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Sheetz opens Springfield Twp. location, second in Toledo area
LUCAS COUNTY, Ohio — Sheetz opened another northwest Ohio location on Monday, the second of eight total planned in the Toledo area. The latest of the convenience store's locations opened at 9 a.m. at 6633 Dorr St. in Springfield Township. The opening comes less than a month after Sheetz opened its first Toledo-area store, which opened in Maumee on Sept. 10.
Local elected officials, community members call for state action on closed BMV
Emily Komisarek visited the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles at 1600 Madison Ave. to get new tags for her vehicle before work Monday morning, only to be told it was closed. Now, she has to find time to visit the BMV location on West Sylvania Avenue, Ms. Komisarek said said. “I always come to this one because it’s just easy,” she said. “You can just pull right in, usually they’re not that busy, and it’s usually quick. “I had no idea it was closed,” she added.
Ohio City Among 10 Safest And Richest Cities in America
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Wood County voters will weigh numerous issues in fall votes
Along with state and federal candidates, Wood County voters will see local candidates and issues on the Nov. 5 general election ballots, including issues impacting their property taxes. In some communities, new tax money is being requested. Montgomery Township voters will be asked for an additional three-year, 0.3-mill levy for current expenses. They will also be asked to renew a five-year, 3-mill levy for fire protection. Portage Township voters will be asked for an additional five-year, 0.5-mill levy for cemetery maintenance and operation.
Community comes out to say farewell to Maumee's St. Luke's hospital
A final farewell was said Saturday to St. Luke’s Hospital, which was more than a building to the Maumee community. The commemoration ceremony may have felt like a funeral for a facility, said Alison Avendt, president of Mercy Health — Perrysburg Hospital and former COO at McLaren St. Luke’s. “But I really think of it more as a celebration of life, the celebration of the people who gave life to this building,” she said. “That is what St. Luke’s is all about. It was creating a place where people came to work, to learn, to give and receive care in a space that was warm and caring and safe and healing.” The ceremony was held in the hospital auditorium, 5901 Monclova Rd., and almost every seat was filled. It was open to all former St. Luke’s and Mercy Health associates and the community.
To the editor: Perrysburg misled on Eckel rezoning
Apparently, the Mayor Mackin administration in Perrysburg does not believe in transparency or full disclosure to its residents. Case in point is the proposed rezoning for the Bethel Assembly of God Church property on Eckel Junction Road. Despite the fact this property is bounded by residences, the church wants to change the existing zoning from R2 (residential) to C4 (commercial). Brodin Walters, the city’s zoning and planning administrator, initially denied knowledge of what this transaction involved even stating he didn’t know if the church intended to sell this property after it is rezoned. What is going on, is this a...
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