The latest city council meeting in Oregon on Aug. 24, which saw a pair of former mayors speak, was highlighted by a discussion of several items to be put forward on the November ballot in regard to election timeline measures.

The Village of Walbridge, in partnership with the Wood County Engineer’s Office, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) and local conservation partners, invites community members to an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 2 at 1 p.m. for the new Walbridge Dry Creek Preserve, which is located on Walbridge Road about a quarter mile east of East Broadway.

This week in Toledo history items for Aug. 23-29.

Council members in Oregon approved an ordinance during a special meeting on Aug. 17 to advance a proposed charter amendment to the November ballot, a formality.

Walbridge village council members discussed several housekeeping and personnel items as well as improvements to the old Carroll’s property during the final regular meeting of the abbreviated summer schedule on Aug. 19 inside the administration building.

Oregon resident Aimee Mottmiller, who was involved heavily with gathering signatures to put on the November ballot a limit on the size of data centers and make that change in the city’s charter, said at the Aug. 10 city council meeting that the Lucas County Board of Elections has completed its review of the signatures, and the representatives there said they have met the required number of valid signatures.

The Sandusky County Communities Foundation announced recently that the Lee N. Koenig Legacy Fund has awarded a $400,000 grant to the YMCA of Sandusky County.

School zone speed cameras near Oak Harbor High School are expected to become operational on Sept. 21 as part of the village’s ongoing efforts to improve pedestrian safety.

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority announced Aug. 12 that it has been awarded $32.34 million through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).

In a letter shared to the community on Aug. 7, Eastwood Local Schools superintendent Brian Hughes shared that board of education president Randy Rothenbuhler decided to resign from his post effective immediately.

This week in Toledo history items for Aug. 16-22.

Members of the United Neighbors of Oregon group, which have been gathering petition signatures in an effort to limit the size of data centers in the city to 25 megawatts or less and make that subsequent change to the official charter, took a victory lap at the city’s Aug. 3 committee of the whole meeting after gathering nearly 2,100 signatures, which surpassed their goal of 1,700.

This week in Toledo history items for Aug. 9-15.

Government officials within Genoa continue to research the positives and negatives of potential business developments at a site near the intersection of 163 and Reiman, which could possibly include a data center.

The Oregon Economic Development Foundation (OEDF) welcomed Vantage Data Centers to the community as the end user for the proposed data center in the city in a Facebook post on July 28.

Lake Township’s trustees held their latest regular meeting on July 21 in the administration building, discussing an upcoming road levy, the Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning issue, and resident concerns involving flooding.

The Village of Oak Harbor has been awarded $716,135 through the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Systemic Safety Program for safety improvements near Oak Harbor High School.

This week in Toledo history items for Aug. 2-8.

This week in Toledo history items for July 26-Aug. 1.

One of the fastest growing and most popular events at the Wood County Fair is the Ring of Dreams, which will host its fourth annual show on Aug. 6 inside the Pratt Pavilion Show Arena at 5 p.m.