Bid notice for new truck

Bid Notice

Sealed bids will be received by the Newbury Township Board of Trustees for the following:

1 – One chassis and cab, two and on-half ton 2010 Freightliner.

Bid specifications are available at the Newbury Town Hall, 14899 Auburn Rd., Newbury, from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Thursday (440-564-5997) and the township garage, 11014 Kinsman Rd., 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday – Friday.

The Newbury Township Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received, and to accept any bid or bids which are deemed most favorable to the board at that time and under conditions stipulated all in accordance with the Newbury Township Board of Trustees. This legal notice shall be considered part of the bids specifications.

Mail bids to: David Lair, fiscal officer, P.O. Box 257, Newbury, OH 44065. Bids will be accepted until 2 p.m. March 18. These bids may be hand delivered to the town hall.

Bids will opened at a regular public meeting held in Newbury Town Hall, 14899 Auburn Rd., Newbury, Ohio, at 8 p.m. March 18.

A copy of this bid notice may be found in the March 4, 2010 edition of the Geauga County Maple Leaf in the legal ad section.

…Hoppin’ down the bunny trail

The Easter Bunny will be coming to Newbury Saturday, March 27 at Newbury High School, 14775 Auburn Rd. and the school doors will open at 10 a.m. for the 8^th Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Ages 0-2 will begin at 10:30 a.m. followed by ages 3-4, then ages 5 – 6, then ages 7-8. The Easter Bunny will pose for pictures. Kiwanis will accept donations. Please go to www.newburykiwanis.org. The Easter Egg Hunt is paid for by local sponsors.

Is your washing machine washed up?

Appliances will be collected in Geauga County from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 17 at the Geauga County Engineer’s Yard, 12665 Merritt Road, Chardon. Free freon removal is available. Workers will be on site to help unload vehicles. There is a fee for disposing of television sets: $10 up to 27” and $15 for larger than 27”. Call (330) 675-2673, 1-800-707-2673 or go to www.startrecycling.com with questions.

Has your antifreeze lost its cool?

Dispose of it at the 2010 Geauga Household Hazardous Waste Collection from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 24 at the Geauga County Engineer’s Yard, 12665 Merritt Road, Chardon. No electronic equipment will be accepted April 24.

The household hazardous waste recycling facility northwest of Warren will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Wednesday from May 5, 2010, through Sept. 29, 2010, at 5138 Enterprise Blvd, Warren, Ohio. It will also be open from 9 a.m. to noon on the following Saturdays: May 1, June 5 and August 7. Household hazardous waste includes paint, oil, antifreeze, propane tanks and computer equipment. Call (330) 675-2673, 1-800-707-2673 or go to www.startrecycling.com with questions.

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Website addresses wanted

Over the last few months a lot of work has gone into the NewburyOhio website and we want our readers to enjoy it.

But if you go looking for access to your business, your church or your favorite restaurant in Newbury and don't find it, please let us know. What you see here is just the first green shoot in the garden -- we have lots more to plant. And, like any productive garden, it will take time, energy and a few sore muscles before we harvest more than green peas and lettuce.

So call (440-564-5369), send an e-mail to
awishart@newburyohio.com or stop by the Town Hall with your information and we will see where it fits in the landscape of this new venture.

Trustees happy over website 'hits'

When the township’s new Website, www.newburyohio.com, went live early last summer township officials were excited about many things and uncertain about others.

They were pleased to find Inventure Technologies owned by Clay Burnett, a Newbury native and Web master extraordinaire, to renovate the township’s Website. Clay’s artistic talent for design merged with Trustee Jan Blair’s drive toward economic development led to a new township logo. Clay’s computer expertise in building the new site has been invaluable to the venture.

Improving communication and providing township residents with information and contacts within their township government was a target for the board. In an age when people need more information and have less time to visit or call, trustees wanted a cutting-edge Website to deliver lots of data at residents’ fingertips.

Additionally trustees want to encourage local businesses to expand and to attract new ones under a program of controlled economic development. By putting information on an up-to-date and easy-to-navigate Website they are providing the data that businesses in search of a new location need in order to make decisions.

They had concerns about entering the high-tech age of Websites. How will residents respond to a new site and to putting Newbury on the radar screen of the global business world? Does the township have the resources to maintain a Website? And, if the township puts the time, money and effort into a new Website, will residents applaud it and put it to good use?

Well, the news is positive. The ‘hit counter’ Clay installed shows the site has had more than 5,000 views since May 2009.

“The number of hits on the Newbury Website has exceeded all expectations,” Trustee Bill Skomrock said recently. “This medium is the best way I know to reach out to prospective entrepreneurs and show exactly what we have to offer.”

Just as an example, page views, which represent the total number of times any page on the site is viewed, ranged from 44 to 98 hits over two weeks in October. There were between 89 and 179 unique visitors to the site during that time, meaning unduplicated visitors in 24 hours.

Zoning received the most hits so Clay has helped us establish a separate page for zoning information. Under “Contact us” he also installed a feedback box for visitors who have questions or observations.

We will continue to update the site. Come visit us any time. We look forward to hearing from you.