The Fostorian

10/05/2023

Hi Fostoria! Tomorrow is Thursday, October 5, 2023 and here are your community events. Events are hosted by Fostoria Woman's Club, Kaubisch Memorial Public Library and ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital.

10/04/2023

Fostoria Events for Wednesday October 4, 2023. Events are hosted by Kaubisch Memorial Public Library

10/03/2023

Fostoria City Council Meeting tonight at 6:00PM. See agenda below:

OLD BUSINESS: none

NEW BUSINESS:
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​Ordinance No.: 2023 - ___: Adopting and Amending ordinance No. 2022-75 (Permanent 2023 Appropriations) by appropriating from unappropriated funds in the City Clean Up Fund and declaring an emergency. (First reading)

10/03/2023

Here are your events for Tuesday October 3rd. Events are hosted by Kaubisch Memorial Public Library and City of Fostoria, Ohio.

10/02/2023

Hey Fostoria! Hope you had a great weekend! Monday’s events are hosted by Fostoria Community Arts Council.

09/30/2023

💧Fostoria Community Water Survey💧

At the The Fostorian, we have been noticing lots of people expressing concerns about the quality of Fostoria City water. As a community it's important for us to share data to make our community better. We've decided to put together a survey so that we can begin mapping areas and identifying trends in the city where water may be more of a concern in comparison to other areas.

Whether good or bad, please fill out the survey so we can get a good sense of what we are working with.

I ask that you take a few minutes to complete this brief survey so that we can share this information with you and our community leaders.

Link to Survey: https://forms.gle/pmssWPFWZLUwbDsy5

If you have questions, please message me or email me at [email protected]

09/29/2023

Check out the squad of mini cheerleaders that showed up for the Fostoria High School football game. It’s great seeing the community show up for this event!

09/29/2023

And here we are again! Here are your weekend events for Fostoria on September 29 - October 1. Events are hosted by: Kaubisch Memorial Public Library, Fostoria Athletics, Venue 18 Entertainment Complex, The Smokehouse - Fostoria, Herbie's Roadhouse & Rupright Family Flowers.

09/28/2023

Hey Fostoria! The event for Thursday September 28, 2023 is hosted by United Way of Fostoria. Hope everyone has a fantastic day!

09/27/2023

Fostoria Events for Septmeber 27, 2023. Wednesday's event is hosted by Kaubisch Memorial Public Library

09/26/2023

Concerns for water continue as Fostoria Resident filed a complaint with the EPA. See 13abc coverage below with Alexis Means 13abc.

City leaders are still working to filter out the bad taste and the smell in Fostoria’s water.

09/25/2023

👋❤️🎥 Fostoria United Way Hosting Annual Kickoff in Downtown Fostoria 🎥❤️👋

The United Way of Fostoria will be hosting their annual community campaign kickoff this Thursday September 28th from 4:00PM - 6:30PM on Main Street (Downtown Fostoria). This year's theme is "Film Frenzy" where activities will include walking the red carpet for photo opportunities, celebrity impersonators, food trucks, music and more. Be sure to stop on out and support our local United Way!

09/25/2023

Fostoria!

Join us for a day of bowling and cheering on the Bills! We’re hosting a bowling fundraiser at Bowlero Lanes Fun Center on Oct. 22. 🎳

Tickets include 2 games, shoes and a pizza and pop buffet. Prizes, 50/50 and auction items will be available.

After bowling, stay to watch the the Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots game starting at 1 p.m.

Secure your lane at imagineforyouth.org/bowling. Tickets will only be sold at the door if lanes are available.

09/25/2023

Happy Monday Fostoria! Hope you have a picture perfect day! Today's Events are hosted by: Fostoria Elementary, Fostoria Elementary Parent Lighthouse Team & Kaubisch Memorial Public Library

09/24/2023

Great reminders from our Fostoria City Schools!

We hope everyone is having a good weekend. See you all Monday!

09/23/2023

Be sure to take a stop by downtown Fostoria this morning and visit Brad at Mad Love Food and More Food Truck. He is heating up his grills and is planning on being downtown today and this evening at The UrbanWoody Brewery & The HoneyBee Winery!

09/22/2023

Hey Fostoria! Here are your events for this weekend (September 22-24). Have a great weekend! Events are hosted by: Kaubisch Memorial Public Library, Brian Durst, Venue 18 Entertainment Complex, The Joseph Wolph Foundation for Music Education, Fostoria Rail Park, Fostoria High School, Fostoria Rail Preservation Society, Fostoria Church of the Nazarene & Herbie's Roadhouse.

09/21/2023

Fostoria Events for September 21, 2023. Hope everyone has a wonderful day! Thursday's events are hosted by: St. Wendelin Parish.

09/20/2023

Fostoria City Council has contracted SRF Financial Consulting, LLC to provide Finance Director Services to the City of Fostoria.

PRESS RELEASE:
Fostoria City Council is pleased to announce the hiring of Steve Dandurand, dba SRD Financial Consulting, llc, to provide Finance Director's services to the City of Fostoria. This position has been vacant since March.

09/20/2023

🪡🧵Fostoria Community Arts Council Hosting Community Quilting Project🧵🪡

The City of Fostoria has been sorely hit by the opioid crisis in the last decade. In an effort to foster awareness, commemorate the victims, and comfort their families, the Fostoria Community Arts Council, with the assistance of members of the local quilters’ guild, is organizing the creation of a memorial quilt.

We would like our community to participate in the creation of the quilt. We encourage community members to create a block (or blocks,) for the quilt, which will be arranged, quilted, and bound by the guild members. Please follow the guidelines below:

Finished Block Size: 12.5 inches square (This measurement is CRITICAL.)
Color Scheme: Red, White, Gray, Black, and Purple (for additional awareness)

Quilt blocks can be handsewn or machine stitched. They can include hand embroidery, counted cross stitch, or patchwork (flying geese, nine patch, log cabin, crazy quilt, whatever you desire). Feel free to include names, dates, colors or designs that were important to the person you are memorializing. You may submit more than one block.

The FCAC has contacted a number of local venues, and several are wanting to display the quilt following its completion. We hope for it to be a “traveling” tribute, so that it can bring awareness and comfort to as many as possible in our community.

If you would like to participate, but do not have sewing tools, skills, or materials, the Arts Council has all the help and materials you need at The Space, our free public studio, located on the 2nd Floor of the Bankquet Building, 125 S. Main Street, in Downtown Fostoria.

We HOPE to have enough blocks to begin quilt construction by the end of the 2023 calendar year. Please contact the FCAC project coordinator at (720) 308-6721 with any questions. Texts are preferred, as unrecognized numbers may not be answered. Leave a message if your call is not picked up, and someone will return your call. Thanking our community in advance for their assistance in creating this piece of healing art.

09/20/2023

Tomorrow is Wednesday September 20, 2023. Here are your events in Fostoria! Events hosted by Kaubisch Memorial Public Library

09/20/2023

Congrats to our local Fostoria Police officers below. Proud of our local police force and the work they are doing to help people in our community!

Congratulations to Sgt Kent Reinbolt, Officer Colin Taggart, Officer Brian Miller, Officer Sam Putnam, and Chief Gabe Wedge (surprise from Mayor Keckler) on receiving the Life Saver Award for their amazing work during an incident on August 11th while dealing with a female in crisis. Also receiving a Police Commendation is Fostoria Dispather Marlena Elliott for her amazing performance in assisting officers to locate the distraught woman. Everyone's heroic actions and level headed efforts saved a young woman's life.

09/19/2023

Fostoria receives $1 Million Forestry Grant to support tree and forestry programs within our community.

One million dollars is never anything for a small city to take for granted.

09/19/2023

**CITY COUNCIL NEWS**

Fostoria City Council Meeting this evening Tuesday September 19, 2023 starting at 6:00PM in the Fostoria Municipal Building Courtroom. On the agenda are resolutions to enter into an agreement hiring a consulting company to serve as the new City Finance Director. See agenda details below….

OLD BUSINESS - None

⭐️ NEW BUSINESS: ⭐️

Resolution: Authorizing and approving the Service Agreement for Finance Director between the City of Fostoria and Steven R. Dandurand for the provision of services and responsibilities of Fostoria City Finance Director, and declaring an emergency to exist. (First reading)

Ordinance: Amending the job description and salary range for the position of full-time appointed or hourly contracted Director of Finance for the City of Fostoria, Ohio, and declaring an emergency to exist. (First reading)

Resolution: Accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the Budget Commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies, certifying them to the Seneca County Auditor and declaring an emergency to exist. (First reading)

Resolution: A Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Fostoria, to prepare and submit a 2023 application to participate in the Wood County Park Grant Program(s) and to execute contracts as required, and declaring an emergency to exist. (First reading)

Ordinance: Adopting and Amending ordinance No. 2022-75 (Permanent 2023 Appropriations) by appropriating from unappropriated funds in the General Fund, Ohio Ambulance Transportation Program Fund, and Water Fund and declaring an emergency. (First reading)

Resolution: Establishing the City of Fostoria’s Office of Ohio Ambulance Transportation Program Fund, (258), and declaring an emergency to exist. (First reading)

City of Fostoria, Ohio

09/19/2023

Hey Fostoria! Here are your events for Tuesday September 19, 2023. Events are hosted by Kaubisch Memorial Public Library and City of Fostoria, Ohio.

09/18/2023

Here are your Monday September 18, 2023 Events for Fostoria, Ohio! Have a great week everyone! Events are hosted by Kaubisch Memorial Public Library, Fostoria City School District, and Fostoria Community Arts Council.

09/15/2023

Come on out to food truck Friday until 7:00PM! Downtown Fostoria. There is Not Your Mama’s Grilled Cheese Truck, Aurora’s Tamales and The Snak Shak.

09/15/2023

Whoa Fostoria! We have a ton of events for this weekend! Here are the events for Friday September 15th thru Sunday September 17th. Be sure to watch each of the five slides so you see all of the events. Have an awesome weekend and Go Redmen!

The events this weekend are hosted by........ Kaubisch Memorial Public Library, Food Truck Friday with Not Your Mama’s Grilled Cheese Truck, Aurora’s Tamales.. City of Fostoria, Ohio, Fostoria Athletics, JB Twisters, Fostoria Senior Citizen Center, Goddard Murphy & Co. Real Estate, Fostoria Community Arts Council, Fostoria Farmers' Market, Hancock Park District Rupright Family Flowers, St. Johns United Church of Christ, Venue 18 Entertainment Complex, R Place Sports Bar & Grill - New hosting Just Another Band, Fostoria Lions club, ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital (Jeff Shiff Run at the Res), St. Wendelin Parish, Herbie's Roadhouse, Downtown Reevented and West Independence Church.

Friday Update: Herbie’s Roadhouse is also having karaoke from 8-midnight with Gowiththeflo Entertainment.

09/15/2023

👀 Looking for Candidates 👀 Seneca Regional Planning Commission is accepting letters of interest for Seneca County Residents who would like to serve on the board as an at large seat. Submit your letter of interest before October 23, 2023!!

Seneca Regional Planning Commission is seeking to fill the At-Large Board Member Position. Seneca County, Ohio residents may submit letters of interest through October 23, 2023.