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BG gets ‘Safe Routes to School’ funding for path connecting Crim Elementary and Carter Park
After learning earlier this year that half of Bowling Green parents feel it’s unsafe to let their children walk or ride bikes to school, city officials applied for Safe Routes to School funding from the state. On Tuesday, Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the City of Bowling Green had...
Gibsonburg Homecoming includes parades, runs and more
GIBSONBURG - The 2024 Gibsonburg Homecoming was held at Williams Park on June 26 to 29. The week began with a Sprint Car Parade from the high school to Williams Park. Other events included the Doughnut Mile, featuring Ideal Bakery Doughnuts, an old-fashioned cake walk, the Gibsonburg Beer Mile, and Saturday’s Homecoming Parade. ...
🎢Homecoming Festival keeps things lively in Gibsonburg
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Fremont has a full list of events - concerts and movies - for July at amphitheater
The Fremont Community Amphitheater, 209 S. Arch St., will be the setting for many concert and events in July. The events are free to the public and will be held rain or shine. Pack your chairs or blankets. On Tuesday, Paramount Movie Nights begin with “Independence Day" starting at 9...
Gibsonburg awarded $700K grant to revitalize downtown area
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Gibsonburg’s downtown area is getting a facelift thanks to a grant from ODOT’s Transportation Alternatives program. “We put in for $1.3 million, we were awarded $700,000 of that,” Gibsonburg’s mayor, Steve Fought said. “We’ll end up having to kick in a little bit on our end as well.”
Lease signed for dog park in BG; next step is designing doggy destination
After years of dogged persistence, the citizens group pushing for a city dog park has entered a lease for a patch of land where their dogs can run unleashed. Last week, Wendy Manning, head of the Friends of BG Dog Parks, signed the contract approved by City Council in May.
Toledo area gets $31.3M grant for Ohio's first Innovation Hub
Surrounded by the leadership team from the Northwest Ohio Innovation Consortium, Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted announced Monday morning that northwest Ohio will be the first recipient of funding from Ohio’s Innovation Hub program. The $31.3 million grant will be used by the area’s glass and solar industries, the University of Toledo, and Bowling Green State University to create the Glass Center of Excellence, which will be headquartered at O-I Glass in Perrysburg and will develop new technologies for manufacturing glass. The consortium’s corporate partners include O-I, Owens Corning, Libbey Glass, Pilkington, and First Solar. The project aims to...
Innovation hub will work to keep region’s industry on the cutting edge of glass worldwide
Building on the northwest Ohio’s long history as a center of glass making, the state is investing in an initiative to make sure that industry continues to play an important part in the region’s future. Gov. Mike DeWine visited Owens-Illinois headquarters in Perrysburg this morning (7/1/24) to announce...
Wood County Museum morphs into Margaritaville for fund-raiser
BOWLING GREEN — The Wood County Museum, 13660 County Home Rd., is hosting Poor Farm Palooza, a summer Margaritaville-themed fund-raising event, at 6 p.m. July 19. Tickets start at $60 for museum members and are $65 for non-members. The ticket includes all-you-can-eat food by City Barbeque, drinks (beer, wine, and non-alcoholic), desserts, and a porch concert by Cheeseburgers In Paradise, which is a Jimmy Buffet tribute band. There will also be a side raffle for prizes. Tickets are available at woodcountyhistory.org or call the museum at 419-352-0967. There is also an opportunity to participate in an online silent auction at 32auctions.com/pfpf24
Radio days: Wood County Museum hosts amateur radio operators
Ham radio operators are the unsung heroes of communication. If the grid goes down and telephones and internet no longer work, there’s always ham radio. That’s the philosophy behind Field Days, an international ham radio exercise sponsored by the American Radio Relay League to raise awareness about emergency communication procedures using temporary antennas and emergency power. Last week, several members of the Wood County Amateur Radio Club participated in the local version of Field Days at Wood County Museum. Bob Willman has been a ham radio enthusiast and member of the Wood County Amateur Radio Club since 1971.
Hayes Presidential to hold free Independence Day concert
Celebrate Independence Day with a patriotic concert performed by the Toledo Concert Band, featuring members of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, on the verandah of the historic Hayes Home in Fremont Thursday, July 4 from 2-3:30 p.m. Admission is free. Concert-goers are asked to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating...
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