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Berlin prepares for annual live nativity parade
Berlin will welcome camels, shepherds, angels and other familiar Nativity figures Nov. 27 as its annual Live Nativity Parade ushers in the Christmas season. The Berlin Area Merchants will host the parade and a candle-lighting ceremony beginning at 5:45 p.m., according to a community announcement. The procession will start at Sheiyah Market and end at the stage in the center of Berlin. Mary and Joseph, the Three Wise Men, angels and shepherds will be joined by camels, sheep, cows, donkeys and horses provided by The Farm at Walnut Creek. Snowmen also will walk the streets and hand out candy to children. Candle-lighting and Christmas story follow parade A short service is planned after the procession reaches the center of town. The program will include a candle-lighting ceremony, a reading of the Christmas story by Larry Kaufman and carols led by Jeff Polen. The event began with a small group of local merchants singing Christmas carols on a street corner and has grown into a tradition that attracts thousands of visitors during the holiday season, according to the announcement. Berlin is located along State Route 39 in Ohio's Amish Country. Donations will support Operation Christmas Child The Berlin Area Merchants also
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Lakewood, Newark Catholic, Northridge, Utica leave Licking County League
Four Licking County League schools are on their way out. Lakewood, Newark Catholic, Northridge and Utica notified league officials Nov. 10 of their plans to leave the LCL and form a new league. “Pending a vote by the school boards at Lakewood, Newark Catholic, Northridge and Utica, those schools will leave the Licking County League beginning with the 2028-29 school year,” LCL commissioner Ron Bowman confirmed via text. “They will become charter members of a new league of like-size schools. The LCL will become an eight-team league which will continue looking at future expansion.” Utica athletic director Howard Hill said details on the new league will be provided soon. Granville, Heath, Johnstown, Licking Heights, Licking Valley, Mount Vernon, Watkins Memorial and Zanesville will remain in the LCL. The LCL re-formed for the 2013-14 school year with 10 Licking County schools, and Zanesville in 2020 and Mount Vernon in 2024 have since been added. This article originally appeared on Newark Advocate: Lakewood, Newark Catholic, Northridge, Utica leave Licking County League