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Tree lighting The City of Northwood, in conjunction with Northwood Commons, presented their 2018 Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Top left, Haylee Bugbee helps her daughter, one year old Paisley, get a closer looks at the tree. Top right, it’s the arrival of Santa. Bottom photo, the Northwood High School Choir provided holiday tunes while the Northwood Fire Ladies Auxiliary served free hot chocolate and cookies, and collected canned goods and toys. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean)
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Bid considered for waterline replacement By Kelly J. Kaczala News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Oregon City Council on Monday will consider awarding a bid for the annual waterline replacement project for the Homestead subdivision, just north of Seaman Road, and Worden Road. Bids were advertised and opened on Nov. 26. Public Service Director Paul Roman recommended the $1,167,205 bid of Hank’s Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc., Toledo, be approved as the lowest and best bid for the project. Bidding was competitive, Public Service Director Paul Roman said at a committee of the whole meeting last week. Companies that also bid on the project include Underground Utilities Inc., Monroeville, Ohio, bid $1,192,152.90; Edward Kelly & Sons Inc., Northwood,
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Lake Township Police Chief E. Mark Hummer has announced a new holiday package delivery project for Lake Township residents in which packages can be delivered to the police department and picked up later at the police station. “We have had some reports of packages being taken from in front of residences, which can happen anytime, but is more prevalent during the holiday season,” Chief Hummer said. “Many people are away from home during the daytime, when packages are usually delivered, and these packages can be prime targets for thieves.” Some people choose to have packages shipped to their workplace or to have a neighbor retrieve packages and take them to his or her house until the recipient arrives home. “Those measures may not be options for some people. For example, if someone works in a factory, that business may not be open to having employees’ packages delivered there. And, some people may not know their neighbors well enough to be comfortable asking them to retrieve packages,” Chief Hummer said. The project, which will run through Dec. 21, will require residents to notify the police department in advance of package acceptance. Participants will need to pick up packages prior to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and show proper identification. Package weight limit is 25 pounds. “We want everyone to have a happy holiday season, and we are trying to do our part to avoid any disappointments,” the chief said. For further information on the project, or for requests for participation, residents are asked to call 419481-6354.
bid $1,297,283; Buckeye Excavating & Construction Inc., Norwalk, Ohio, bid $1,189,783; and E.R. Zeiler Excavating, Inc., Temperance, MI, bid $1,198,799. The project was included in the approved 2018 CIP budget. Worden Road, which had six waterline
breaks in a nine month period, was added to the waterline replacement project, said Roman. Sewer project Council will also consider accepting the $153,011 bid of Buckeye Excavating & Construction for the Norden Road Sanitary Sewer (Seaman Road to Wolf Creek) project. “Buckeye Excavating has done work for us in the past. They have done a good job,” said Roman. “They were the lowest and best bid.” The sanitary sewer project was the result of a citizens petition from properties along Norden Road this year. “We did not have money there. The construction will actually take place in 2019. We’re actually appropriating money and those funds are in the 2019 budget, said Roman. Continued on page 2
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