Jefferson News

BILL WEST / Star Beacon HENNA NEELY, 7, right, reaches to pet Waldo Wednesday during his visit to the Jefferson Elementary School in Jefferson.

Raising the bar If you follow these pages on a regular basis, you probably checked out Tom Harris' most excellent profile on Geneva's Courtney Thompson.

Elizabeth Wick, 6, of Jefferson, wanted a doll house. Four-year-old Zachary Burnheimer of North Kingsville asked for a dinosaur.

Joann Laird and members of her Hands of Love committee are eager to play Santa Claus to local men and women defending our freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan.

An idea to bring some fun to the workplace will end up benefiting dozens of area families down on their luck.

All of Indian Creek Campground is officially located within the village, as Village Council voted Monday night to accept the annexation of 16 acres of Geneva Township land into the municipality.

WARREN DILLAWAY / Star Beacon A HAZE hung over State Road near the Route 20 intersection in Ashtabula Township Saturday afternoon following a chemical leak at Millenium Inorganic Chemicals.

BILL WEST / Star Beacon NORM DAVID of American Legion Baylor Post 152 salutes the U.S. flag as the National Anthem is played during the Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday in downtown Jefferson.

Police officers wearing armor arrested a Jefferson man wanted on a local warrant without a problem Monday, said Public Safety Director Jon Arcaro.

Producers JBOSS & BLEU for Hatchet Films set to start Casting for film written by Sigmund Gould.

Tired politicians dutifully drudged to their jobs Wednesday after a late night of either celebrating or despising the election results.

The Jefferson Players will present some "Good News" this weekend in their new high school auditorium.

The Ashtabula City Port Authority and the new Route 11 industrial park are moving ahead with their first building project, says Alicia McFarland, the Port Authority's economic development director.

BILL WEST / Star Beacon JEFFERSON HIGH students wait to enter school Monday for their first day of classes at the new school.

An administrator with the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department, the subject of recent disciplinary action, has accepted a position with another police agency, according to reports.

The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners will use the County Engineer's Department for snowplowing and removal services again this winter.

Contract negotiations with employees of the Jefferson Area Local Schools District were settled at the school board meeting Tuesday night at Rock Creek Elementary School, Superintendent Doug Hladek said.

BILL WEST / Star Beacon THESE ARE just a few of the kittens running around the horse barns at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds in Jefferson.

DETECTIVE MICHAEL Colby's K-9 partner Nik died of cancer on June 15. Robert of Marcy, of Marcy Funeral Home is donating a head stone and Eric Nesbitt, of Thompson/Smith Funeral Home, is contributing a memorial plaque.

A 30-year-old man was seriously injured Tuesday night during an argument with a woman in his Harbor Ridge apartment.