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Mental health services showcased at first Wayne County Community Health Fair
While the COVID-19 pandemic is well in the rearview mirror, the world is grappling with its impact on mental wellness that it left in its wake. From the frontline healthcare workers battling burnout to the isolated elderly struggling to cope with loneliness to the young people facing uncertainty about their future, the mental health toll of COVID-19 is a crisis that cannot be ignored. Some people turned to alcohol for solace, others to drugs.
A Whole Community begins eighth season of Wayne County Community Food Project
The nonprofit A Whole Community (AWC) begins its eighth season of the Wayne County Community Food Project on July 1. It is a Christian organization that helps individuals, families and communities transition to wholeness. “God has called us to this project, and we are thankful to the many organizations, foundations...
Chippewa Lake Park to be remembered with amusement and planned county park
The glory days of the old Chippewa Lake Park will soon be remembered and celebrated. The Medina County Park District and the Chippewa Lake Historical Society have entered into a 10-year agreement that will bring a museum and new trail entrance to Chippewa Lake Park. The historical society will set...
Wayne County Health Department, Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank start popup food pantry
The Wayne County Health Department, in collaboration with the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, will begin to host a monthly popup food pantry 11 a.m.-1 p.m. every second Tuesday of the month starting July 9. The location will be in the parking lot of of the Health Department, 244 W. South St.,...
Meet Michelle Loy, Massillon's first full-time animal control officer since 2012
MASSILLON – The mayor has announced his pick to fill a newly created animal control post. Michelle Loy, a 2000 graduate of Washington High School and manufacturing employee at Gold'n Krisp Potato Chips, has been tapped by Mayor Jamie Slutz for the job. Her first day is July 15. ...
Joint TIF agreement to fund intersection project in Massillon, Navarre
PERRY TWP. − Stark County, the city of Massillon and the village of Navarre are setting up a joint tax increment financing agreement for intersection improvements near the former Stark County farm. The agreement, which will last 10 years, will collect property tax on improved value of the new Dairy Queen and Sheetz...
Medina school board votes to send emergency levy to ballot
MEDINA, Ohio – For the third time in a row, the Medina Board of Education is asking voters to approve an operating levy for the Medina City School District. Board members voted during a recent meeting to place the 10-year, 7.5-mill emergency operating levy on the November ballot. “Basically...
Calling on Wayne County 4-H members past and present to share recipes and memories
The Wayne County 4-H Advisory Committee is working to put together a one-of-a-kind cookbook. Its goal for the cookbook is to be a collection of treasured family dishes, the ones passed down through generations of 4-H members. The committee believe this could be a treasured keepsake for years to come....
Medina schools join consortium to lobby for fair state funding
MEDINA, Ohio – In an effort to lessen the burden of local taxpayers and to hopefully increase the amount of state funding the district receives, Medina City Schools has joined a consortium of roughly 50 Ohio school districts to lobby for more equitable funding for the school districts. “If...
Medina Library expands Tools and Tech program
MEDINA, Ohio – Back in 2019 the Medina District Library debuted their Tools and Tech collection which allowed patrons to borrow a multitude of items and just recently they have added even more items to the collection. “We had binoculars, a ukelele, a blood pressure monitor, a car code...
Vintage Car Club of America tours Medina County
MEDINA, Ohio -- The Vintage Motor Car Club of America paid Medina County a compliment by scheduling a five-day tour of the county, with stops at noteworthy unusual and historic sites. On June 25, the participants spent the day in the city of Medina, visiting Castle Noel, Root Candle Factory,...
Yearslong effort to widen Wales Road NE in Massillon enters home stretch
MASSILLON – A multiyear effort to widen and improve Wales Road NE is heading down the home stretch. Altogether, the work has been part of a $7.2 million project to resurface and widen a 1.4-mile section from Lincoln Way E to Hills and Dales Road NE. The scheduled completion date is July 31.
Coventry Schools to place renewal levy on November ballot
COVENTRY — The Coventry Local Schools Board of Education during a regular meeting June 19 moved forward with the first step in placing a renewal levy on the Nov. 5 General Election ballot. The board approved to submit a resolution to the Summit County Fiscal Office to request the...
Massillon Museum sets yoga Fridays in July
The Massillon Museum’s beginner-friendly yoga class will meet every Friday in July. All ages and levels are welcome to participate in restorative poses, vinyasa and a five-minute savasana. Bring a mat to the session, which will meet from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. The sessions will be held on the lawn when the weather allows.
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