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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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Four football teams look to move a step closer to a OHSAA state title
The road to an OHSAA state football championship continues Friday, Nov. 13 , as four area teams and one familiar opponent prepare for the regional semifinals. With just eight teams remaining in each division, the stakes continue to rise as Dover , Indian Valley, Claymont and Garaway look to keep their postseason runs alive and move one step closer to a state championship. Two of the area's biggest matchups will feature familiar opponents looking to settle unfinished business. Dover will get another opportunity against Steubenville after falling to the Big Red earlier this season, while Indian Valley and Claymont will meet for the second time in three weeks following their one-point battle for the Inter-Valley Conference South Division title. Make your pick! Time to vote for The Times-Reporter Athletes of the Week (Nov. 2-8) Meanwhile, Garaway will look to continue its offensive success against a Waterford team that has been among the region's best defensively. Here's a closer look at each matchup, including team records, key players and what to watch for as the postseason continues. OHSAA football regional semifinals playoff schedule Friday, Nov. 13 (all games at 7 p.m.) Division III, Region 11 (1) Steubenville (9-2) vs. (5) Dover
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Garaway's season comes to an end, Dalton advances to OHSAA state finals
SPRINGFIELD — Garaway volleyball came into the Division VI state semifinals winning 10 consecutive games, but saw the streak come to an end at the hands of Dalton. The Pirates lost first two sets by a combined five points, as the Bulldogs jumped out to a 2-0 lead. "We've talked about winning key moments," head coach Jessica Schwartz said. "We felt really good coming tonight, but it just didn't go out way tonight." With the victory, Dalton extends its winning streak to 11 games and has swept 10 opponents during that time. Make your pick! Time to vote for The Times-Reporter Athletes of the Week (Nov. 2-8) For Schwartz, the Bulldogs played at a faster pace when they had the ball. "That's a style of play that we just have a really hard time against," she said. When the Pirates front row was able to gets hands on the Dalton kill attempts, that's when their defense had the most success. "We were able to slow them down with blocks," she said. "It was something we needed more of to be able to make a bigger difference tonight." As a team, the Bulldogs totaled 52 kills and 12 errors on 131
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140 Engineers Walk Off Brewster Railroad, Vow to Shut Down Trains Over Managers
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Headquarters — Headquarters of Railroad in Strike. Roughly 140 locomotive engineers and conductors walked off the job at Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway on Wednesday, halting train operations across the regional network that connects Northeast Ohio industry to the rest of the country. The union says the strike began at noon with picket lines at key locations, and it has no plan to call it off until the railroad changes course.
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Longtime Wooster barber Dick Stull remembered for decades of community service
Whenever someone called Dick Stull’s barbershop in Wooster over the past six-plus decades, his standard response and reason for not being able to take the call was “I’ve got a very important man in my chair.”. It may as well have been Stull himself. While he may...