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Stark County reviews Lake Twp. levy error

Stark County reviews Lake Twp. levy error

By Nancy Molnar
CANTON: A state official alerted the Stark County Board of Elections in July about flawed ballot language in a Lake Township police levy that was approved in November but successfully challenged in court.
Gretchen Quinn, elections counsel for Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, pinpointed the error in the statement about the cost of [...]

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From the King Lions Notebook – January 2012

WOW!
The New Year of 2012 is off to a flying start!  On Wednesday January 11th we had the pleasure of hosting District Governor Dave Gauch’s visit and the swearing in 5 new Uniontown Lions Members.  Our population is currently at 61.
The Annual Reverse Raffle is in the final stages of the planning session. Always a [...]

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Lexington ministry helps former adult entertainers find their way to better lives

Lexington ministry helps former adult entertainers find their way to better lives

By Karla Ward
Kim Paschall’s life as a prostitute was filled with horrors.”I’ve been pistol whipped. I’ve been thrown out of a moving car. I’ve been robbed. I’ve been raped. I’ve disappeared for two days and no one on the earth knew I was gone,” she said.Paschall said her pimp — also the father of her [...]

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Lake Township trustees, Nov. 28 meeting

KEY ACTION  Authorized buying a John Deere four-wheel-drive utility vehicle and a snowplow for use with the vehicle.
DISCUSSION  The vehicle and plow will be used by the cemetery maintenance department. Sam Miller, supervisor of the department, said the items also will be available for use by the police and road departments. The Gator vehicle will [...]

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Officials suggest changes to state Route 619

Officials suggest changes to state Route 619

CantonRep.com staff report
The Ohio Department of Transportation has some ideas for improving traffic flow on state Route 619, between Uniontown and Hartville.
The proposed work is subject to change and likely several years from beginning, officials said.
Initial designs were unveiled Thursday night at an open house at the Kaufman Center. ODOT officials and representatives of TranSystem, [...]

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Lake Township eyes townshipwide police, again

Lake Township eyes townshipwide police, again

By Edd Pritchard
Citing funding cuts that are eating away at the sheriff’s budget, Lake Township trustees have decided to establish a police department.
They hope to persuade residents to pass a 4.5-mill levy Tuesday.
The estimated $2.59 million generated by the property tax would allow the Uniontown Police Department to expand to 20 full-time police officers who [...]

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Retrenching After Earnings Decline With help From Portage Lakes Career Center, a technical school in Uniontown

Retrenching After Earnings Decline With help From Portage Lakes Career Center, a technical school in Uniontown

By CLARE ANSBERRY
Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, 2010, isn’t a day that Tanya Ross-Lane of Akron, Ohio, wants to relive.
After 13 years helping workers at Diebold Inc., a maker of ATMs and security systems, update their job skills through training programs, she was laid off from her job, which paid $55,000 a year.
At the time, her [...]

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Lake Township trustees meeting Oct. 24

KEY ACTION  Established a time limit for the public speaks portion of meetings.
DISCUSSION  The time limit was issued in response to a public speaks segment about a proposed oil well that lasted about an hour at the previous meeting. The individual time limit will be “no more than three minutes and no more than [...]

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