City moves ahead with Willard road projects and waterline work
Willard City Council approved funding for Capital Improvement projects including Emerald Street Neal Zick and Sandusky Street waterline work. Dirt Dawg Excavating bid 71767 for Sandusky alley line while Dellinger Excavating bid 156655 for Ohio 99 103 base repair. Projects proceed in sections with 45 day completion window.
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Willard City
Emerald Street
Neal Zick
Humphress
Zick Road
Sandusky Street
Dirt Dawg Excavating
Dellinger Excavating, Inc
Monroeville
Ohio
Josh Gerber
Abatement progress at Willard Middle School under way
Workers are on 10 hour shifts for four days this week to finish abatement at Willard Middle School. Total Environment removes linoleum glazing and elevated piping and boilers while crews finish the east side and kitchen linoleum. No demolition date set, explosives not used, likely after August 12.
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Willard Middle School
Michael Lillo
Willard City Schools
Lillo
Main Street
Art show features local photographers in Huron County
The Extension Library District of Huron County and the Art Junction present a photography exhibition titled Groundbreaking Photography. Kevin Casto, MA, director of the Art Junction, announced the show runs through August at the gallery.
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Huron County
Art Junction
Kevin Casto
Obituaries for Willard Residents Named in Notice
Dick Myers 87 Wanda Hershiser 71 Jules Willard, Jewell Mann 80 George Painter 84 Willard are listed in obituaries with page reference to Page 2 for full notices.
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Dick Myers
Willard
Jewell Mann
George Painter
Wanda Hershiser
Plymouth festival photos prompt art reception in New Haven
On Friday August 9 from 6 30 to 8 30 p m at the Art Junction 2634 Prairie St New Haven the public is invited to an opening reception to view entries by local and area photographers Entries were accepted at all branches of the library district Willard Greenwich North Fairfield and Wakeman Casto said the response was overwhelming with over 75 entries Categories included groundbeaking moments outdoors place gardens and digging into history Casto said the Art Junction aims to build community pride and raise awareness of the places residents live noting northern Ohio in the Rust Belt faces job declines and Cleveland’s efforts to reinvent itself.
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Art Junction
Prairie St
New Haven
Willard
Greenwich
North Fairfield
Wakeman
Casto
Ohio
Cleveland
Dangelo and HCDC launch county retention program
Dangelo and HCDC introduce a county wide retention and expansion program to help Huron County businesses grow. Intern Nikole Dangelo, a 2011 South Central High School graduate, works with director Carol Knapp to collect data from owners and operators on workforce, economy, and market distribution. Data feeds a statewide database to compare county performance.
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Dangelo and
HCDC
Huron County Development Council
Nikole Dangelo
South Central High School
Dangelo
Florida Southern College
American Electric Power
Carol Knapp
Huron County
Knapp
Train Fest 2013 scheduled for Willard on Sept 14
Willard hosts Train Fest 2013 on Saturday September 14 from 9 am to 5 pm across three venues. HO and N gauge layouts by Monroeville and Swanton clubs, Warthers Museum displays, a 1/4 scale N&W 611 engine, Chessie System/B&O GP-35, full size Ashland Railway diesel, and Erie Metro Live Steamers exhibits. Shuttle buses link Downtown Gazebo, Central Elementary, Depot Museum, and Myrtle Avenue tracks. Cash awards honor best appearance, design and distance traveled.
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Willard
Central Elementary
Monroeville Model Railroad Group
Swanton Model Railroad
Warthers Museum
N&w
B&o
Myrtle Avenue
Ohio Valley
Ashland Railway
Erie Metro
Sandusky
Gazebo
Central Elementary School
Depot Museum
Hope Center
Grace United Methodist Church
Willard Senior Center
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Jane Ernsberger
Willard Times Junction
By Jane Ernsberger
Times-Junction
Willard City Schools Board of Education
Board of Education
Willard Middle
Jeff Ritz
Willard Times-Junction
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