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Uniontown officer Daniel Stiles honored at memorial ceremony

Uniontown officer Daniel Stiles honored at memorial ceremony

A member of the Uniontown Police Department is among six law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year being honored during a ceremony in London, Ohio.
Thursday’s gathering at a training academy in London, west of Columbus, marks the 25th annual Ohio Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony. The attorney general’s office says the event [...]

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Drilling inspectors needed: Ohio looks to hire as shale play spreads to more counties

Drilling inspectors needed: Ohio looks to hire as shale play spreads to more counties

By Alison Grant, The Plain Dealer
Ohio expects to triple the number of its oil and gas field inspectors, as horizontal drilling and fracking of shale formations intensifies and moves west across the state.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants to have 90 inspectors in the field by early next year, up from more [...]

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Community Park

Community Park

The Uniontown Community Park was started in 1969 when the Uniontown Lions Club formed a committee to find ground on which a community park could be developed.
On May 3, 1971, the Uniontown Community Park Association received their corporation charter from the state of Ohio. The Lions Club purchased the land in 1972.
The community center was [...]

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Vote on Lake Township police levy continues to divide community

Vote on Lake Township police levy continues to divide community

By Nancy Molnar
Special to the Beacon Journal
LAKE TWP.: Imagine walking into the voting booth and facing this option: You can vote for a service and still lower your taxes.
That’s what some Uniontown police district residents did Nov. 8, when they voted to expand their Uniontown Police Department and its tax base to the remainder of [...]

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Girl Scouting turns 100

Girl Scouting turns 100

By Lori Monsewicz | CantonRep.com staff writer

JACKSON TWP. —

Girl Scouts from all over the area, many of whom have been Scouts for more than a half-century, gathered Sunday to celebrate their organization with a tea.
The event entitled “Silver and Gold — Celebrating the Memories, Living the Promise,” took place at the St. Stephen the Martyr [...]

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Northeast Ohio churches speak out against President Obama's birth control policy

Northeast Ohio churches speak out against President Obama’s birth control policy

By: Kristin Byrne, newsnet5.com
BRUNSWICK, Ohio – Catholic churches in northeast Ohio are on mission to have their message heard after President Obama announced a federal mandate regarding health care coverage for contraception.
The regulation requires faith-based institutions to provide insurance for things like contraception. It’s been revised so churches can opt out of providing coverage, but [...]

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Crossing upgrades advance in Lake Township, Ohio and Washington

Crossing upgrades advance in Lake Township, Ohio and Washington

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) plans to hold a public meeting on Thursday to solicit comments on potential improvements to three crossings along the Charlotte rail corridor in West Charlotte.
A study conducted in conjunction with STV/Ralph Whitehead Associates might recommend closing some of the crossings, NCDOT officials said in a meeting notice.
Meanwhile, the [...]

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Lawyer from Green set to face ‘Toughest Footrace on Earth’

Lawyer from Green set to face ‘Toughest Footrace on Earth’

By Sean Patrick  South Side Leader
From April 6 to 16, Green attorney Richard Davies will be in Morocco to compete in the Marathon des Sables — a race that covers 155 miles in seven days in The Sahara Desert.
Davies, 58, said he has never done anything like this before in his life. In fact, Davies [...]

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