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Nancy Molnar Times-Reporter staff writer Dover MIDVALE Village Council is weighing offers from Uhichsville, Dennison and a private ambulance company to provide fire response and emergency medical service. The fire service would replace the Midvale Fire Department, which has struggled to maintain staffing in recent years.  Village officials heard from representatives of all three entities at Thursday's council meeting, but did not make a choice. They discussed contract negotiations in an executive session that was closed to the public. Council's safety and finance committee is expected to...

One of the last times I spoke with George Arthur at length was in July, in a phone conversation. Rep. John Lewis, the legendary champion of American civil rights, had just died in Georgia. Arthur remembered Lewis from some conversations when they served years ago on their respective city councils in Buffalo and Atlanta, and they happened to end up at the same conference. As usual, to say Arthur simply “knew” Lewis did not come close enough. They bonded over Buffalo, a city where Lewis made a pivotal childhood visit 70 years ago to stay with relatives who moved away from harsh legal ...