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CONNEAUT - The Conneaut Spartans baseball team picked up their third win of the season on Monday, April 8th against Northwestern.

JEFFERSON - J-Town Café is looking to have a grand opening soon in the building that once held Aunt Neen’s Deli and Bakery. Dr. Pamela Lancaster, county coroner and family physician, is looking forward to her new business and working with her manager, Jackie Burnett Daugherty.

JEFFERSON - It’s coming.

ASHTABULA - Members of Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County came together for their membership meeting on Wednesday, April 10, at Briquettes.

ANDOVER – The Andover Bank branches of Andover, Ashtabula, Austinburg, Conneaut, Geneva, Jefferson, Madison, as well as Edinboro, Pa., Albion, Pa. and Millcreek, Pa., plus their investors, represented themselves on Thursday, April 11, within Andover Christian Church for Andover Bank’s 134th shareholders meeting this year.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - College or career? Many high-school seniors will choose one of these paths in the coming months. But for two seniors at the Ashtabula County Technical & Career Campus (A-Tech), they’re getting the best of both through the prestigious Caterpillar ThinkBIG program.

JEFFERSON - Four teams of Jefferson Area High School students competed at the Ohio Academy of Science’s District 15 Lake to River District Science Fair hosted by Youngstown State University on Saturday, March 23.

JEFFERSON - A Jefferson Area High School student involved in Model UN and more was named as the Youth of the Year by the Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, April 16, during its annual banquet.

ASHTABULA – The Jefferson Falcons baseball team evened their record at 5-5 on the year with a non-conference win over the Edgewood Warriors.

GENEVA - The Geneva Eagles tennis team dropped their first match of the season against the visiting Orange Lions.

ASHTABULA – Avery Nank, 14, and Amaris LaSalle, 15, will be attending Hubbard Street Dance in Chicago this summer after auditioning with 700 other dance students from across the globe.

Hello, Ashtabula County! This week I wanted to take a moment to speak about efforts currently underway in Columbus to advocate for issues that are important to our county.

ASHTABULA - As people read the news that Petmin USA Inc.’s planned pig-iron plant in the City of Ashtabula is expected to create 110 full-time positions, generating $6.6 million in new annual payroll, and that an estimated minimum of 500 construction workers will be required for the project, they wonder how they can get involved in those job and construction opportunities.

ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP - An Ashtabula County native has taken his passion for music to another level, as he makes custom guitars.

MADISON VILLAGE – The main crosswalk on Main Street in Madison Village, near Cornerstone Brewing Company, has received more attention lately. 

PAINESVILLE – David Polakowski, executive director of Downtown Painesville Organization, let Council know the organization was doing its part to promote the city and help the economy in his annual report at the April 1 council meeting.

PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP – The Board of Trustees passed a resolution to update the regulations regarding parking on Township roads at the April 2 meeting.

LAKE COUNTY – Officials in support of keeping the Perry and Davis-Besse nuclear plants in operation have not given up their efforts.

PERRY TOWNSHIP – Perry Township residents are being asked to vote, for the first time ever, for a road and bridge levy on the May 7 ballot. The proposed five-year, 2.9-mill levy would raise $498,440 and cost $101.50 per $100,000 property valuation.

ANDOVER – If you are looking for a fun activity or a chance to socialize with members of your community you may want to check out some of the upcoming April and May programs scheduled at Andover Public Library.(From April 19 edition).

ANDOVER – For the second year in a row, Pymatuning Valley High School Spanish teacher Erin Adame offered her students a unique twist on the typical March Madness-a music bracket using Spanish songs. (From April 19 edition).

 JAMESTOWN – The former Carini’s Restaurant of Jamestown has undergone a lot of changes over the past year, since Daniel and Rebecca Hostetler took over and renamed it The Dutch Oven at its location of 110 Liberty Street.(From April 19 edition).

ANDOVER – While some like to go out and paint the town figuratively, Andover resident Mark Hussing’s job literally involves painting the community, an accomplishment that recently earned him the Excellent Craftsmanship Award as offered by the City of Cleveland.(From April 19 edition).

ANDOVER – With 46 years under his belt living in Andover and plenty of prior experience as a township trustee as well as zoning inspector, Bill Groff was selected and sworn in as Andover Township’s newest trustee to replace Glenn Day following his resignation last month.(From April 19 edition).

MADISON TOWNSHIP - Police Chief Matt Byers reported on Community Champions Week and the annual report from Painesville Municipal Court at the March 26 trustees meeting.

PERRY TOWNSHIP – Fiscal Officer Chris Page advised the Board of Trustees she must find new software to use for all the Township records, at the March 26 meeting.

LAKE COUNTY – April was proclaimed as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Lake County by the Board of Commissioners at its March 28 meeting.
“Obviously we do our best to prevent children from being abused or neglected by having different programs and services throughout the community, but unfortunately, even with those programs in place some children are abused and neglected,” said Matt Battiato, director of Lake County Job and Family Services.

MADISON – The Madison communities again got together to recognize local businesses for their economic contributions to the Village and Township at Cornerstone Brewing Company in Madison Village March 21.

LAKE COUNTY – In August 2018, Lake County was able to announce the creation of a new Volunteer Guardian Program to meet the needs of people of all ages and conform to specific guidelines. The program is a partnership between the Lake County Probate Court and Lifeline, Inc. Funding for the program is being provided by the Lake County Senior Services Levy, Lake Health, the Lake County ADAMHS Board and Lifeline.

PERRY VILLAGE - A Self Defense Class will be taught April 29, 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Perry Village Hall.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - Heavenly Creamery is coming to Jefferson, just in time for the baseball season.

GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE - Get a jump start on the summer season by heading to the Strip in Geneva-on-the-Lake this month.