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Perry Village
PERRY - On Thursday, May 14, the Perry village council met for regular session with a shift in leadership. Though no formal announcement was made on the transition, council member Elias Coss was noted as 'acting mayor' and President Pro Tempore on several agenda items and on the
Geauga County Commissioners
CHARDON— Geauga County commissioners voted Tuesday to purchase the county library's administrative building for $3.2 million to house a new permanent senior center, advancing a long-delayed project amid questions about the price, taxpayer costs and timing. The 2-1 vote on resolution 26-066 authorizes the purchase of the
Findlay
BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - Annexation and rezoning of the Shady Grove property in Marion Township remained a primary focus at the May 6 Findlay city council meeting. The project involves annexing approximately 45.9 acres and rezoning it to M2 (multifamily high-density) zoning to facilitate large-scale apartment development. While
Local
BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - On Monday, The Springfield commissioners met to hear an update from representatives from the newly minted ‘public-private’ partnership administration for Springfield 2051, a think-tank operation designed to guide city development, facilitated by contracted organization Future IQ. During the update, representatives Kevin Rose and Marta Wojcik
Election
CLARK COUNTY - As Clark County voters prepare for the May 5 Republican primary for an unexpired seat on the Board of Commissioners, the four candidates — Daren Cotter, Greg Koffenbarger, Mark Sanders and Victoria Sorg — are outlining distinct platforms on economic development, public safety, infrastructure and long-term resource management. Residents
Election
BY LIZZIE MARGOLIUS LICKING COUNTY - Licking County has five Republican candidates and one Democrat candidate running in the primary for county commissioner. County commissioner has long been one of those government positions that was highly overlooked until recently, with the expansion of things like data centers, solar fields, rapid
Perry Village
PERRY VILLAGE, Ohio — Residents of Perry Village and Lake County are escalating their opposition to a massive seven-building data center campus proposed for a 215-acre site off Route 20, citing concerns over economic strain, environmental degradation, and a lack of transparency. The grassroots organization Conserve Ohio has organized a protest
Local
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield City Commission heard a pointed public comment period that highlighted resident frustrations over local governance, resource sales and city salaries which spearheaded the ongoing controversy surrounding the organized fire department ‘brownouts’ throughout the city and whether the commission is practicing sound financial management. During the informal public
Local
BY JEFF SKINNER FINDLAY — Findlay City Council approved a 12-month moratorium on new data centers Tuesday night, giving city officials time to study federal, state and local regulations amid resident concerns over power demands, water use and infrastructure strain. The 9-1 vote on Ordinance 2026-42 came after a public comment
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PERRY - After a public records request by The Ohio Register (TOR), The Village of Perry has released the nondisclosure agreement between the village mayor, James Gessic, and Newport Equities LLC, the legal arm of Province Group, developer at the heart of the data center controversy in the village. TOR
Local
BY JEFF SKINNER FINDLAY - A local coward in Findlay mailed a nameless letter to a concerned citizen who spoke out against the closed-door data center meeting that council member Dan DeArment attended. Local Findlay resident Sarah Pugh, who previously ran a write-in campaign for Findlay’s fourth ward, spoke
Perry Village
PERRY, Ohio — Thursday night’s Village Hall meeting in this Lake County village of about 1,600 turned into a standing-room-only reckoning over a proposed data center that’s exposing just how lopsided these deals can get. The project wasn’t even on the April 9 agenda, yet public comment