Waterville News

Sheila Cole, left, and Anne Cowen remember a friend by wading into the Maumee River in Waterville with other 'polar bears.' Dozens took to the river Friday to continue a New Year's Day tradition begun by the late Herb Mericle.

CSI , sponsored by First United Methodist Church of Perrysburg at Abundant Life #2, 200 Zoar Drive, meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. To register, call Phyllis Morton at 419-872-0846 by the Sunday before the dates of the meetings.

One size does not fit all at the Lucas County Arena. We've received several complaints about the seats being too small.

Toledo's four National Amusement Theaters might have a new owner. Last week, The Blade ran a story saying an agreement had been reached to sell 35 theaters to Rave Motion Pictures in Dallas.

Restaurant review: Smedlap's Smithy *** Casual dining in Waterville Smedlap's Smithy *** Address: 205 Farnsworth Rd., Waterville.

Will someone please step up and tell Commissioner Ben Konop to stop picking at the carcass of dog warden Tom Skeldon? He has tendered his resignation effective early next year and it is time for the Board of Commissioners to move on and make a better dog pound that is free of controversy.

Funeral plans are set for a popular West Toledo carryout clerk who was shot to death in a robbery Thursday night.

The board of the YMCA and JCC of Greater Toledo appears to have adopted the rope-a-dope strategy against the Coalition of Concerned Citizens and Y members who are attempting to save the South Toledo Y. For younger readers, "rope-a-dope" was a strategy used most famously by boxer Muhammad Ali on Oct.

3:03 a.m. Complainant reported two males streaked through the parking lot at Circle K. 4:05 a.m. Travis Lines, 18, Waterville Ohio, was arrested for underage possession of alcohol and Joseph Soto, 21, was arrested for disorderly conduct urinating within the 900th block of Klotz Road.

As of early Tuesday afternoon, voting in the city of Toledo was almost twice as heavy as it was at the same time during September's primary, Lucas County election officials said Tuesday.

Kathy Gabel of Maumee estimates she tried on 25 to 30 dresses before finding the dress to wear at the Oct.

E.J. Wells may be the perfect rocker for Halloween. The Toledo musician loves to dig around in the rock and roll boneyard and pull up macabre odes to the dark side with song titles such as "Hearse Driver," "Downstairs at the Funeral Home," "Cemetery Man," "Blood on the Moon," and "The Undertaker's Lament." His latest is "Something in the ...

Lake Township's Friendly Park will be getting a donation of playground equipment.

A drama inspired by Hurricane Katrina makes its regional debut next week at Ohio Northern University in Ada.

WATERVILLE: Ronald E. Dalton, age 67, of Waterville, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2009 after a brief and sudden illness.

Springfield Township Hall was the site for a free H1N1 vaccine clinic.A However Lucas County health officials were surprised at the number of people who showed up.

After only 6 1/2 months on the job, Michael Stolarczyk has resigned as president of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, with Paul Toth - the man once passed up for the job - named yesterday as his successor.

Waterville Township trustees accepted the resignation of police chief Kathleen Hartle last night, more than a month after she was suspended under allegations that she had an open container of alcohol in her police cruiser.

Most branches of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library will be open during regular hours.

School officials in two towns are searching for the next step after the new Waterville Elementary School principal abruptly and mysteriously resigned barely a month into her new job.