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The next board of elections meeting will be held September 13.

The Daily Record Wooster Farmers' Market, open Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon, downtown Wooster. The market will be held each Saturday throughout the season. For more information, call 330-262-6222 or email john@mainstreetwooster.org. Medina Square County Farmers' Market, downtown Medina, Saturdays through Oct. 16, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information call 330-722 6186, email info@mainstreetmedina.com or visit www.medinafarmersmarket.com. 5K Walk/Run, Saturday, 11 a.m., Ashland, a benefit for the Ashland County Cancer Society; $20 fee includes a T-shirt and a free meal provided by Ohio Fire. Me...

Ashland-area restaurants struggle to fill void in employment Avaerie Fitzgerald Special to the Ashland Times-Gazette All across the Ashland County area and beyond the hunt for employees has become the new norm for restaurant owners. There has been a decrease in job applications following the state’s shutdown in March 2020, and as a result, several restaurants have been adjusting hours of operation and are struggling to meet demand. Owner Rob Stoops said that they have not received any applications since around January. “Everybody is in the same boat,” Stoops said. “You see [the hiring...

2nd-alarm fire damages home Jim Comer | Darke County Media UNION CITY, Ohio — A family home suffered moderate damage Saturday afternoon following a fire that started in an outdoor garbage bin. At approximately 2:12 p.m., firefighters from Union City, Ohio Fire and Rescue responded along with mutual aid from Union City, Indiana, Ansonia and Liberty Township Fire Departments to 470 Beamsville Union City Road in reference to a working garage fire. According to Captain Dusty Brunner, of the Union City, Ohio Fire Department, firefighters arrived on the scene to find a single-story brick ranch w...

Submitted to the Jeffersonian NEW CONCORD – The New Concord area community is invited to send cards or a note to the former Fire Chief Brent Gates congratulating him on his retirement. He retired as fire chief on Dec. 31.  Gates joined the New Concord Fire Department in 1978 as a volunteer firefighter and moved up the ranks as lieutenant, captain, and assistant chief before being named fire chief in 1992.  Chief Gates led the department through the change from volunteer to the part-time paid professional organization it is today. Chief Gates was active in his profession in the county, the...