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Cuyahoga Valley National Park celebrates 50 years of environmental stewardship

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park celebrates 50 years of environmental stewardship

By Zaria Johnson, Ideastream Public Media

This story was originally published by Ideastream.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is turning 50, and celebrating the milestone by highlighting decades of expansion, development and environmental preservation.

In September, the park kicked off hikes, happy hours and scavenger hunts — events that will continue through the end of 2025 — to showcase how far Northeast Ohio’s national park has come since its founding in 1974.

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Saugeen Shores promotes Mighton to deputy chief

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Jeremy Mighton is the new deputy chief of the Saugeen Shores Police Service effective Dec. 29.  He has been an inspector with the service since 2021 and began with Saugeen Shores police as a constable in 2011. The official swearing-in ceremony will be held on Jan. 29, information from Saugeen Shores police said.  Mighton received […]

Grey County Ontario Owen Sound Sun Times

Councillors raise issues about Tara-area battery storage plan

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A company proposing to build a 400-megawatt battery-storage facility southeast of Tara in Bruce County updated Arran-Elderslie council recently. The project could begin charging up its batteries when demand is low and releasing power back to the electricity grid when its needed starting in the fourth quarter of 2027, Brittany Morrison, proponent Neoen’s representative, said […]