Ann Wishart

Middlefield Village Council heard the first reading Aug. 13 of a proposed ordinance designed to outlaw the use of commercial-grade fireworks on private property within the village.

The popularity of the Parkman Township Community House on Main Market Road has grown since improvements, including an elevator and an updated kitchen, were completed over the past several years.

Newbury Township arguably has become the landscaping capital of Geauga County.

Steven B. Hillebrecht, 47, sat impassively Aug. 27 as Geauga County Common Pleas Judge Matthew Rambo read 32 felony counts against him during his arraignment.

Munson Township Trustee Jim McCaskey cast the lone dissenting vote Aug. 18 as trustees approved a $106,020 contract for the first phase of a boardwalk along the Chagrin River at Scenic River Retreat.

A wave of new Ohio property tax laws could strip away millions of dollars of revenue from West Geauga Schools over the next five years, while the district faces decisions on renewing two local levies, Treasurer Karen Pavlat said Aug. 17.

Newbury Township officials debated how to address the multitude of landscaping businesses along state Route 87 during the Sept. 2 trustees meeting.

Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz held Newbury Township Trustee Greg Tropf and Fiscal Officer Lindsay Pollock’s feet to the fire Aug. 17 during a budget hearing, questioning the financial oversight of the township’s contracted fire company.

The Geauga County Budget Commission unanimously approved the 2027 budgets for the Russell Township 1545 Park District and the Russell Township 511 Park District during hearings Sept. 17-18, but commission members questioned what can be done with approximately $100,000 the 1545 district has accumulated.

A proposed joint operating agreement between Troy Township and Hiram Township fire departments could move to the front burner during a joint township meeting Sept. 14, following the surprise retirement of Troy Fire Chief Jim Nix on Aug. 4.