Marblehead News

MARBLEHEAD -- The weather's turning, and the ferries have started running again.

Seven Port Clinton residents were among the 11 area people who received their certification as marine mechanics at the graduation ceremony of the Skills for Life Marine Mechanics training program in Ottawa County this week.

MARBLEHEAD -- Marblehead Bank recently promoted Deborah K. Stephens to assistant vice president-treasurer and cashier.

Re-energize yourself at the Indigo Women's Retreat May 14-16, 2010. Microsoft As the blooms burst with new life this spring, a lucky group of women will realize a similar transformation on the inside.

MARBLEHEAD - The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for a man who filed a false report of a boater who went missing Thursday, officials said.

MARBLEHEAD: Billy Keith Halblaub, 82, passed away on March 6, 2010 in his home following a lengthy illness.

Jill's Sweet Delites, located at 1002 Main St. in Marblehead, will be featured at The Marblehead Bank Branch on South Bridge Road.A Jill bakes donuts, coffee cakes, cookies, pies and various other sweet confections daily.

Ottawa County Monday, March 8 11:30 am - 5:30 pm Port Clinton Moose 1105 N. Lakeshore, Port Clinton and Wednesday, March 10 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm St.

St. Thomas' will have Stations of the Cross at noon each Wednesday during Lent. All members of the community are welcome.

A program of exercises, crafts, entertainment and education combines with meals served at the Ottawa County Senior Citizens Center and nutrition sites to form the county senior citizens activities program.

MARBLEHEAD -- St. Joseph Catholic Church, 822 Barclay St., Marblehead, will have a Taize Prayer Service at 7 p.m. March 9. Prayer in the spirit of the Taize Community is a meditative form of common prayer with uncomplicated, repetitive songs.

Soup and Chili Cook off St. Joseph Church in Marblehead hosted its third annual Soup and Chili Cookoff Sunday.

Jason R. Traut, 26, 8534 East Harbor Rd., Marblehead, arrested by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office for failure to comply, and obstructing official business, $7,025 bond.

PORT CLINTON - A Marblehead man is charged with assault after a fight Wednesday night, according to a report.

Five attorneys representing four clients appeared in Ottawa County Common Pleas Court Monday morning to hash out who should pay Young Brothers Construction for work it performed on a Marblehead building in 2007-08. The Young brothers, Doug and Lou, sued developer Robert Keller and a couple who had originally planned to move into the new building in ...

MARBLEHEAD -- A Marblehead man was arrested Monday night after he crashed a pickup truck in Erie County, later stopped for a trooper in Portage Township, then sped away from the traffic stop, according to a spokesman for the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Ben and Wendy Richmond of the Richmond Gallery in Marblehead recently announced plans to help the American Red Cross efforts in Haiti.

In Ottawa County last year, 259 couples tied the knot, far fewer than in 1990, when the county probate court issued 344 marriage licenses.

Tickets are on sale now to win the framed, original oil painting "Loading Dock" by Marblehead artist Rick Dziak.

HURON --The 30th annual Conference of the Ohio Association of Child and Youth Care Professionals Inc.