🌞Before Terra State's solar array can fully light up, campus will go dark for a day

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Before Terra State's solar array can fully light up, campus will go dark for a day

Terra State Community College will go dark for a day when the last major parts are installed on its solar array.

A full electrical shutdown is scheduled for Sept. 20. All instruction will be remote that day.

The solar array system is on 8 acres Terra owns just off of Ohio 53 north of Terra State's Landings at Terra Village student housing complex.

Read the rest of the story , including how the college has already saved an estimated $60,000 in the last four months.

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Someone to know: Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez

Suprise wins for Fremont and Port Clinton area equal $9.5 million

Rep. Marcy Kaptur announced on Friday that Fremont and the Port Clinton areas will receive $9.5 million in transportation money as part of a $24.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All Program. Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez talks about the award:

Q: It seems very popular to say that the two political parties can't work together today, so how did this happen?

A: I appreciate Marcy Kaptur and what she has done to bring these dollars to our community, even though we are in different parties. Infrastructure affects all of us the same . It’s great to be able to work across the aisle to get these dollars that serve all our residents.

That seems pretty simplistic. There has to be more to it than that.

This does not happen without the collaboration of the Sandusky County engineer and the other counties that are benefitting from this: Wood County, Lucas County and Ottawa County. This is a Northwest Ohio initiative, to make sure that Northwest Ohio is receiving dollars, just like Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, the three Cs.

Receiving $5 million of the $24.5 million coming to the area is the most, per capita. How did that happen and how does it compare to other federal money the city has recently been receiving?

Because it was project-ready. We’re also looking at bicycles, and handicap accessibility. This will be in addition to dollars we’ve already received. This is the largest grant, that I’m aware of, that the city has ever received for a city street project.

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