North Kingsville News

Police officers in Conneaut rejiggered their dress code Saturday morning for a festive and very good cause.

By SHELLEY TERRY - Staff Writer - sterry@starbeacon.com ASHTABULA - They shivered in the cold, honoring the men and women who died on the day President Franklin D. Roosevelt described as "a date which will live in infamy." Under cloudy skies, about 50 people gathered Monday afternoon at Veterans Park.

A village family is lucky to have a home after a garage fire nearly spread to the residence at 3760 East Center St.

Shoppers dashing to and from stores on Black Friday weren't too busy to acknowledge people standing at the entrances, wearing smiles and red aprons and carrying bells.

SHELLEY TERRY Star Beacon ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP - Elizabeth Wick, 6, of Jefferson, wanted a doll house.

CARL E. FEATHER / Star Beacon PAM PALERMO of The Wooden Apple in North Kingsville works with Charlie Leighner, maintenance supervisor for the Lodge and Conference Center at Geneva-on-the-Lake, Wednesday afternoon as Palermo and other florists decorated the lodge for the holidays.

A subpar season will cost two Village Green Golf Course workers their jobs during the winter, North Kingsville council members agreed at Wednesday's regular meeting.

Time has run out for a North Kingsville woman who fought to keep her three beloved horses at hand.

By MARK TODD - Staff Writer - mtodd@starbeacon.com Star Beacon NORTH KINGSVILLE - A grass fire along the Lake Erie shore early Wednesday afternoon scorched a large chunk of Lake Road property and damaged a storage shed, firefighters said.

Joann Laird and members of her Hands of Love committee are eager to play Santa Claus to local men and women defending our freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Eight months of hard work led to two months of fun for two area men who toured Southeast Asia from Thailand to Nepal.

A collision between two tractor-trailer trucks Tuesday night closed several miles of westbound Interstate 90 for nearly eight hours Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, police and firefighters said.

CARL E. FEATHER/ Star Beacon HENRY RIFFE, a resident of Appomattox, Va., holds the autobiography that he wrote to inspire young people to achieve more than they ever dreamed.

The H1N1 vaccination plan will proceed on schedule this week in the Buckeye Local District, with Ridgeview Elementary and Edgewood Senior High students receiving the vaccine today.

G. B. Community Theatre at the Ashtabula Arts Center will open a Noel Coward classic "Blithe Spirit" Friday with additional performances Saturday, Sunday, Nov.

Geneva gets timber for shortest covered bridge in U.S. By MARGIE TRAX PAGE - Staff Writer - mtrax@starbeacon.com GENEVA - The nation's shortest covered bridge will be made of northeast Ohio lumber harvested from Geneva, Jefferson and Hartsgrove Township, Geneva City Manager Jim Pearson said.

It seems like the Ashtabula County Animal Protective League got more tricks than treats this Halloween season, APL board president Diane Carr said.

Residents of Conneaut who live in the dark may be able to shed a $2 monthly streetlighting fee the city has charged since April.

A Cemetery Road man was injured Monday afternoon when a truck on which he was working fell on his chest, said Kingsville Township Fire Chief Neal Stewart.

Residents have told North Kingsville's Planning Commission that they don't want rules regarding barns and livestock inserted into the village's zoning code, council members learned at Wednesday's meeting.