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38th annual Harvest & Herb Festival is September 21

Posted by Paula Scott on Friday, September 20, 2024

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 38th annual Harvest & Herb Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21--filling downtown Ada from Montford Ave to College with craft and food vendors, a parade, a H&H queen competition, the Healthwise mobile clinic and a Corvette club. A can't miss opportunity!

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Bulldog golfers win tri-match

Posted by Staff on Thursday, September 19, 2024

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __ The Ada High School golf team swept a triangular match Wednesday, September 18, at the Bluffton Golf Club.

Ada edged Riverdale 203-205, and decisively beat Pandora-Gilboa 203-247.

The Bulldogs finished 10-4 in dual and tri-matches this season, their best such record in years.

Sophomore Brody Rister shot a 48 to lead Ada and finish second overall. Sophomore Lawson Klingler carded a career-best round of 49 to shoot second for the Bulldogs.

Senior Ethan Lawrence posted a 52, and junior Sam Crawford registered a round of 54.

Freshman Grady Morgan added a 66.

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Ada volleyball edged by Red Devils in epic 5-set match

Posted by Staff on Thursday, September 19, 2024

By Cort Reynolds

ADA __ The Ada High School volleyball team played perhaps its best match of the season but came up just short to visiting Arlington in a five-set Blanchard Valley Conference thriller Wednesday evening, September 18.

The Bulldogs fell to 6-6 overall and 2-3 in the BVC after the heartbreaking 25-27, 25-16, 25-20, 24-26, 15-8 defeat. Gritty Ada rallied late to win the first and fourth sets in extra time, but ran out of gas at the end of the emotional marathon.

The Red Devils improved to 12-3 overall and 3-1 in the BVC with the hard-fought win.

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Bulldog girls soccer shut out by Eagles

Posted by Staff on Thursday, September 19, 2024

By Cort Reynolds

ADA __ The Ada High School girls soccer team lost 5-0 to visiting Liberty-Benton in a key North Central Ohio Soccer Association contest Wednesday night, September 18, at War Memorial Stadium.

The purple and gold fell to 6-5 overall and 0-3 in NCOSA play with the defeat.  

The first-place Eagle girls improved to 6-3-1 overall and 3-0 in NCOSA action after the victory.

“We couldn’t build much offense,” said Ada head coach Doug Dewese. “We let in two really silly goals.

“It was a better night than in years past for our girls (against L-B), but I also think we left too much on the table,” he added.

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Depot Park cannon gets a clean up

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, September 19, 2024

Ada's Civil War Monument at the Depot Park--a cannon on a stone base enscribed "Lest We Forget - In Memory of Our Soldiers, 1961-1865" has been cleaned of many years of rust and weathering.

Surface Solution Painting power-washed the granite base and will begin painting the seacoast cannon, forged in 1859 at the historic Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Va.

The decommissioned cannon was used during the Civil War in Fort Mifflin, Penn., and arrived in Ada in 1903.

For more details about the cannon and historical facts and video about the Civil War, visit the Community Bulletin Board at the Ada Depot Park.

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Liberty Twp. announces Twp Rd 35 closure Sept 24-25

Posted by Staff on Thursday, September 19, 2024

Township Rd 35 will be closed to thru traffic from CR 50 to CR 60 onTuesday and Wednesday, Sept 24-25.

The road will be widened and paved. Please plan to take an alternate route on those days.

Liberty Township also posts announcement on its Facebook page.

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