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Oberlin Resident Wins UPS Racing Experience

CLEVELAND----Margaret Pfenninger of Oberlin, Ohio, is the winner of a trip for two to the Sept. 11 NASCAR race at Richmond International Raceway, courtesy of UPS Racing. A self-described life-long fan of NASCAR, Pfenninger won the VIP trip by participating in the UPS $100,000 Trackside Challenge Instant Win Game and Sweepstakes on UPS.com/racing.

Energy-efficient Kahn Hall welcomes Oberlin College students

OBERLIN — Oberlin College football players Jim Adkins of Amherst and Zach Kisley of Chicago are all settled in at the $17 million Robert Kahn Hall, the newest — and greenest — dormitory on campus. Each double room is individually climate-controlled, and the air conditioning shuts off automatically if they open a window. The super-efficient lights have [...]

Vote online to help Oberlin retreat center win $250K grant

Common Ground retreat center in Oberlin is in the running for a $250,000 grant to replace an old pool with a “splash park,” and community members can vote online and by text to help them win. Voting started today and lasts all month for the Pepsi Refresh Project grant. View and vote for the proposal at www.RefreshEverything.com/WaterWorksAtCommonGround. Listen [...]

Trojans take on Oberlin in season opener

DRY CREEK–The East Beauregard Trojans will open the regular season today at home when they host the Oberlin Tigers at 7 p.m.

Common Ground needs help to win Pepsi grant

OBERLIN — Common Ground provides a number of programs, from summer camps to arts projects, for the thousands of youth that visit the center. But one thing the center would like to be able to provide is a place to cool down in the hot weather. The pool currently on site was originally built in the 1950s and after new pool standards were enacted, it was condemned and has remained closed for the ...

Oberlin gets Safe Routes grant

OBERLIN — In the coming years, Oberlin City Schools students will have a safe walk or bike ride to school thanks to a $500,000 grant from Safe Routes to School.

Oberlin gets $500K for safer walk to school

OBERLIN - Sidewalks and crosswalks will be built, signals will be improved and bike racks will be installed as a result of a $500,000 grant to the Oberlin Schools, said Superintendent Geoffrey Andrews. The school district, working in partnership with the city and Oberlin College, has received a Safe Routes to School grant from the Ohio [...]

Thomas Edward Willbond

Thomas Edward Willbond, 64, of Ober­lin, passed away Wed­nesday, September 1, 2010 at Allen Community Hospital in Oberlin. He was born to George and Elizabeth Willbond on November 25, 1945 in Oberlin. Tom graduated with the Oberlin High School Class of 1965. He also attended Ash­land University and Wichita State. LaPoint of South Am­herst and grandchil­dren, [...]

College Stores Urge Students to Take Advantage of Textbook Tax Credit

OBERLIN, Ohio, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As students head back to school, campus stores and the National Association of College Stores (NACS) are urging students and their families to remember to take full advantage of a change in the tax code that makes the cost of textbooks and course materials eligible for a tax credit.

Beulah Marie Cool

Beulah Marie Cool, 88, of Oberlin, passed away Tues­day, August 31, 2010 in the Keystone Pointe Nursing Home in LaGrange, after a long illness. She was born November 28, 1921 in Hacker Valley, West Virginia and had lived in Oberlin for over 50 years. She was a member of the East Broad Street Church of Christ [...]