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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 06:35 am

Portage News

Local news for Portage, OH continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

8 hrs ago | Port Clinton News Herald

Religion briefly

Rebirth Community Church is hosting a 'Prayer and Meditation Time' from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Tuesday at 570 S. McKinley Drive for the community to be able to come and have somewhere to pray.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Home Gardening, Home

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Port Clinton News Herald

For the Record

Reports Tuesday 1:14 a.m. -- Domestic dispute in the 1000 block of South Second Street, Gypsum.

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Related Topix: Carroll, OH, Salem, OH

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Akron Beacon Journal

Severe thunderstorm watch issued

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the area until 8 p.m. Twenty-eight counties in Northern Ohio, including Summit, Portage, Medina, Wayne and Stark, are warned ...

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Related Topix: Cleveland Metro, Weather

Tue Jul 08, 2008

News-Messenger

Strickland participates in Fish Ohio

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland said he had a great time during the 30th annual Fish Ohio Day, even though he didn't catch any fish.

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Related Topix: Ottawa County, OH, Ohio, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Fremont, OH, Ballville, OH

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Port Clinton News Herald

For the Record

Detention Facility Monday Richard Spillman, 18, 1206 E. Third St., Port Clinton, arrested by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office on grand-jury indictments on two counts of aggravated robbery, no bond.

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Related Topix: Ottawa County, OH, Clay Center, OH, Port Clinton, OH, Clinton, OH, Oak Harbor, OH

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Toledo Blade

'Theology on Tap' offered at Grace Evangelical Lutheran

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elmore, Ohio, is holding a series of gatherings entitled Theology on Tap, at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the Portage Inn, 355 Rice St., Elmore.

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Related Topix: Elmore, OH

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Port Clinton News Herald

Legacy of Tin Goose lives on

PORT CLINTON -- When ice covered Lake Erie each winter, residents of the islands knew they wouldn't be stranded.

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Related Topix: Port Clinton, OH, Flying, Life, Hobbies

News-Messenger

"Ketchup: King of Condiments" July 3

BOWLING GREEN, OH - Join a lunch discussion of WBGU-PBS' local documentary, "Ketchup: King of Condiments," at the Otterbein Portage Valley Campus Center Auditorium, in Pemberville, on Tuesday, July 15.

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Related Topix: Bowling Green, OH, Green, OH, Pemberville, OH, Fremont, OH

Port Clinton News Herald

Teen indicted for injury accident

PORT CLINTON -- A Genoa man faces felony charges for causing a car crash in April that seriously hurt his two passengers.

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Related Topix: Genoa, OH, Ohio, Port Clinton, OH, Clinton, OH, Marblehead, OH

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Port Clinton News Herald

Tough, but sale will close books on elementary schools

A court decision could soon close the final chapter of the history of the Portage and Catawba elementaries.

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Related Topix: Port Clinton, OH, Education Etc., Opinion

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Port Clinton News Herald

Week in review

MONDAY on Camelback Day: The 30th edition of Camelback Day is in the books and thanks to members of the Fremont Elite Runners Club, it went off with nary a hitch.

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Related Topix: Fremont, OH, Port Clinton, OH, Education Etc.

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Toledo Talk

Small Town traffi rip-offs

Did ya know that in Ohio the law for posted speed signs and location of the "Cop"registering your speed says" "There has to be a sign saying "reduced speed ahead" or 35 or 25 speed ahead and it can not be ...

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Tue Jun 24, 2008

Akron Beacon Journal

Scene - June 23, 2008; garden tour, silent auction etc.

June 23, 2008; garden tour, silent auction etc. Charity golf outings scheduled June 30 Published on Monday, Jun 23, 2008 This Week Wednesday The Zoar Community Association will host a Garden Tour and Luncheon ...

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Related Topix: Portage Lakes, OH, Columbus, OH, Silver Lake, OH

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Port Clinton News Herald

Area briefly

The next regular meeting of the Benton-Carroll-Salem Board of Education will be 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the B-C-S Board of Education Office, 11685 W. Ohio 163, Oak Harbor.

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Related Topix: Oak Harbor, OH, Sandusky, OH, Clinton, OH, Port Clinton, OH

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Port Clinton News Herald

Area briefly

A Graytown man was cited after authorities said he caused a head-on crash Tuesday on Ohio 105 that injured himself and a teen driving the second vehicle.

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Related Topix: Sandusky, OH, Graytown, OH, Ohio, Middle Bass, OH

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Port Clinton News Herald

Area briefly

No one cited for collision Friday in Portage Township PORTAGE TOWNSHIP -- No one was hurt or cited in a two-vehicle crash Friday on Ohio 53 north of Ohio 163, the sheriff's office reported.

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Related Topix: Toledo Metro, Toledo, OH, Lancaster, OH

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Toledo Blade

Raccoons scourge of turtle young in northeastern Ohio

Seventeen rare Blanding's turtles were released last week into the 465-acre Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve, hard by Lake Erie in Erie County.

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Related Topix: Erie County, OH, Cleveland, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

Sat Jun 14, 2008

Toledo Blade

Bowling Green woman killed in crash

A Bowling Green woman was killed in a single-car crash early Wednesday on Bloomdale Road at Good Road northeast of this Wood County community, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Bowling Green, OH, Wood County, OH, Bloomdale, OH

Thu Jun 12, 2008

WNWO-TV Toledo

Late-night car crash leaves one dead in Wood County

An late-night car crash in Wood County has left person dead. Marie Williamson, 25, of Bowling Green, was driving alone in her vehicle on Bloomdale Road in Portage Township when it went off the west side of the ...

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Related Topix: Wood County, OH, Bowling Green, OH

Tue Jun 10, 2008

WKYC-TV

BMX riders evicted from Parma trails

CHANNEL 3 WEATHER PLUS BULLETIN: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ACTIVE FOR ASHLAND, ERIE, HURON AND RICHLAND CUYAHOGA, LORAIN AND MEDINA UNTIL 9:30 PM.

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Related Topix: Huron, OH, Sandusky, OH, Weather

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