Orwell News

Roasted octopus treats, blueberry punch served in a fish tank, pseudo jelly fish were part of the July birthday party theme Tuesday for area youth at the Conversation Station.

The time-setting of this "Orwellian" future is identified at the outset as "somewhere in the Twentieth Century," and it is in fact both forward and backward from the present, laden with 1940s clothes and ...

Ten people were arraigned June 20 and entered pleas to various felony charges before Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court Judge Gary Yost.

Ohio Attorney General Nancy Rogers on Thursday told proponents of a referendum to overturn new regulations on the payday lending industry that she won't certify ballot language submitted to the state.

It didn't go down to the exact plan, but Village Council's Safety Committee chairman, Steve Buchheit, did get council's approval to hire a part-time police officer.

Tunnel, final paved section to be completed this summer By CARL E. FEATHER - Lifestyle Editor - cfeather@starbeacon.com Star Beacon It has taken 19 years, but the Western Reserve Greenway Trail should be ...

Lt. Don Bishop said what started out as an accident investigation Monday afternoon turned into a fistfight with a wanted man who did not go quietly.

Silvio Berlusconi's shady rise from cruise ship crooner to TV tycoon, transformation into the "media-political Frankenstein" who until recently ran Italy, and the cautionary significance this Orwellian ...

More than 75 people braved 90-degree temperatures and limited parking to break ground for a new church, which is expected to rise from farmland at Route 6 and Peck Road.

More than 400 workers at a local business will lose their jobs. Salaried and hourly workers at Kraftmaid Cabinetry received layoff notices on Friday.

With additional money funneled into the county's senior citizens programs for transportation services, Ashtabula County commissioners amended several contracts Thursday.

State Sen. Capri S. Cafaro, of Liberty D-32, is questioning whether the Friday layoffs of 400 employees at three Kraftmaid plants, one in Orwell in her district and two in Middlefield, were done legally.

Gilbert Pryor works on a custom cabinet at KraftMaid in April 2004. KraftMaid Cabinetry Inc.

More than 400 salaried and hourly workers at Kraftmaid Cabinetry, Masco Retail Cabinet Group's three plants in Middlefield and Orwell received lay-off notices Friday morning.

Star Beacon ORWELL - What a day of excitement awaited 46 Thomas Jefferson Elementary second graders from Warren City School District Thursday as they got off their bus to meet pen pals at Grand Valley ...

Sen. Clinton's comments on RFK were unfortunate because they could be misinterpreted by those unwilling to take the trouble of checking out the facts independently - but it is clear reviewing her statement and ...

Ashtabula County commissioners want to know whether south county townships and villages would like to form a water planning task force, said Commissioner Daniel Claypool.

Ashtabula County is seeking $360,000 in state community development block grant funds to replace old waterlines on Route 534 between Lake Erie and New London Road.

Ashtabula City Council President Robert Beacom resigned Monday night, effective July 6. Since the November election, Beacom felt an increase in time for job and personal things.

“If you don't have that seat belt on, you'll be ticketed if you're stopped for a violation.”

As part of the national "Click it or Ticket" campaign, Madison Village Officers will be present at McDonald's on River Street Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to make sure motorists are wearing their seat belts ... via The Star Beacon; Ashtabula, Ohio