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Elevating Orleans Park: Perrysburg council approves $923,733 multiuse trail
An Orleans Park improvement has been approved, with Perrysburg City Council planning for more work in the future. Council voted last week to spend $923,733 for an elevated multiuse trail from Green Lane through the wooded area to the end of the existing path on the north side of the parking lot at Orleans Park. The park stretches along the Maumee River. Weber Contracting of Archbold, Ohio, will do the work for $839,757 plus a 10 percent contingency. Councilman Kerry Wellstein said the work is slated for next summer.
Sunday Chat with BGSU play-by-play announcer Todd Walker
Sunday Chat is a weekly feature appearing in The Blade’s print and digital platforms each Sunday. BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University’s football and men’s basketball programs have had plenty of highs, lows, and other noteworthy moments for the past 22 seasons. Todd Walker has been there for nearly every step of it. The play-by-play announcer for the two BGSU teams since 2003, Walker has called every Falcons’ football game during that span and almost every basketball contest. Walker, the “Voice of the Bowling Green Falcons,” has been grateful for his role covering the teams.
Former Owens Community College president Daniel H. Brown dies
PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Former Owens Community College president Daniel H. Brown has died, the school announced Monday. Brown was named the third president of Owens in August 1984 before retiring in 2001. He died Wednesday, Oct. 2 at age 89. According to Owens, Brown began working at the school...
BGSU PFF grades: More of the same from Fannin, passing offense
Each week, The Blade will recap the most interesting Bowling Green State University football grades released by Pro Football Focus, the scouting website that evaluates players’ performance on every play of every game. For context, grades are based on a 0-100 scale. Harold Fannin, Jr. (79.2 offense): Although he posted his lowest offensive grade of the season, BGSU’s star junior tight end led the Falcons for the fifth consecutive game to start the year. Fannin’s 95.1 overall grade is the third highest among all offensive players in the country this season. He hauled in nine catches for 135 yards and...
Perrysburg public hearing on rezoning for rumored Topgolf will likely change
The Perrysburg City Council will likely hold a public hearing on a land rezoning rumored to be for a Topgolf facility later in November. At Tuesday’s meeting, the council discussed moving the public hearing on the rezoning from Nov. 5, which is Election Day, to its second meeting of the month on Nov. 19. Bethel Assembly of God is asking for 24 acres adjacent to Costco off Eckel Junction Road be rezoned from R2 (medium-density residential) to C4 (commercial district). The planning commission, before a packed crowd who spoke against the change, voted 3-2 to reject the request at its Sept. 26 meeting. Flyers dropped at area residences say if the property is rezoned and then sold by the church, it would be a Topgolf entertainment facility.
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