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Sick Time Proposal Stops Possible 500-Job Development In Village
by David Pugh Buckeye Staff Writer
      Jim Wyse, Archbold mayor, said a company that could employ 500 workers in Archbold may not locate here due to the Ohio Healthy Families Act. Ohioans for Healthy Families, a coalition of individuals and organizations, is leading an effort to put the Healthy Families Act, or HFA, on the November ba...
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Summer Holiday
      What better way to enjoy the Fourth of July holiday than a visit to Sauder Village. At top, from left, seated: Sally Hogrefe, Ridgeville, and her grandchildren Kaiden Wachtman, 3, his sister Cassidy, 5, Napoleon, and Cole Plassman, almost 4, Ridgeville, look out over the mill pond, hoping to spot ...
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Ridgeville Corners Restarts Community Day Celebration
      After a few years without a community-wide event, Ridgeville Corners will hold its Community Day, Sunday, July 20. Cheryl Bostelman, one of the organizers, said she could not remember how long it had been since there had been a Community Day in Ridgeville.
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Flood Water Fun
     After more than two inches of rain fell on the Archbold area Wednesday night, July 2, these youngsters were out frolicking in the floodwaters the next day. In the background, Genny Lehman, 13, tries to splash 13-year-old Tressa Parsley, while in the foreground, Colin Lehman, 15, uses a baseball bat ...
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Additional Vendors Join Carp Fest Art In The Park
      Nanette Buehrer, director of the Archbold Area Chamber of Commerce, said registrations are up for the Archbold Carp Festival Art in the Park and Biz Expo programs. This year's Carp Fest, the 29th annual, starts Thursday night, July 10, and runs through Saturday, July 12.
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Engineer Says Capital Projects On Target, Ahead Of Schedule
      Archbold's three major capital improvement projects for 2008 are on schedule or ahead of schedule, Bob Seaman, village engineer, said Tuesday. Ohio Gas Company is relocating some gas mains in the Union Street area. That work should be completed this week or next, Seaman said.
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Council Okays New Street Light
      Archbold Village Council agreed to order Toledo Edison to install a new street light at or near the End Times Harvest Church, 1205 North Defiance Street. Council came to that decision at the Monday night, July 7, meeting. Dennis Howell, Archbold Village administrator, said the assistant pastor a...
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Summer On The Farm At Sauder Village
      Sauder Village visitors will have the opportunity to try their hand at a wide variety of activities during "Summer on the Farm," Saturday, July 12. Visitors try everything from making rope to cranking an oldfashioned ice-cream freezer. At 2 pm, visitors can help erect a wigwam in the Natives & Ne...
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Esther L. Arnos, 84, of rural Stryker, passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 9, 2008 at the Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon.–Posted 7.9, 8:43 a.m. More...
June 29 7 am: Report of burglary, 212 Farmington Rd. 1:20 pm: Theft from vehicle, 216 Meadow Rd. 2:23 pm: Citation to Roy E. Donnelly, 59, Colton, for traffi c signal, N. Defiance St. at E. Holland St. 7:14 pm: disabled vehicle, 100 block Bankey Ave., assisted. More...
Gross receipts from the Archbold municipal income tax are down $42,115.10, or about 1.85%, for 2008 when compared to 2007. During the Monday night, July 7, Archbold Village Council meeting, council members learned total gross receipts for Jan. 1 through June 30, 2008, were $2,235,156.99, which is... More...
Brent and Melanie Barnaby, Ft. Myers, Fla., announce the engagement of their daughter, Megan, Archbold, to Jason Martz, Archbold, son of Bruce Martz, Wauseon, and Greg and Mary Knox, Archbold. The bride-elect is a 1999 Evergreen High School graduate. More...
Pettisville and Archbold advanced to the district ACME tournament with wins in the Fulton County Sectional last week. In regular-season action, Archbold beat Liberty Center 13-4, Thursday, June 26. Corey Walker was the winning pitcher. More...
Pettisville is a remarkable community, just as all Northwest Ohio communities are remarkable. It is a community filled with people who care about their town. The school is the center of life in Pettisville. Residents of the Pettisville school district have stepped up to support the school generou... More...
Archbold Evangelical Sunday: Bev Nelson, prelude and offertory. Message, "The Beginnings of Belief: After the Beginning," by Brad Bame. Second service: Praise and worship through singing led by worship team band; Cameron Bible, offertory, message same as first service. More...
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