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The Lima News recognized for general excellence
By Staff Reports - info@limanews.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio The Lima News was named as the best Ohio newspaper of its size, selected as the general excellence winner in the 2020 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors newspaper competition.
The newspaper won 25 awards, it learned during an online event Tuesday night. The Lima News recorded seven first-place wins, 11 second-place finishes and seven third-place mentions. The newspaper competes with other newspapers with paid print circulation between 19,000 and 59,999.
It’s the second year in a row the newspaper received more than 20 awards.
“It’s a tough job being a journalist today, but one that is as important as ever. I give a lot of credit to our staff for telling the stories that are important, as well as sharing the human-interest stories that make our community smile,” said Jim Krumel, editor of The Lima News.
Shawnee trustees change levy to get it on May ballot
By Josh Ellerbrock - jellerbrock@limanews.com
SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP The Shawnee Township trustees held an emergency meeting Monday afternoon to ensure that the township’s proposed police levy makes it onto the May 4 ballot.
Shawnee Police Chief Mike Keith said after filing the planned levy, the Ohio Board of Elections communicated that the township would have to substitute its planned 10-year police levy with a five-year one to legally make it on the ballot. Trustees met Monday to make the change in order to submit the levy before this week’s filing deadline.
AEDG puts spec buildings on agenda
Machinery moves dirt in September as a plastics company was under construction on Commerce Parkway in Lima.
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A video review of AEDG’s 2020 accomplishments can be found at https://bit.ly/3cgGTyp
LIMA To jump-start economic development efforts in 2021, the Allen Economic Development Group is concentrating on constructing spec buildings and expanding the Gateway 5 industrial park.
Currently, AEDG’s 2021 agenda includes the construction of two spec buildings at two locations. The first build project known as “Project Gunsmoke” would construct a 100,000-square-foot facility on Commerce Parkway near Interstate 75.
“The challenge has been we don’t have the building structures to meet the needs, and that’s why we’re in pursuit of the spec buildings. Some businesses don’t need the building up, but most that are interested in Allen County, they want a building structure, even if it’s not ideal,” AEDG Pres