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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — Maumee police officers will add body cameras to their uniforms, following action at the September 8 Maumee City Council meeting in which members unanimously approved the purchase of the new camera equipment. “Events that have taken place across the country have made it clear that …
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BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — The Maumee school district will resume in-class learning for students on Thursday, October 1. District Superintendent Todd Cramer made the announcement on Monday. “The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our resolve and I am proud to share we are emerging determined, more than ever, to meet …
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BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Wearing a mask and a jacket, Diane Peyton sat outside StoryPoint Waterville, watching as veterans lowered the U.S. flag to half-staff. September 11, 2001 is a day that no one will forget, said StoryPoint life enrichment director Nichole Alexander, who organized a flag ceremony on September …
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From a family-owned greenhouse on Dorr Street to a Maumee-based multifaceted company specializing in real estate development, construction, brokerage, property management and a real estate investment fund, Miller Diversified has steadily grown since 1920. “One hundred years doesn’t happen by accident,” said Miller Diversified CEO Kurt Miller. “Many of the …
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BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — Children’s book illustrator Merrill Rainey loves to inspire children to be creative. In his new books, Color, Cut, Create! Horses and Color, Cut, Create! Dinosaurs, Rainey developed over 70 paper toys, props and playsets specifically designed to let children’s imaginations take off. The dinosaur book …
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BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — Eight-year old Layne Sillis knows a thing or two about helping others. The young Monclova Primary student, who loves to eat at Loma Linda Restaurant with family – parents Mike and Abbie Spillis and younger siblings Cam and Emery – had missed going there when …
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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 …
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The Mirror Newspapers Reflecting Life Along The Maumee River