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BY MIKE McCARTHY | MIRROR EDITOR — The Maumee Memorial Day parade, sponsored by American Legion Post 320, will take place on the streets of uptown Maumee on the morning of Monday, May 29. Parade participants will gather in the parking lot of Maumee United Methodist Church at 405 Sackett St. at …

Parades and solemn remembrances are planned in honor of Memorial Day throughout the community this weekend. Fallen Timbers Monument On Sunday, May 28 at 1:30 p.m., the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preser-vation Commission will host a memorial at the Fallen Timbers Monument to honor those lost in battle with music and …

Maumee USPS carriers collected over 7,000 pounds of food during the National Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day on May 13. The mail carriers spent that Saturday morning and afternoon collecting donated food items from hundreds of Maumee residents along their respective postal routes. Off-duty postal carriers and some of …

BY KRISTI FISH | MIRROR REPORTER — Volunteers decked in purple shirts and hundreds of avid young readers used the annual Claire’s Day festival as a way to pay tribute to Claire Rubini while encouraging literacy. Claire’s Day, which was created in honor of Claire Rubini, a young Maumee resident and avid …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — As clerk for Whitehouse Village Council since 2006, Sue Miller has attended hundreds of meetings, taking notes, preparing minutes and tracking votes. “Thank you for taking care of us and wrangling us,” council president Rebecca Conklin Kleiboemer told Miller during the May 16 meeting.  Mayor Don …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Brea Wise hasn’t met Leroy Ryerson, but as she drove through Whitehouse and saw a banner for the Navy veteran and others who have served or currently serve in the military, she thought about all of the veterans in Waterville. “I wanted a way for Waterville …

By Steve Lee Superintendent | Maumee City Schools May 25, 2023 Looking Both Backward & Forward As The School Year Ends As we approach the end of May, it is the ideal time to look back and celebrate our 2022-23 school year successes, update you about summer happenings and preview some …

BY KRISTI FISH | MIRROR REPORTER — Members of the Maumee Police Division were honored during the annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Banquet on May 2. Sgt. Andrew King, the review board chairman, kicked off the event, congratulating the award recipients and thanking city officials, courthouse staff members, the community and more for …

BY MIKE McCARTHY | MIRROR EDITOR — At its May 1 meeting, Maumee City Council approved a contract with Vernon Nagle Inc. in the amount of $1,347,390 to implement traffic safety improvements to Gibbs Street between the Anthony Wayne Trail and Norfolk Southern Rail property, including curb adjustments, paving, striping and the …

BY KRISTI FISH | MIRROR REPORTER — The word caper can have several different meanings: a Mediterranean spice, a playful skip or dance, a far-fetched story or an escapade. For the Meadows family in South Toledo, it’s the latter. Caper’s Restaurant & Bar, which celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday, May 20, …