Small coins make a big difference when Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative members join together to fund change in their communities. More than $12,400 in third-quarter grants was distributed to 12 local organizations through the co-op’s Operation Round Up program. PPEC’s Operation Round Up program distributed $12,446 in 12 grants to area organizations on Oct. 18…
Paulding, OH: The Paulding County Area Foundation held their annual dinner and meeting on Tuesday, April 10th at Grant’s Catering in Antwerp. Along with social time and a meal, the Foundation gave a synopsis of the 2017 year in terms of finances, funding, donations, projects, and county engagement. In its 17th year of operation, the…
ADA – Two Ohio Northern University faculty members are involved in a project that looks to offer second chances to troubled youths in a rural northwestern Ohio county. The Paulding County Juvenile Court has received two competitive grants totaling more than $193,000 from the Ohio Department of Youth Services. The court was awarded a three-year,…
After a three year hiatus, CCBanks Productions is back and bringing you All Shook Up, a new broadway musical set to the classic tunes of Elvis! The storyline is loosely based on Shakespeare’s 12th Night (made popular by the hit movie She’s the Man!) and includes hilarious twists and turns, a little bit of burning’…
On Wednesday, July 19 the Antwerp School Board met together to discuss the upcoming school needs. Bob Herber opened the meeting with the visitor Bryce Steiner present from the West Bend News. The June 29 minutes were accepted. The budget over the next two years will be flat. Transportation funds were cut by the state.…
The Payne Branch Library will be closed Monday, July 17, through Friday, July 21, for carpet installation. The Friends of the Payne Branch Library have received grants and donations over the past year to fund this project in celebration of the Payne Library’s 20th anniversary in 2016. Overdue fines will be waived during this renovation…
The Odd Couple – female version, friends gather regularly for Trivial Pursuit but soon become irritated at Florence for her insistence on etiquette and linen napkins. Pictured at the Trivial Pursuit game are Beth Henderson, Hicksville; Terina Wakefield, Fort Wayne; Corrie Ehrhart, Antwerp; Crystal Brooks, Antwerp; Jennifer Japs, Bryan; and Joni Rosebrock, Hicksville. Join…
Paulding County Sheriff Jason K. Landers announced the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s (ODPS) Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO) awarded $28,222.42 in federal traffic safety funding to his office for federal fiscal year 2016, running from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016. “Partnerships are critical to the success of any safety effort and we…
Sheriff Jason K. Landers will be participating in the upcoming “Paws for a Cause” event. “The community’s support of this event has been great and should be a fun time,” states Sheriff Landers. “Paulding County Dog Warden Jared Renollet has been fortunate to have volunteers assuring the county’s dogs are properly taken care of and…
