ONTARIO — Ontario City Council voted to approve a six-month moratorium on recreational cannabis businesses on Wednesday.
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Madison Township votes to prohibit marijuana businesses
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Madison Township trustees unanimously passed a resolution prohibiting the retail sale and cultivation of cannabis within township limits on Monday.
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Housing authority: Marijuana use at home still illegal for tenants with vouchers
MANSFIELD — It’s now legal to use recreational marijuana in Ohio, but if you live in publicly-funded housing, things get a little more complicated. That’s because both recreational and medicinal marijuana […]
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Madison Twp. trustees discuss potential marijuana dispensary
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Brian Hennessey and Jonathan Mayle hope to open a 4,000-square-foot marijuana dispensary in Madison Township.
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Shiloh acquires former Civista Bank building
Civista Bank signed the deed Dec. 7, transferring ownership to the village, said current Shiloh Mayor Charles Reeder on Tuesday.
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Richland County voter turnout hit nearly 50 percent of registered voters
MANSFIELD — Richland County Board of Elections Director Matt Finfgeld missed by about five percentage points on his prediction by of voter turnout on Tuesday. “I was a little optimistic,” […]
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Buckeye State turns over a new leaf with marijuana approval
COLUMBUS — Marijuana proponents in Ohio are flying high as State Issue 2 earned enough votes to make recreational cannabis legal in the Buckeye State. With 89.51% of precincts reporting […]
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Suspected LSD, cocaine, meth seized in Morrow County arrest
MOUNT GILEAD — One man was arrested and suspected drugs were seized Tuesday after a joint operation by north central Ohio law enforcement officials. Eric S. Azbell, 37, was arrested […]
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Romanchuk: The case against recreational marijuana legalization
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following op/ed piece was authored by State Sen. Mark Romanchuk (R-Ontario). COLUMBUS — The $30 billion-dollar commercial marijuana industry is following Big Tobacco’s model of maximizing profits by […]