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Newbury-Berkshire Committee Considers New School District
5/16/2013
Representatives from the Newbury and Berkshire school boards of education met with Sen. John Eklund May 2 to find out if the state can be of any help to them.
The committee, made up of two members of each school board, and Eklund met in a meeting arranged by Geauga County Commissioner Tracy Jemison, Berkshire Schools Superintendent Doug DeLong s ...
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Saddle Up: Fenced Pasture Vital to Horse Health
5/16/2013
Until the last few years, my understanding of “pasture” was just a grassy field where horses graze, roll and gallop around.
Growing up in farm country, we turned the horses out on a couple dozen acres and let them be.
When August heat hit and the grass was gone, they nibbled on tree bark, wood fences and each other.
I never wonder ...
Leighton Endowment to Ledgemont Might Be Fruitless
5/16/2013
It might be a tiny school district tucked away in rural Thompson Township, but Ledgemont Schools was special enough to catch the eye and money of a New York Times best-selling author.
Frances Spatz Leighton, who passed away in April 2007 in Arlington, Va., honored her Thompson roots and love for reading and literature by bequeathing part of her es ...
Nick Walczak Sues T.J. Lane For Assault, Battery
5/16/2013
Nick Walczak is suing convicted murderer T.J. Lane and members of his family for leaving him permanently paralyzed from the Chardon High School shooting.
Walczak, who turned 19 on Sun-day, filed a six-count lawsuit last Thursday in Lake County Common Pleas Court alleging, among other things, that Lane assaulted him on Feb. 27, 2012, resulting in s ...
Study Shows UH Geauga Not Only Treats Patients, But Satisfies Them
5/16/2013
Apparently, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center is doing something right where its patients are concerned.
Figures in the latest hospital Value-Based Purchasing Pro-gram study show UH Geauga placed first in the region with a 74.3 total performance score in clinical care and patient satisfaction.
The federal government-instituted study co ...
Who Wants Ledgemont?
5/16/2013
Grand Valley, Chardon, Riverside, Cardinal and Madison. Throw in Berkshire and Geneva.
Those are the nearby school districts Ledgemont Schools Superintendent Julie Ramos has talked to or will about a possible merger.
Voters’ resounding defeat of a 14.7-mill levy on May 7 left administrators little control over the future of the 584-student ...
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- Munson Twp. to Break Ground For Town Hall Project Within Month 5/16/2013
- Local Businesses Shine at 2nd Annual Consumer Connection 5/16/2013
- Christian Group Questions Common Core Curriculum Standards 5/15/2013
- Bainbridge Approves Part of Zoning Consultants’ Request for More Money 5/15/2013
- Criminal Investigation Delays Bainbridge Fire Dept. Decisions 5/15/2013
- Learn About World War II From Vets at Century Village Event 5/15/2013
- County Looks to Change A ‘Dysfunctional’ GAPP 5/15/2013
- Helmet Funds, Levy Resolution Discussed at Meeting 5/15/2013
- Fun Experiences Add Up For Students in Math Competition 5/15/2013
- Four Geauga Businesses Receive CIC Awards 5/15/2013
- Chardon Seeks Sidewalk Funds 5/15/2013
- Chardon Council Amends Definition of a City Alley 5/15/2013
- Bainbridge Trustees Haunted by Old OPERS Case 5/15/2013
- Football, Environmental Teams Partner to Primp West G for Prom 5/9/2013
- Saddle Up, Geauga: Horsing Around This Summer 5/9/2013
- Chester Trustees Discuss Records Storage Problem 5/9/2013
- Trustees OK Russell School Arch Reconstruction Project 5/9/2013
- Family of Late Judge Henry Seeks Answers, Restitution 5/9/2013
- Levy Failure Likely Seals Ledgemont Schools’ Fate 5/9/2013
- Eight Chardon Teachers To Be Riffed on Monday 5/9/2013
- Roman-Inspired Garden Stones To Honor West G’s ‘Captain Latin’ 5/9/2013
- Auburn Interchange One Step Closer to Being Commercially Developed 5/9/2013
- Put Economic Development ‘Under One Roof’ 5/9/2013
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