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BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — Katherine Williams loves to dance.  The Maumee High School freshman recently made the high school dance team and enjoys leaps, jumps, kicks and turns to choreographed music. “It’s a lot of fun to just hang out with the team and dance in front of a …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Anticipated revenues generated from a 3.25-mill levy for a fire co-op may fall short of original predictions, but Waterville Fire Chief Doug Meyer and Whitehouse Fire Chief Josh Hartbarger say it won’t affect their plan to hire additional fire/EMS employees to serve a growing area. Last …

BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — Friends and supporters of Metroparks Toledo will celebrate the first phase of a new peace garden project at Side Cut Metropark next week. The Rotary Club of Maumee donated $25,000 to fund the project, which will be installed in a series of three phases over …

BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — You don’t have to go far to find the freshest farm-to-table produce in the area. Tom Strain & Sons and Daughter Too Market and Garden Center has been harvesting fresh produce in Northwest Ohio for 130 years. For the past 73 years, the family has …

BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — PT Link serves the local community with a wide range of physical therapy services specifically designed to get clients back on their feet and be pain-free again. Treating patients from infants to seniors, the staff at PT Link uses a multi-system approach for much higher …

An historic blues venue is set to open its grounds for the We Back the Blue BBQ on Saturday, October 17. Organized by a group of area friends known as United Citizens for Freedom, the event will be held from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Griffin Hines Farm on 3950 …

BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — The Meijer Simply Give program has selected Under One Roof Food Pantry for its fall campaign. That means that while shopping at Meijer on Conant Street in Maumee, anyone may purchase a $10.00 Simply Give card located near any checkout lane, and the money will …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Those stepping up to bat for a 3.25-mill fire/EMS levy may come from different communities, but as a team, they share the same goal: ensuring that skilled first responders can get to the scene of a medical emergency, fire or accident quickly. “How many times have …

BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — The Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA) has named Fairfield Elementary School a 2021 OAESA Hall of Fame School.  The award, which is determined by OAESA members, recognizes schools that engage faculty, students and the community in order to provide a quality school experience.  …

BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — The Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District (Lucas SWCD) has several fall programs underway to enhance the health and wellness of pollinators such as the monarch butterfly, as well as both large and small gardens and ponds throughout the area. With an office located in …