Ashtabula, Ohio

• County sees early start to its annual flu clinics
  

  Vaccine already on hand, and not any particular disease lurking in the shadows, has allowed the Ashtabula County Health Department to get a big jump on its annual flu clinics, officials said.

• Schools see gains, setbacks
  

  Below is a list of schools in Ashtabula County and their "report card" accountability designations from the Ohio Department of Education based on the 2009-10 school year.

• Area task forces find less pot
  

  Despite statewide trends, law enforcement in Trumbull, Mahoning and Ashtabula counties say they are recovering fewer marijuana plants this summer that are being grown outside.

• 3 Ohio men in county jail accused of Walmart theft ring
  

  Three Ohio men are in Mercer County Jail for allegedly running a theft ring that stole video games and systems from Walmart stores and then sold them for cash.

• John Howle
  

  John "Vern" Howle, age 78, of North Ridge Road West, Saybrook Township, died Monday, August 30, 2010, at his home.

• David E. Bauer
  

  David E. Bauer, age 68, of E. Jefferson St., Jefferson, died Sunday evening, August 29, 2010, at the Ashtabula Co.

• Contract signed to raze two Conneaut eyesores
  

  Ashtabula County commissioners Peggy Carlo and Daniel Claypool on Tuesday signed the contract that will allow demolition of two of Conneaut's most unsightly commercial buildings.

• I-90 weigh scales to reopen this year
  

  State-operated weigh scales on Interstate 90 in Conneaut, closed nearly three years ago, could again be detecting overloaded trucks before the end of the year, officials said.

• Millions of fed dollars head to county schools
  

  The county's school superintendents are welcoming the influx of federal money from the Education Jobs Program but at the same time, say the funding is at best, a Band Aid solution to a looming crisis.

• City fire department responds to spill on West Avenue
  

  Firefighters were called Tuesday morning for an unknown liquid on the street at the intersection of West Avenue and West 58th Street.

• Malinowski retires
  

  Today will be Dr. Robert Malinowski's last day on the job as Ashtabula County coroner, according to a letter Malinowski sent to County Auditor Roger Corlett last week.

• APL gets 15 percent of meal checks
  

  Burgers and fries could mean dollars and cents for the Ashtabula County Animal Protective League today, APL board secretary Catherine Colgan said.

• Gabriella Holecko
  

  Gabriella Holecko, age 85, of Ashtabula, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, August 26, 2010.

• Motorists deal with construction as Route 20 is widened and paved
  

  The north end of Woodman Avenue, at Route 20 by Evans Dry Cleaning, is closed as part of a $2.9 million road-widening project, according to Ohio Department of Transportation officials.

• Ashtabula Harbor hosts second Wine & Walleye Festival this weekend
  

  The second Wine and Walleye Festival returned to Bridge Street with good times, beer and bands Friday afternoon.

• City man shot in police confrontation indicted
  

  A 55-year-old Ashtabula man, shot June 12 in a confrontation with a city police officer, was arraigned Friday morning on four charges in Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court.

• Ashtabula is losing its Greyhound stop
  

  Greyhound plans to pack its bags and take a bus out of Ashtabula next month, unless a new station location can be found, said Russ Makynen, the current Greyhound agent at 1520 Bunker Hill Road.

• Ana C. Diaz
  

  Ana Cecilia Diaz, age 84, of E. 26th St., Ashtabula, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at Country Club Retirement Campus.

• EMA drills prepare for the big one
  

  Most Ashtabula County residents went through their day Wednesday unaware of the earthquake that shook the Perry Nuclear Power Plant and mobilized some 150 emergency management workers and volunteers from Ashtabula County to Columbus.

City Description

Ashtabula is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, and the center of the Ashtabula Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003). A major location on the Underground Railroad in the middle 19th century, the city today is a major coal port on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River northeast of Cleveland. The name Ashtabula means "river of many fish" in the Iroquois language. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 20,962. Poet Carl Sandburg wrote a poem titled "Crossing Ohio when Poppies Bloom in Ashtabula." There is also a novel called The King from Ashtabula by Vern Sneider, published in 1960. Ashtabula hosts an annual Blessing of the Fleet Celebration, usually in late May or early June. As part of the celebration, a procession and prayer service is held at Ashtabula Harbor. Ashtabula was also home of the FinnFestUSA in 2007. Ashtabula was founded in 1803 and incorporated in 1891. The city contains several former stops on the Underground Railroad which was used to convey African-American slaves to freedom in Canada in the years before the American Civil War. Among the stops is Hubbard House, one of the

City Contained By:

• Ashtabula County
• Ohio

City Contains:

• Ashtabula Harbor Light
• Ashtabula Harbour Commercial District
• Col. William Hubbard House
• West Fifth Street Bridge
• Kent State University at Ashtabula

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 19.9429084496 km squared

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