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ASHTABULA - The Greater Ashtabula Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Kristy Vavpetic has accepted the position of Events and Marketing Coordinator and will begin on Feb. 19, 2019.

JEFFERSON - The Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce plans to host the Craft Maple and Beer Festival again in 2019, but there will be some changes, as the Chamber fine-tunes the details for the second annual event.

JEFFERSON - This year, there will be two chances to see the annual Jefferson Choir Cabaret, but you must buy your tickets in advance. This fundraiser will be held Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2, at 6 p.m.

HARPERSFIELD - The SPIRE Academy basketball team improved to 22-1 with a home win over the visiting Louisville Leopards.

JEFFERSON – Lights, cameras and plenty of action made its way into the Jefferson Depot on Friday, Feb. 15, as an array of local actors and reenactors, as well as a film crew from Beacon Productions, packed into the historic railroad station to begin filming scenes for an 1876 Ashtabula Train Disaster documentary that will later air through a PBS-sponsoring station of Erie, Pa.

JEFFERSON - The Brakes, a band with four Jefferson Area High School students, may not have won the Tri-C High School Rock Off at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, but the band certainly rocked the hall and its school last week.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - Before a textbook is opened, a Power Point lesson viewed or lab project initiated, juniors in A-Tech’s Small Animal Care Program tend to the turtles, rabbits, geckos, hedgehogs, gerbil and other critters in the kennel.

GENEVA – The Geneva Area City Schools district has introduced a new Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) program to administration and students, and success with the implementation has been immediate. Geneva Platt R. Spencer Elementary School and Geneva High School both have invented new incentive programs and workshops, all while transforming the expectations of students.

The Edgewood Warriors boys’ basketball team improved to 17-0 on the season with a home win against the visiting Liberty Leopards.

SAYBROOK – The Lakeside Dragons girls’ basketball team was able to improve to 6-11 on the year with an Ashtabula County win over the St. John Heralds.

JEFFERSON -  The Jefferson Flacons girls’ basketball team was able to pick up a 49-22 win over the Lakeview Bulldogs despite a slow start.

KINGSVILLE - Tickets are still available for the Ashtabula County Animal Protective League’s 6th annual Hairball Reverse Raffle fundraiser, to be held on Saturday, April 27.

PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP – Resident John Muzic of Coventry Drive posed a number of questions for the Board of Trustees at the Feb. 5 meeting.

CONCORD TOWNSHIP – Since the decision had been made to plan for two new fire stations, Administrator Andy Rose addressed the Board of Trustees Feb. 6 concerning how the stations could be funded.

LAKE COUNTY – Although there has been discussion at two Board of Commissioners meetings and a special press conference about seeking court permission to file an amicus brief for Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties, the issue was raised once again at the Feb. 7 meeting.

 WILLIAMSFIELD – While many people may take an interest in a craft posted online only to forget about it later, Williamsfield resident Centuree Stone has done the opposite by using a friend’s post on social media to inspire her in starting a small side-business she calls Centuree’s Crochet.(From Feb. 22 edition).

According to recent surveys and research from Home Furnishings Business, Furniture Today and HGTV, most of us consider our home very important to us. For many it is our biggest and most valuable asset, both financially and emotionally. (From Feb. 22 edition).

ANDOVER – In hopes of promoting an atmosphere of love and compassion towards others, PV Primary School second graders spent time throughout the month of February making kindness books that they could pass out to each other for Valentine’s Day this year.(From Feb. 22 edition).

ANDOVER - Ecology was the main topic of discussion at PV Primary School on Friday, Feb. 15 thanks to a visit from Central Columbus mobile science museum (COSI) as setup by Primary PTO once again this year. (From Feb. 22 edition).

 ANDOVER – In hopes of being better prepared when emergencies arise, volunteers from Andover Fire Department participated an extrication training during the evening on Sunday, Feb. 17 within the fire hall.(From Feb. 22 edition).

SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP - The Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirees’ Association has announced the passing of active Ashtabula Patrol Post Trooper Alison R. Holmgren, 38.

ASHTABULA - During the dates of Feb. 12-14, the Ashtabula Police Department conducted a multi-agency interdiction operation within the City of Ashtabula.

Several actors and reenactors dressed as reporters and townspeople getting ready to act out a scene for Beacon Productions’ filming of the documentary of Ashtabula Train Disaster of 1876 on Friday, Feb. 15, at the Jefferson Depot. For further information on the filming project, please check out next week’s Gazette Newspapers’ common section of Around Ashtabula County.

LAKE COUNTY – The Board of Commissioners passed a resolution Jan. 29 to ask Lake County Prosecutor Charles Coulson to seek a court’s permission to file an amicus brief for the county regarding a lawsuit in federal court which challenges the way the congressional districts were set in 2011.

PAINESVILLE – Youth ages 5 through 19 have a wonderful opportunity to participate in a special program every year—the Lake County 4-H.

PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP – Once again the Lake County Fair received numerous awards for advertising and marketing excellence at the Ohio Fair Managers Convention in Columbus, held Jan. 2 to 5.

MADISON VILLAGE – Speeding on Hyder Drive and elsewhere in the Village, and how to deal with it, was discussed by Council at the Feb. 4 council meeting.

PAINESVILLE – Legislation was proposed to amend an ordinance pertaining to conditional use permit requirements for inns at the Feb. 5 council meeting.

LAKE COUNTY – Official representatives of Lake, Ashtabula and Geauga counties gathered for a press conference Jan. 29 to explain their resolutions requesting amicus briefs to keep Congressional District 14 intact.

LAKE COUNTY - Ohio’s Acting Director of Agriculture Tim Derickson recently awarded Lake County Fair Board Member Joe Slansky with a special Ohio Director’s Award for Excellence and Innovation.

JEFFERSON - “The Brakes,” a band with four Jefferson Area High School students, has advanced to the Tri-C High School Rock Off Final Exam at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

JEFFERSON - Kallee Jodon, a seventh-grade student from Jefferson Area Junior High School, successfully spelled the word “ruefully” in the District Spelling Bee on Thursday, Feb. 7, at Jefferson Elementary School to win the contest.