Mantua News

By Diane Smith Record-Courier staff writer MANTUA - The Mantua Shalersville Chamber of Commerce is scrambling to provide Christmas gifts for nearly 200 area children.

Scam artists have been hitting Portage County in recent weeks, attempting to con residents out of their hard-earned money.

The city has been awarded $500,000 in state grant money to put toward the $2.9 million purchase of Spring Hill Farm, a 153-acre property that was the original homestead of the city's founder, Ebenezer Sheldon.

Robin Rose of the State Auditor's Open Government Unit will present the 3 hour Public Records/Meetings seminar at the Mantua Shalersville Fire Department noon - 3:15 pm, Wednesday, November 18.

Veterans Day is Nov. 11. It is a special time for all Americans to pause and reflect on the magnificent contributions and sacrifices made by our men and women who served with honor and dignity and those who died for the precious freedoms we enjoy and often take for granted.

A Mantua woman who for 10 years was the elected clerk/treasurer of the village of Mantua was indicted Tuesday by a Portage County grand jury on a total of six felonies and misdemeanors for allegedly stealing village funds while in office.

But a high-spirited Halloween prank turned out to have deadly consequences in Shalersville Township in 1918 when the merriment of the evening ended in a fatal shotgun blast and a manslaughter charge.

Trick or Treat for communities in Portage County will take place this year on the following dates and times.

In Deerfield, the fire chief is weighing a text paging system, where emergency calls would be forwarded to a dispatch center in Virginia.

Crestwood High School in Mantua is closed today due to a break in the main heating line of the building.

On Saturday, Alliance Police Department officers and the Ohio Department of Public Safety Investigative Unit conducted a joint enforcement detail targeting alcohol-related offenses in the city of Alliance.

An Akron man is in the Portage County jail after he was charged Tuesday with having sexual relations with a 5-year-old in Mantua.

Portage County Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci has waded into one of the county municipal court races by firing Assistant Prosecutor Tommie Jo Marsilio.

A second person has pleaded guilty in connection with a string of thefts from cars in Aurora.

A city-owned property on the southeast edge of town affords area residents the opportunity to become pilots without even leaving the ground.

Despite concerns from some City Council members about increasing the speed limit on Townline Road from 35 to 40 mph, Council approved the change at its Aug.

These are the newest Howard Hanna listings on the market. The following list will be updated as new listings come on the market in Portage County.

Chef Ron Romanini, with Andrea Romanini, with Lake Erie walleye, left, and assorted sushi.

Look past the restaurants of this resort town on South Bass Island, past the world's longest bar, past the tourists riding in golf carts.

Dear Heloise: I recently got a great deal on a beautiful solid-oak dining-room table that is perfect for my home.