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Sylvania Township Police Chief Paul Long swears in new officers Jillian Woodruff and Taylor Perry at the Nov. 21 meeting of the Board of Township Trustees. The new officers began their employment with the department in April and attended the Toledo Police Academy, graduating on Nov. 3. They are in now participating in a three-month field training program. Continue reading Township talk …

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Zoning report Planning and Zoning Manager Daryl Graus reported at the Oct. 3 Board of  Sylvania Trustees meeting that from May to August the number of zoning permits issued decreased by 2.1 percent from the previous year, with 367 permits issued with a total estimated value of $36,555,599, versus 375 issued with a total estimated value of $45,350,452 in the same time period in 2022, … Continue reading Township talk …

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The Sylvania Township Board of Trustees approved the request of Sylvania Township Administrator Oliver Turner to adopt township policies on pregnancy issues at the Sept. 19 Board of Trustees meeting. This updated policy complies with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the rights and responsibilities under the Pregnant Workers Protection Act. Continue reading Township Talk …

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TARTA representative appointed
Joel Beren will continue to serve as Sylvania Township’s representative to Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority. The Township Trustees unanimously appointed him to serve the term beginning Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2026. Beren had been appointed last February to replace James Caldwell who resigned from his appointment to the TARTA board for a term ending on Sept. 30, 2023. Continue reading Township Talk …

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Sylvania Township Administrator Oliver Turner recently learned that the township’s Safe Routes to Schools application submitted March 3 was selected by the Ohio Department of Transportation for funding. The township will receive a total of $491,708 in the 2026 fiscal year for such things as upgraded traffic signaling, cross walks, sidewalks, path extensions, and other improvements making getting to school safe for students. This grant will also help to connect residential communities to Central Trail, Stranahan, HillView, and Whiteford elementary schools and Timberstone and Arbor Hills junior high schools. Continue reading Township Talk …

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At the July 10 meeting of the Sylvania Township Board of Zoning Appeals Joe Levine, chairman, and Stephanie Kuhlman, Yuri Osterhout, Tim Schlachter and Zach Mercer voted against the appeal made by Heather McCoy of 4630 Vineyard Rd. She owns two American Mini Pigs, which is in violation of the Sylvania Township Zoning Resolution prohibiting the raising, breeding, dairying, or maintaining livestock in any platted subdivision. Continue reading Township Talk …