Those words from Galion Police Detective Eric Bohach ended the hour and a half-long Galion Police and Fire Rally on Wednesday evening sponsored by the Galion Police OPBA, FOP Lodge #71 and IAFF Local #435. They refer to the staffing cuts in the City of Galion’s current financial recovery plan, cuts which would reduce the size of Galion’s police and fire departments by two positions each. The purpose of the rally was to provide information to highlight the practical impact of those planned reductions in force, to address frequently asked questions from the community, and to urge local citizens to lobby Council to reconsider those cuts…
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This coming Friday and Saturday will see a good amount of fun activity, sales — and food! — in Uptowne Galion. Events include an Evening With the Arts featuring numerous area artists in stores, restaurants and parks, music concerts, sales and hot dogs on the square. Click the link for complete info…..Click title for full story
More paranormal investigation took place this week at Brownella Cottage, and GalionLive was there. While the complete results of this week’s efforts won’t be known for some time, there was also an interesting development concerning a name shared in May’s “Paranormal Presence” event…..Click title for full story
One year ago tomorrow, Galion City Council met at the Franks Pavilion in Heise Park in front of some 300 to 400 of their constituents as they considered a measure to increase utility rates. As GalionLive noted at the time, “tension ran high and emotion was palpable” that night, as 10 members of the public verbally challenged the wisdom of such a move…Tonight, in front of a much smaller and certainly quieter audience, Council reduced those rates substantially, effective August 1…..Click title for full story