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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.
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...
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...
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.,...
Fun and games, a presentation, a parade and fireworks usher Holmes into its 200th year
MILLERSBURG − A parade Sunday in Millersburg kicked off the yearlong celebration of Holmes County's bicentennial year, along with food vendors, bounce houses, a petting zoo, proclamations and presentations honoring the 200th anniversary of the county. People lined both sides of Jackson Street from the east end of town...
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