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Maumee residents unhappy with expected water, sewage rates increase
MAUMEE, Ohio — Expected increases to Maumee's water and sewage rates were a hot-button topic at Monday's city council meeting. If Ordinance 15-2024 passes, Maumee residents will see increases throughout the next five years. The current water rate of $12.90 is set to increase to $13.36 per 1,000 gallons of water in July.
Library system seeks bond issue on November ballot
The Toledo Lucas County Public Library board of trustees decided Thursday morning to move forward with a ballot initiative this fall to generate funds for continued capital improvements throughout the system. Officials are seeking a 30-year bond issue that will generate $153 million over its lifetime. The exact millage has not yet been determined. If successful, the measure would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $34.95 each year. The library system would use the monies raised by the bond for renovating, remodeling, furnishing, and equipping library buildings and facilities and acquiring and improving various locations. This is the first bond levy the library has sought since 1995, when voters approved a 0.875-mill, 10-year capital bond issue that generated $38.6 million and helped fund the renovation or construction of multiple branch libraries across the county.
Lenawee County track and field MHSAA state qualifiers
There were 113 Lenawee County athletes who qualified for the MHSAA track and field state championships, 25 of them won regional titles and one team took home a title. All 12 schools will be represented, here's a look at who is heading to state. Regional Champs ...
CONCERTS | TLC, 3 more shows coming to Toledo this summer
TOLEDO, Ohio — Four additional Promenade Park concerts will be announced Monday, adding to the lineup of concerts coming to Toledo this summer. HB Concerts, owned and operated by Hunter Brucks, announced Monday morning on social media the addition of TLC, coming to Toledo on Aug. 22. The concert will include special guest Fool House, according to the post.
Live music returns to the main library for the summer
The Toledo Lucas County Public Library has announced its lineup of summer lunchtime music. The performances will be from noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday from June 5 to July 31 on the north lawn of the main library. Musicians who will be performing are: June 5, The Katch Band; June 12, Ice Cream Militia; June 26, Bliss; July 3, Moonfire; July 10, Loz Aztecas; July 17, Glass City Steel; July 24, Laurie Swyers and New Moon; and July 31, Nikki D and the Sisters of Thunder. There will also be three performances this summer on the lawn of the Maumee branch library. The performances will be from 7 to 8 p.m. on June 18, July 16, and Aug. 16.
Adrian College neighbors seek answers about sports dome
ADRIAN — Residents of the neighborhood along the northwest corner of Adrian College feel the college has not been a good neighbor recently. They also feel like Adrian city officials could have done more to tell them that the college would be presenting a construction project to the planning commission. That project, which had...
New Dairy Queen set to open in west Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — A new Dairy Queen is set to open in west Toledo on Monday. The DQ Grill & Chill will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. at 5741 Lewis Avenue, the newest addition to a plaza that many hope will continue to fill its vacant spaces.
FLOC leader gives advice to fourth graders who wrote his biography
After speaking to a fourth-grade class at Maumee Valley Country Day School Tuesday, Toledo-based labor activist Baldemar Velasquez now has his own biography. “We noticed there were no biographies about him, so we wanted to make the first one,” 10-year-old Kaya Watkins said. The 24 fourth graders first visited Mr. Velasquez at the Farm Labor Organizing Committee's headquarters in Toledo last fall. They were “moved by his life story” and decided to channel their enthusiasm into writing it themselves. Ten-year-old Layla Fogarty said her class wanted to learn more about Mr. Velasquez when they heard he met Cesar Chavez.
Local polytraumatic veteran helping others and breaking standards
TOLEDO, Ohio — In 1994, the course of Shane Jernigan's life changed forever. As an army ranger, he was constantly testing the limits of life and a parachute training mission that went wrong left him falling more than 125 feet out of the sky in full combat gear. His back was broken in six places with multiple joint fractures along with other severe injuries.
Upcoming Events in Toledo: A Guide to the Week of May 24-30, 2024
This article contains content summarized or organized by AI tools. Learn more. The Toledo Museum of Art hosts 'Marisol: A Retrospective,' showcasing 244 works from Marisol's career addressing politics, gender norms, and social issues, including sculptures and self-portraits.
New Wayman D. Palmer YMCA marks construction milestone
The Wayman D. Palmer YMCA celebrated a significant milestone in the construction of its new facility with a topping-off ceremony Monday. Topping off is a builder’s term when the last beam is placed atop a structure during its construction. At the YMCA project, attendees were allowed to sign their names to that final beam. “The topping-off ceremony signifies a significant step forward in the journey towards the opening of the new Wayman D. Palmer YMCA,” said Brad Toft, president and chief executive of the YMCA of Greater Toledo. The new Wayman D. Palmer YMCA on Bancroft Street — a few hundred feet from the current Y on 14th Street — will feature state-of-the-art amenities, including a multi-use swimming pool, an outdoor splash pad, a large updated gymnasium, a wellness center, multi-purpose space, and partner space.
Monday Memories: Wearing the poppy honored the fallen, aided veterans and soldiers
Poppies bloom on people’s lapels the Friday before Memorial Day to mark the sacrifice of fallen soldiers and raise money for veterans, soldiers and their families who need financial and medical help. In this 1964 Toledo Times photo, Vikki Bonkowski, 5, pins a poppy on Vice Mayor Thaddeus Walinski’s lapel. Auxiliary units of the American Legion passed out flowers made by hospitalized veterans during the annual Poppy Day sales. The red poppy has been a symbol of sacrifice since World War I, and the American Legion Auxiliary has run the program since 1921. According to the American Legion’s website, poppy plants proliferated in Europe after WWI, nourished by soil enriched with lime from the rubble. The red flower came to symbolize the blood shed during the war after Punch magazine published Lt. Col. John McCray’s poem , ‘In Flanders Fields’, in 1915. The opening verse begins with: “In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row by row.”
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