA / CUYAHOGA COUNTIES – Due to the coordinated efforts of Lake County Sheriff’s detectives, the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office, Willoughby Police Department and the Euclid Police Department, a suspect in numerous armed robberies was apprehended at his Euclid home Wednesday, Jan. 29.

LAKE COUNTY – The schedule for the county’s special collections this year has been released, county Sanitary Engineer Randy Rothlisberger stated at the Jan. 30 Lake County Board of Commissioners meeting.

PAINESVILLE – It took nearly 100 years, but women were finally granted the right to vote with passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Aug. 18, 1920.

PAINESVILLE – Lake Erie College’s long history, dating back to the mid-1800s, also has a strong connection to the Women’s Suffrage Movement which took nearly a century before the passage of the 19th Amendment on Aug. 20, 1920.

MIDDLEFIELD – Community members and leaders gathered for an informational session and think tank regarding domestic abuse awareness on Monday, Feb. 10, at 10 a.m. at the Geauga County Library – Middlefield Branch.