Grocers, butchers, cafes and a 25-cent dinner: a look at the storefronts that lined Main Street in Fostoria between the 1880s and the 1910s, from the 1878 Andes Block and its opera house to Rogers Restaurant.
Fostoria’s spending plan, its state-supervised financial recovery plan, audits and appropriation ordinances are all public. Here is where to find them and how to read them.
Want to help out close to home? Fostoria’s food pantry, Habitat for Humanity, hospital auxiliary, library, United Way and YMCA all use volunteers. Here is what each one needs and how to sign up.
An early-1900s photo of Fostoria firefighters and their horse teams outside the North Street firehouse opens a look at the department’s horse-drawn years, from the 1872 Pioneer hand-engine company to steam pumpers and the building that became the Fostoria Museum.
First reading, third reading, “declaring an emergency to exist”: here is how to decode a Fostoria City Council agenda, know when you can still weigh in, and find the minutes and recordings afterward.
Fostoria’s 6-mill, five-year current-expenses levy renewal passed Nov. 3, carrying the Seneca County portion of the city 1,122 to 911 in unofficial results.
Seneca County voters renewed the 0.7-mill, 10-year mental health and recovery services levy, 12,285 to 6,426, in unofficial Nov. 3 results.
Republican Bill Frankart won another term as Seneca County commissioner, defeating David Ziegler 10,195 to 8,036 in unofficial Nov. 3 results.
Rides to appointments, weekday lunches, home-delivered meals and help with small home repairs: a guide to what the Seneca County Commission on Aging and the regional Area Agency on Aging offer people 60 and older, with phone numbers.
From log inns in Rome and Risdon to the Hays House on Main Street, Fostoria has always had a place for travelers. A photo of the American House on East Tiffin Street opens a look at the town’s early taverns and hotels.
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