Wednesday, June 25, 2025 • Vol. 18 No. 3 • FREE
BRUSH CHIPPING
July 2 @ 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The Village of Middlefield Service Department will provide brush chipping services for its residents, excluding commercial and industrial business establishments, on the first Wednesday of each month, from April to October and limited to the following: FOR – disposal of small amounts of brush and branches that are removed by residents for normal maintenance and upkeep of property. Total amount of brush chipping service time spent at any residence shall be limited to a maximum of fifteen minutes. All remaining materials must be removed from public view within 48 hours after the chipping service date. FOR – brush and branches less than six inches in diameter, placed at the curb with the butt end placed toward the street and perpendicular to the curb, free of string, wire, rope or material, in piles no higher than 4 feet. FOR – brush and branches placed at the residents curb no sooner than 3 days prior to chipping service date. Residents placing brush and branches in advance of the 3 days will be required to remove the debris from public view, until 3 days prior to the chipping service date. FOR – shrubs and roots free of dirt from normal maintenance and upkeep of property. NOT – for the removal of entire trees by residents or commercial entities. NOT – for tree stumps or brush from site clearing by residents or lot clearing activities performed by commercial entities. NOT – for brush or branches brought in from another location. NOT – for brush and branches placed out for chipping to late, once the chipper has been down the street. Brush and branches will be required to be removed until the next regularly scheduled chipping service date. In major storm related events, the village will determine and announce emergency storm-related brush and branch collection dates and times outside of the regular monthly chipping date.
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Jake Bean, a 2023 Cardinal graduate, has transferred from Kent State to Louisville, taking his collegiate baseball career from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) just a few weeks after wrapping up his sophomore campaign as a first-team All-MAC as a starting pitcher for the Golden Flashes. Bean’s freshman year at Kent State saw a handful of spot relief opportunities. He moved into the starting role for his second goaround after developing through the Keene SwampBats, a New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) team, leading into a breakout sophomore year. “Summer ball was big for me, that was big for my confidence,” Bean said. “In that league, I was playing against all Power Five players. Understanding what Power Five baseball was like, showed me what I needed to work on. I
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Cardinal’s Jacob Bean during his sophomore season at Kent State University where he was a starting pitcher. Bean will transfer to University of Louisville, a more prestigious college program located in a Power Five conference.
learned from those guys how they warmed up, how they went about their bodies and games. It was either I swim or I sink, and I had to swim. I had to figure out what I needed to do every day. The biggest thing was realizing I belong.” That realization of believing he belonged came in his sophomore
season, where he led the pitching staff in innings pitched at 75 and totaled the most strikeouts of 72. Not to mention his team-leading 4.20 earned run average (ERA), as well as a 6-2 record in 15 starts. “My first three starts of the year were not good by any means. See Bean • Page 7
Multi-Agency Sting Busts Elderly Investment Scam By Emma MacNiven macniven@karlovecmedia.com A multi-agency investigation uncovered a complex fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims under the guise of investment assistance, local authorities announced last week. Investigators from the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office, Chester Township Police Department, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and FBI task force officers coordinated a sting operation May 13 that resulted in the identification of two suspects — one Indian national and one Pakistani national — connected to a network exploiting seniors.
An elderly victim, of Chester Township, was asked by a perpetrator to invest in another form of currency that would be picked up by a courier, the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. “Investigators were informed that the victim had already lost a significant amount of money and was being led to believe the perpetrator was aiding in her investments,” the GCSO said in the release. “Detectives then arranged to deliver the package to the courier and conduct surveillance on the suspects to identify all involved in this scheme.” The GCSO knew the victim was meeting up with the perpetrator, Lt. James Jonovich said June 23. “We generated, essentially a
sting operation, a false pickup,” he said. “We waited for them to come pick up the fraudulent currency and we then followed them and took them down.” The courier said a friend from Africa gave him directions and a location of where to pick up the package, the release said. “The courier additionally informed detectives they picked up approximately $40,000 from an elderly male in Chicago and $3,000 of that money had been used to fund this trip (to Ohio),” the release said. Investigators were able to seize the $37,000 from the courier's apartment in Chicago, the GCSO said in the release. See Scam• Page 4
July 3, 9-10 p.m.
Village of Middlefield is hosting fireworks at Yoder Brothers Park located at the corner of North Thompson Avenue and Almeda Drive. Use the address 16060 Almeda, Middlefield for directions. Rain date is July 5.
Geauga County Fairgrounds
July 5, 9:45-10 p.m. American Legion Post 459 presents its 34th annual 4th of July fireworks show at the Geauga County Fairgrounds in Burton. Gates open at 6 p.m. Fireworks will start around 9:45-10 p.m. Event includes Geauga County Fair Band, military vehicle display, food vendors, flag burning ceremony and a book sale hosted by the Geauga County Public Library. Rain date is July 6.
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