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The map above, provided by village officials, shows free parking options for everyone attending Summerfest on Aug. 9. The zones displayed in yellow identify the available parking lots. Park drives will be closed to general parking during the event, with exception to vehicles with handicap parking permits. Students with the North Union Shooting Club will offer shuttling services from the lots and all tips go to the club. (Graphic submitted)

Pragalya, pictured above, gives a presentation on hearing loss at Wyandot Elementary School in Dublin as part of an interactive workshop for elementary students on Dec. 19 last year as part of her non-profit organization Hear2Connect. (Photo submitted)

Schools try to get ahead of state's cell phone mandate

Two roundabouts on Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard, one at East Fifth Street and one at the western entrance of Walmart, as shown above, will be the first phase of intersection upgrades done on the roadway sometime in the next 1-2 years. Work will also include adding a median, eliminating many of the left turn options for those parking lots. (Graphic submitted)

Leesburg Township Fire Department staff, pictured from left, assistant fire chief John Cooke, Sabrina Mizer, Daniel Weirick, Cameron Thrasher and Landon Heckel, pose in front of their newly refurbished ambulance outside of the fire department on Friday. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)

Pictured above is an image from the 2024 Benefit in the Barn event. The 2025 version of the event will take place Aug. 16 with proceeds benefiting the Hope Center and Delaware County Hunger Alliance. (Photo submitted)

Recently annexed land into the City of Marysville, shown above in the red and blue striped areas, is pushing council to reconsider boundaries for those parts of town. Added land in Ward 1 would be part of the Marysville North development and added land in Ward 2 would be part of Marysville East. (Graphic submitted)

Hyp Hop (left) enjoys an apple snack from Jaden Brake (right) while in his stall at the Union County Fairgrounds this past week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)