The City of Fostoria is prominently featured in this month’s issue of the North Coast Business Journal. The publication highlights the success Fostoria is experiencing in economic development, events, activities and destinations in Fostoria and examples of different organizations in the community. Articles written by Fostoria Mayor Erik Keckler, FECD President Renee Smith, Celena Runion of the Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce and others can be found. To read the entire issue, visit www.ncbj.com.
Police in the Village of Bloomdale are on the lookout for a man they say tried to break into a home early on Friday morning. Police say a woman and her children were sleeping in their home around 1:00 a.m. when a man began banging on the rear door. The woman says the man then kicked open the door but she managed to hold the door closed until he left. According to the woman, later that morning, the man came back and threw a large ornamental block through the window where her children were sleeping, nearly striking a two year old and throwing shattered glass onto the beds of the children and then fled in a silver or gold car. Bloomdale Police say the suspect may possibly be black or Hispanic and to contact them if you have any information about the incident.
Those seeking to become U.S. citizens will be hosted at University of Findlay next month for a naturalization ceremony. According to the university, the event will take place Wednesday, April 6 at 12:30 p.m. The ceremony will be open to the public with the Honorable Judge Jack Zouhary presiding. Nancy Tate, former director of the League of Women Voters of the United States and 2016 Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at the university will be speaking as well as Dr. Naghmana Masood, a naturalized U.S. citizen who is native to Pakistan.
The Wood County District Public Library has received a large donation from a former employee. Lolita Guthrie who handled the genealogy department passed away at the age of 90 in November, donated $120,000 to the library. It is undecided what the money will go toward, but it will be used for genealogy purposes.
The Bowling Green Police Division is the latest recipient of a defibrillator device donated by the Bowling Green Rotary Club. The BGPD received the AED was installed in the building that night. Rotary President David Anderson said that this is the ninth such AED that has been placed in locations around the city through the efforts of his group, the Kiwanis Club and and the Exchange Club. Anderson noted that the Rotary Club’s Piano Wars event will be held April 22 at Snook’s Dream Cars. The funds raised through the event will be used to place additional AEDs through the city.
