Anthony Wayne

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Waterville residents: Get ready to roll out your toters. Republic Services will be delivering the wheeled containers to Waterville’s 2,200 households during the week of Monday, November 30 through Friday, December 4. Beginning with the Monday, December 7 collection, all refuse and recycling should be in …

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 KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Quarantine, social distancing and masks can’t keep four girls from strengthening their friendship during the time of COVID-19. In The Four Ever Friends, retired Waterville Primary principal Darlene DeCrane shares the adventures of four elementary friends who rise above the challenges presented by the coronavirus to …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Like many college students, 2017 Anthony Wayne High School graduate Nashad Rahman felt a little unmoored when in-person classes were nixed due to COVID-19 this spring. Instead of lounging in his pajamas and enjoying some slack time, the Ohio State University junior created an app to …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — From bootleggers and entrepreneurs to prisoners of war and the Sisters of Notre Dame, I Hear Tell, Too! provides insight into those who have called the Whitehouse area home over the years. “We didn’t need to ferret out stories … they wrote themselves. Some stories we …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Hugs, high fives and handshakes are being replaced with the air hug, chicken dance, air five and foot bump. “Little ones are used to hugging, but we have other ways to show love and support,” explained Monclova Primary School principal Betsey Murry, pointing to stickers demonstrating …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Nick Barney was 12 when his parents, Tim and Angie, established 3N Livestock – named for Nick and his brothers, Nathan and Nolan.  Nick, a 2008 Anthony Wayne High School graduate, was involved in ag science, serving as a state FFA officer after graduation and working …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — The sounds of construction – both new builds and renovations – can be heard both along Pray Boulevard and in historic downtown Waterville. Waterville Landing’s population has steadily grown as single-family homes, apartments and StoryPoint Senior Living units have become available. The first of four 36-unit …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — For those walking, biking and running along the Wabash Cannonball Trail in Whitehouse, the trees that line the path provide a place to stop for some shade. Thanks to an Eagle Scout project by Boy Scout Troop 104 member Noah Werning, those trees also provide an …

BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — Retiring St. Luke’s Hospital president and CEO Dan Wakeman received parting words of praise during his last week of work at the hospital. He officially retired on May 31 and board members presented him with a case of wine and well-wishes during an impromptu send-off …