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Yahoo
20-03-2025
- General
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Conneaut remembers Bob Marcy
CONNEAUT — City residents are remembering Bob Marcy, who died Tuesday. Marcy was a fourth-generation owner of Marcy Funeral Home, and a major part of the Conneaut community for decades. Marcy was a member of the Conneaut Rotary Club, where he served as a board member and president, according to his obituary. The Rotary Club was notified the morning he passed, club secretary Wendy DuBey said. 'Everybody was really shook up,' she said. Rotary Club board member Chris Brecht knew Marcy all his life, he said. 'Professionally, I've known him probably for the last 30 years, and worked with him closely,' he said. Brecht remembered working with Marcy at First Congregational United Church of Christ, which they both attended. 'He had continued all the way up until last week, being involved in various activities throughout the community,' Brecht said. Brecht said Marcy was involved in fundraising for the local fire and ambulance services, and starting the Band-O-Rama fundraiser for the Conneaut Music Boosters through the Rotary Club. 'There isn't a project in Conneaut that Bob Marcy wasn't involved in, in some way, shape or form,' he said. According to the Rotary Club's announcement of Marcy's passing, he also started the Friends of Conneaut Creek, the Lakeview Christmas Card Project and the Project Pride Award. 'Bob is someone who has brought numerous ideas and suggestions to the community and made sure they happened,' Brecht said. 'Many of those things were before I was even born, much less old enough to be involved in.' Marcy started a Conneaut Newspaper called HomeTown News around 1985 with future Conneaut Mayor Lew Shiley. Patrick Williams worked as a reporter and editor at the paper, saying it lasted for around five years and focused only on Conneaut, having no wire content. Williams first met Marcy when he worked for the News Herald in 1968, he said. 'Over the years, we got to be really good friends,' he said. Williams said Marcy was a very compassionate person. 'I've never seen a man work so hard to try to please the people of his community,' he said. Williams was surprised to hear of Marcy's passing, he said. 'He's going to be missed,' he said. Rotary Club President-elect and Conneaut Area City Schools Superintendent Lori Riley said Marcy's death is a loss to the community and the school district. 'I know him as a grandpa, who'd come in and watch sports,' she said. 'When we redid the gym, he was very happy that we had put the new rails up, so he could get up and down the bleachers.' Riley recounted the last time she talked to Marcy. 'I had a great conversation with him at the Rotary,' Riley said. 'He just expressed gratitude in the band and how well the program's grown.' Riley will miss seeing Marcy at district events, she said. CACS board member Penny Armeni gave condolences to Marcy's family at a Wednesday board meeting. '[He] will definitely be missed in the community for everything that he's done,' Armeni said.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Local wildlife center takes in 11 Hartsgrove animals
Feb. 11—CONNEAUT — Dr. Dolittle's House Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has taken in 11 animals from the Hartsgrove rescue operation. The Hartsgrove operation involved several agencies and found hundreds of animals. It began after the death of Mark Gutman in December. Gutman's property housed a urine and fur farm, which Humane Society of the U.S. Global Animal Disaster Response Director Kelly Donithan said was abusive at a Jan. 23 county commissioners meeting. Dolittle's was one of 17 different wildlife centers across the country to take in animals. "I was more than happy to help," Dolittle's Executive Director Alyssa Shumac said. Dolittle's took in eight Eastern Striped Skunks, two foxes and a coyote, Shumac said. "As of right now it is a temporary hold, but I do intend, if permitted to, to keep them for the remainder of their life," she said. The animals have physical trauma from Hartsgrove, Shumac said. "They have been to the vet multiple times now, and are under treatment for ringworm, roundworm and several other parasites," she said. "Emotionally, they have a long road ahead of them." The animals' behaviors were shaped by being at the farm in Hartsgrove, Shumac said. "Even with the animals in larger enclosures, they are still displaying the same frantic pacing behavior, just walking back and forth along one wall of the cage really quickly," she said. Shumac said the animals are shaken from their experiences in Hartsgrove. "When I first brought the skunks into my facility, they were freaking out pretty bad," she said. "I gave them a hidebox to make them feel safe and secure, and they did not leave that hidebox for two days, not even to eat." Shumac said she realized the skunks did not think they could leave the box. "As soon as I picked up the hidebox, they realized that they were free, and started wandering around, and ran over to eat," she said. "They didn't realize that wasn't their cage." Shumac said they are trying make the Coyote, named Kida, more comfortable with a larger space. "We're trying to get them to a point, where they're less fearful, so they can relax," she said. The animals can never be released back into the wild, Shumac said. "If these animals were released, they probably would not go very far," she said. "They probably would find the closest place they found safe and stay there until they died." Shumac said the Hartsgrove animals have no knowledge of how to hunt, find shelter, dig burrows or take care of themselves. "They would basically just die," she said. Dolittle's has been naming the animals at the center. "They're never going to be released, and they will be in human care the rest of their life," she said. "A name is better than a number." The wildlife center is looking to move to a larger property in Monroe, Shumac said. "It is seven acres. So, it's six and a half acres more than we currently have," she said. "We will have space to build all eleven animals adequate [and] permanent enclosures to spend the rest of their lives happy." People can donate to Dolittle's through a GoFundMe linked on The organization also has a donation box on its website. Much of the the wildlife center's operations are done by Shumac and Kelly Johnson, Dolittle's fundraising coordinator and consultant. The organization is looking for people to serve on a board of trustees. Trustee applications should be emailed to Shumac at by March 8. Shumac said they are also looking for volunteers and interns to help with the center. Johnson said they need volunteers to help tear down and rebuild enclosures in Monroe. "We are especially needing carpenters and welders to help build with cages," she said. Shumac said they are looking for a veterinarian closer who could volunteer their time. "The veterinarian we currently work with it out in Barbarton, near Akron" she said. "I usually make a trip there at least once a week to have animals seen." Shumac said they are interested in finding people who can help with accounting, social media, secretarial work, fundraising, shopping and marketing. Interested volunteers or interns can also email Shumac or call her at 440-661-2696.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Business
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Broad Street project may be shortened
Feb. 5—CONNEAUT — City Manager Nick Sanford said at a Monday work session the city may truncate upcoming work on Broad Street. Sanford said the potential change comes after hearing back on the project from the Ohio Department of Transportation. "Their estimation has completed at the state level for construction of phase one of Broad Street," he said. "The numbers have come back escalated." "We could truncate the project for one to just shy of the underpass on Broad Street, in lieu of delaying the project, and risk having to refile, rather than value engineering," he said. Sanford said a truncated project would cost around $325,000. "That is still doing concrete," he said. "If we were to go to asphalt, that would force a redesign." Different sections of Broad Street are divided into their own projects, Sanford said. "The reason for segregating different sections of Broad Street is because of the different widths of the roadway from State and Main and Main and Liberty," he said. Sanford said the project's cost includes work on Broad Street's storm sewer. "There is a prolific amount of storm sewer in this project that I don't see as necessary," he said. Storm sewer replacement is not necessarily bad, he said. "Storm sewers are grossly neglected anywhere," Sanford said. A shortened Broad Street project could still affect summer events in the city, he said. Sanford said he will keep council updated. "We'll continue to be in constant dialogue with ODOT on how this is coming in, bid-wise," he said. Sanford said Verdantis will be contracted for the city's road projects. Wastewater Superintendent Brian Bidwell said he's given a list of road projects to Verdantis. The city will also soon put chipseal on South Ridge Road, he said. "As soon as the weather breaks, we need to be on South Ridge Road ... preparing for this project," he said. Other possible road projects include work on Salem Street from its end to Rowe Street, Day Street from Lake Road to Erie Street, Main Street from Mill to Broad streets and Hiler Street from its end to Harbor Street. Conneaut City Council President Terry Moisio said the city should hold off on zoning marijuana until Ohio leaders decide on Senate Bill 56. The bill would bring marijuana taxation under state authority and cap dispensaries in Ohio to 350, Moisio said. "At this point, it's fruitless to move forward until things get resolved one way or the other," he said.
