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PERRY TOWNSHIP – The opioid crisis continues to adversely affect the lives of people of all ages, as well as their families and friends.

MADISON TOWNSHIP – The Board of Trustees was asked for assistance by a resident with a zoning issue at the Nov. 13 trustee meeting.

MADISON VILLAGE – Police Chief Troy McIntosh asked for a recognition of service at the Nov. 19 council meeting for Patrol Officer Michael A. Huffman who passed away from natural causes during his patrol shift early Nov. 14.

PAINESVILLE – Due to the urgency for passage, Council suspended the rules and passed an ordinance approving a settlement agreement, without Planning Commission approval, at the Nov. 19 meeting. According to the agreement, Council had to approve the legislation by Nov. 19.

LAKE COUNTY – Commissioner Jerry Cirino stated at the Nov. 20 Board of Commissioners meeting that the Lake County Auditor’s Office advised, due to the most recent devaluation of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, there will be more decreases in real estate tax revenues.

PERRY TOWNSHIP - Fiscal Officer Chris Page updated the Board of Trustees on having a Community Shredding Day at the Nov. 20 meeting.

COLUMBUS, December 4, 2018—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a multistate consumer protection settlement with one of the nation’s largest debt buyers – Encore Capital Group and its subsidiaries Midland Funding and Midland Credit Management – to require the company to reform its debt buying and collection practices.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 30, 2018 – Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) reiterated his commitment today to strengthening anti-outsourcing provisions in the text of the updated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in order to prevent American jobs from moving to Mexico. Brown, who has been working with the Administration for months, pointed out that work remains to improve the agreement before Congress votes.

WASHINGTON, DC, December 3, 2018– U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) announced today that they will meet with General Motors CEO Mary Barry on Wednesday afternoon, December 5, 2018, of this week. The meeting will take place in Senator Portman’s office.

COLUMBUS, Dec. 3, 2018 – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) will convene the first meeting of the PowerForward Collaborative on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, at its offices in Columbus.

JEFFERSON – The Jefferson Falcons girls’ basketball team won their opening game against the visiting Lakeside Dragons.

From 2014-2017, the annual sales tax collected in Ashtabula County averaged about $10.5 million.

JEFFERSON - Ashtabula County Prosector Nicholas Iarroci announced in a press release on Monday that three people have been indicted in the April death of three-year-old Brantley A. Santiago.

 ORWELL- Customers at voicing their satisfaction for The Middlefield Banking Company.

EUCLID - Euclid’s St. John of the Cross Catholic Parish is entering its 10th anniversary year with a full year of celebrations and activities planned to commemorate its first decade together as a parish.

PIERPONT – In hopes of offering a more consistent schedule within their business, Western Reserve Animal Clinic at its location of 1199 Route 7 in Pierpont, is now offering a new veterinarian Rachel Rielinger.(From Dec. 7 edition).

PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP - Harley Kuhn has been a tattoo artist for 25 years. He started out as an apprentice under tattoo artist Shawn Ross.

ANDOVER – After hearing about starting a chain reaction of kindness through Rachel’s Challenge organization in November, PV students, staff and community members having been working hard to create a project called Rachel’s Closet within a vacant room of the middle school.(Dec. 7 edition).

ASHTABULA - Oct. 1 was the beginning for a new agent at the State Farm branch in Ashtabula, located at 355 West Prospect Rd.

ORWELL - Justin Turk enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Grand Valley Mustangs basketball team.

LINESVILLE – With over 120 registered units and 114 involved, Linesville took the lead as the nation’s largest tractor parade on Saturday, Dec. 1 while bringing in over 4,500 people in attendance to the fifth annual event this year.(From Dec. 7 edition).

Ryan Shontz returns for his sixth season as the head coach of the Pymatuning Valley Lakers boys’ basketball team.

ASHTABULA COUNTY - For the last two years, law-enforcement officers have spent a spring weekend bonding with minority children during a Kids and Cops Campout, with an aim of creating positive relationships with the children.
The 2019 Kids and Cops Campout is planned for kids primarily ages 8-11 in a minority population on May 17-19 at Pymatuning State Park in Andover.

PERRY – A few items such as a motorcycle tank, a garage door spring, an oxygen tank cap, a rototiller blade, and conduit tubing, might look like a trip to recycling.

GENEVA – The Geneva Police Department was honored on Nov. 12 for its dedication and service toward traffic safety in the community.

GENEVA - Geneva will be celebrating the holiday season this Friday with carriage rides, Christmas caroling and the annual Christmas parade.

HARPERSFIELD TOWNSHIP - Ferrante Winery and Ristorante celebrate another successful year at the American Wine Society Commercial Wine Competition that was held in Buffalo, New York, on Oct. 31-Nov. 1.

WILLOUGHBY - The Lake County Music and Drama Club (LCMDC) showcased six talented music students at the meeting held Friday, Oct. 12 at Fine Arts Association (FAA) in Willoughby.

ASHTABULA - Signs honoring Ashtabula native Connie Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize winning writer and journalist, have been placed at the city limits.

ANDOVER – For Paul, Viki and their two daughters Amanda and Emily Allin, the biggest question they are constantly being asked is when their new business Bakery on the Square plans to open within Andover.(From Dec. 7 edition).

 ANDOVER – For many the idea of having a Blue Christmas brings to mind Elvis’ 1964 tune but for others it may be so much more this year as they experience grief during the holiday season.(From Dec. 7 edition).