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 | New county recorder won't give up council seat
12/23/2008
Burton Village Councilwoman Sharon Gingerich, who was elected Geauga County recorder in the November election, will be pulling double duty, at least for now.
Mrs. Gingerich said last week she will hold onto her council seat,
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| | Two words defuse explosive situation
12/23/2008
Two little words are expected to close a loophole in Chardon Township zoning that would have created, literally, an explosive situation.
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| | City says hold it on park restrooms
12/17/2008
A request last week for an additional $30,000 from Chardon City Council for permanent restrooms at Mel Harder Park did not pass the smell test with city administrators.
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 | Crucifix takes jolt as girl, 10, survives
12/17/2008
A metal crucifix has been credited with miraculously saving the life of a 10-year-old girl from Chester.
"She's one of the few stories where someone was electrocuted and lived," Loriann Suglia, said of her daughter, Gianna. "It's a miracle she's alive."
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| | Debate continues over contractor registry
12/17/2008
Debate continued last week on how far the City of Chardon should go to protect residents from unscrupulous contractors.
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| | Wetlands to delay town-hall project
12/10/2008
Wetlands, sprinkler systems, an electronic message sign and hiring a construction manager were all part of the discussion last week on Munson Township's plans for a new town hall.
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| | Asphalt prices leave road plans in limbo
12/10/2008
A once normal and routine process for local governments has been turned into a guessing game.
Last week, it was Chardon Township officials who got to play. Township officials, who have set a tentative schedule for road work through 2030, aren't sure whic
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| | Majority keeps attorney as objections overruled
12/10/2008
Claridon Township Trustees voted 2-1 last week to continue paying an outside attorney at $200 an hour for legal advice during their meetings.
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| | Joint tax effort eyed by village, township
12/03/2008
Officials from Burton Village and Burton Township pulled together last week with a recommendation that the two entities seek a mutual agreement on a tax-sharing plan.
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| | Worker gets more time to accommodate trustee
12/03/2008
Claridon Township Trustees have authorized more time for office help after hearing of an apparent conflict over employee's use of time.
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| | Tree-care expertise nurtured by forester
12/03/2008
Townships and municipalities in Geauga County will get an opportunity to tap into the expertise offered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources division of forestry.
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| | Delinquent taxpayers make good on $72,000
11/26/2008
Burton Village Council got some good news Monday on the financial front.
Village income-tax administrator Jennell Dahlhausen told council that she was able to recoup approximately $72,000 in back taxes over the past year.
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| | Lawyer hired to advise feuding trustees
11/26/2008
Claridon Township Trustees voted 2-1 last week to hire an attorney at $200 an hour to sit at their meetings and advise them on the legality of their actions.
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| | Tower testimony falls short on verification
11/26/2008
A public hearing last week for a proposed 250-foot cellular communications tower in Munson Township will be continued until January.
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| | Old log cabin on Chardon Square to come down
11/19/2008
Chardon City Council agreed unanimously last week to move forward with plans to replace the old log cabin on Chardon Square.
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| | Claridon looks for a tax-sharing partner
11/19/2008
Claridon Township Trustees were torn last week over which direction to take with a joint economic development district.
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 | Errant message brings two Burtons together
11/19/2008
An errant e-mail brought children from two Burtons -- one in Geauga County and the other in Great Britain -- together Tuesday to share their experiences and interests.
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| | Tighter budget lies ahead for Burton
11/12/2008
Burton Village will be living a little leaner next year as revenues are expected to drop and officials look for ways to pay for a new waste-water-treatment plant.
Village Fiscal Officer Christopher Paquette presented Village Council with its first look M
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| | Tax abatement helps bring company to Chardon
11/12/2008
Chardon City Council's finance committee agreed last week to offer a company moving from Mentor to Chardon the maximum amount of property-tax abatement. The committee voted unanimously to provide GBGI Inc. and GBSA Inc. with a 100 percent, 12-year abateme
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 | Quilts bring warmth to military families
11/12/2008
Borrowing from a World War II tradition, a group of quilters from Fowler's Mill Christian Church in Munson Township have shown their support for the men and women serving their country overseas.
The group, known as Cherished Memories Quilters, has used i
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| | Team's food poisoning not restaurant's fault
11/05/2008
No contaminants were found in food served at a West Geauga High School football team dinner Oct. 26 in which up to 70 people, including football players, cheerleaders and parents, became ill. No tampering occurred, but the cause of the illness was food-bo
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| | Neutral City Council back off complaint
11/05/2008
Chardon City Council dropped its threat of filing an election complaint last week, instead choosing to adopt a resolution stating a neutral position on a rezoning issue for the Nov. 4 ballot.
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| | Lower tower proposed for Munson site
11/05/2008
Representatives of Verizon, which is planning a tower along Mayfield Road (Route 322) in Munson, have filed applications for variances from the township.
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| | City pays contractor that quit sewer project
10/29/2008
Chardon City Council agreed last week to cut its losses with a company hired at the beginning of the year to handle a sanitary sewer project on Wilson Mills Road.
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| | Trustee widens case in Sunshine Law suit
10/29/2008
Claridon Township Trustee Mary Briggs has filed an amended complaint against her fellow trustees, adding to the number of meetings in which she claims Ohio's Open Meetings Law was violated.
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| | Chardon pays double for road-salt supply
10/29/2008
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| | Mixed bag of sign rules sent to City Council
10/22/2008
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| | Water, sewer rates increase in Burton
10/22/2008
Burton Village officials are seeking to ease residents' burden of paying for a $6 million to $7 million waste-water treatment plant.
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| | Tower meeting canceled after legal question
10/22/2008
A meeting scheduled last week to hear Munson Township residents' comments on a proposed telecommunications tower did not come off as planned.
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| | Chardon PAC told thanks, but no thanks
10/15/2008
A resolution of thanks to a Chardon group for working against proposed power lines through the city failed last week to gain Chardon City Council's approval. It failed by a 3-3 vote, with one member absent.
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| | Newbury district's future depends on school levy
10/15/2008
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| | Hard times boost sales at bargain shops
10/15/2008
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| | Route 44 bypass plan has bumpy reception
10/09/2008
Chardon City Council gave a less-than-enthusiastic reception last week to a plan for a new Route 44 bypass presented by a resident.
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| | Township park progress clears EPA hurdle
10/09/2008
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| | Berkshire defends plan for modular units
10/09/2008
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| | Motorists undeterred by barricaded roads
10/01/2008
With five main roads having to be barricaded in Munson after high winds blew over trees and power lines in the area Sept. 14, township crews ran into some other problems.
Munson Fire Chief Bernerd Harchar said the fire department and road crew were calle
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 | Residents get edgy as berms get stoned
10/01/2008
Munson Township Trustees took requests last week from residents who would rather not have stone berms along the fronts of their yards.
Trustees discussed requests from residents on Rockhaven Road and Stonegate Drive to forego the stone berms along their
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| | Budget drives plans for town-hall design
10/01/2008
Munson Township Trustees began Monday to more clearly define what a new town hall may look like.
Trustees met with architects David Leber and Richard Brown, partners in Leber-Brown Architects in Cleveland, to begin determining space needs for meetings an
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| | Township's hands tied over proposed tower
09/24/2008
Munson Township Trustees said they expect to hear from at least one property owner opposed to the construction of a telecommunications tower in a residential area.
Trustee Andrew Bushman said he has heard from a property owner who is likely to call on tr
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| | Residents threaten suit over township park
09/24/2008
Grading work is due to continue at a Chardon Township park despite a threat of legal action against the township if it continues.
Township Trustees received the threat last week from people representing neighboring properties around the park at the south
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| | Benefits of Claridon rezoning questioned
09/24/2008
Claridon Township residents continued Monday to question the need for a proposed commercial rezoning of properties.
About a half dozen residents turned out for a public hearing held by Township Trustees on the proposed rezoning, which primarily affects
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| | Ax drops on more money for trees
09/18/2008
Chardon City Council opted last week to forego an increase in an assessment for care of the city's trees. Council voted to keep its assessment for the coming year at $60,000, the same as this year, rather than increase it to $75,000.
Councilman Jeffere
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 | Environmental lessons rooted in education
09/18/2008
The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District is involved daily with promoting practices to conserve, enhance and protect natural resources in the county.
And some of the district's most popular means of educating children and adults involve the progra
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| | Cooperation called crucial for safety, security
09/18/2008
Geauga County Sheriff Daniel C. McClelland, Chester Police Chief Mark Purchase and state Sen. Timothy J. Grendell, R-Chester, will speak at a Sept. 22 public forum hosted by the Geauga Constitutional Council.
The event will start at 7 p.m. in the West Ge
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| | New township park irks some residents
09/11/2008
As Chardon Township Trustees prepare to clear and grade the 14-acre property at the southwest corner of Auburn and Mentor roads for a park, three residents questioned the need for it.
They challenged trustees last week on their plans for ball fields, wal
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| | Chardon to keep closer tabs on renters
09/11/2008
Chardon city officials will borrow a page from the City of Rocky River and add a part-time staffer to better track residential renters in an effort to boost tax revenues.
City Council's finance committee agreed unanimously last week to have legislation p
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| | Geauga collects recognition for child support
09/11/2008
Geauga County's child-support-enforcement division has been recognized for ranking first in its division in Ohio for percentage of child support collected in 2007.
Officials with the division of Geauga County Job and Family Services notified Geauga Cou
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 | Prosecutor wanted to bust spa sooner
09/03/2008
A raid was conducted last week by the Geauga County sheriff's and prosecutor's offices at a Chester Township business in connection with a sex-for-money operation.
Sixteen deputies moved on the Silver Spa at 8386 Mayfield Road (Route 322) at about 10 a.m
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| | Rising asphalt costs crunch local budgets
09/03/2008
Local governments are facing a new challenge in planning budgets with a change in state and Geauga County policy that will cost them more for some paving projects.
Munson Township Trustees learned of the impact last week, when a 2007 policy change kicked
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| | Townships still wary of new zoning clout
09/03/2008
The Ohio Township Association has notified local townships that they now have the power to zone for "general-welfare" purposes, including residential development.
The association is encouraging townships to take advantage of the measure by amending their
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| | Fellow trustees sued over closed meetings
08/27/2008
Claridon Township Trustee Mary Briggs is suing her fellow trustees and the township over what she claims are repeated violations of the Ohio Open Meetings Law.
The civil suit filed last week in Geauga County Common Pleas Court cites 32 meetings of the
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| | Fire chief refutes ex-trustee's criticism
08/27/2008
Chardon Fire Chief Larry Gaspar last week defended his department and its projected future costs that were used to base Chardon Township's latest levy attempt.
"We can put out 1,000 house fires, save a 1,000 lives, help 1,000 kids learn to get out of a f
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| | Three votes not enough for fast donation
08/27/2008
Burton Village Council will have do a "do-over" after learning that a procdural error negated a $10,000 donation to the Burton Public Library.
Council left the proposed $10,000 donation on second reading Monday, two weeks after approving it by a 3-1 vote
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 | Residents rake plans for new town hall
08/20/2008
Munson Trustees were called on last week to defend their position of moving forward with plans to construct a new township hall.
About 15 residents sought answers as to the need for the new building and whether residents should be kept better informed on
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| | Chardon remains uneasy over power-line route
08/20/2008
Chardon officials remain guarded, despite a recent Ohio Power Siting Board report that a route far to the east of the city is best one for new transmission lines.
"My question is, is that the end of it, or is there more?" City Manager David Lelko said la
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| | Churches not wanted in commercial areas
08/20/2008
When it comes to freedom of religion, it only extends so far.
Last week, Chardon Township's zoning commission chose not to include churches as permitted uses in the commercial areas of the township.
Donald Mohney, township zoning inspector, said the c
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| | New Munson complex takes one step at a time
08/13/2008
Munson Trustees are preparing to pick an architect to assist in planning for a new township complex at the southwest corner of Auburn and Sherman roads.
Trustee Andrew Bushman said they anticipate a discussion in the next month to select one of three arc
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| | Township talks heat up over fire levy
08/13/2008
Former longtime Chardon Township Trustee Richard Lutzke called on trustees last week to rescind their motion to place a continuing fire levy on the November ballot.
"I hate to see a continuing levy," said Mr. Lutzke, who served as trustee for 21 years. "
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| | Police officers, ex-wife sued
08/07/2008
A Hambden Township man has accused the Chardon Police Department of wrongfully detaining and attempting to charge him in May.
Robert S. Bulman filed in a civil lawsuit July 24 in Geauga County Common Pleas Court. The case has been assigned to Judge David
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 | Church to celebrate 200th year
08/07/2008
If walls could talk, those of the Burton Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, would have much to say about the town where history lives.
The church, which was founded just a decade after Burton's first settlers arrived, has stood witness to 20
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| | Disputed charter change
07/30/2008
After being rejected by Chardon City Council, Councilwoman Mary Bramstedt and members of the city's charter review committee have taken to the streets to get a proposed charter amendment on the November ballot.
The group began circulating petitions in t
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| | Path finally cleared
07/30/2008
Burton Village Council removed all roadblocks Monday for the Burton Fire Department to proceed with its plans for a new fire station.
Council voted 5-1 to give the fire department unconditional use of village water and sewer services now and into the fu
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| | Gateway proposal takes different tack
07/23/2008
A Chardon developer is switching gears as he seeks to bring a project that's being touted as a future gateway to the city.
Chardon's planning commission voted unanimously Monday to recommend that City Council place an issue on the November ba
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| | Democrats claim fair board is unfair
07/23/2008
Geauga County Democratic Party chairwoman Janet Carson said last week that the Geauga County Fair Board is playing politics. Fair officials said it's not politics but policy that is dictating their actions.
The issue went to a head last week as
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