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Community Voices, Health, Senior Citizens, Wood County Senior Center May 3, 2026

Wood County Committee on Aging to host free wellness fair

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MemoryLane offers safe space for local residents with dementia to spend their days

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Low voter turnout – Senior citizens may be served by board appointed rather than elected

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Senior citizen levy – which makes up 73% of annual budget for services – to be placed on fall ballot

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As senior population grows, so do the numbers of elder abuse and exploitation cases in county

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‘Cars and Cookies’ event planned for Friday afternoon at Wood County Senior Center

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BG City Schools to hold public hearing on Tuesday, May 19
Patrol announces locations for OVI checkpoints tonight, May 14
Former fair board member Brock Abke pleads guilty to pandering obscenity, contributing to delinquency of a minor & grooming
Teen pleads guilty & is sentenced in killing of 15-year-old girl & separate obscenity charges
Update: Gas leak reported on BGSU campus

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Property tax repeal campaign behind goal as deadline for 2026 ballot approaches
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