Renovations are still ongoing inside several of the Ohio Turnpike service plazas along the 241-mile road, but the work is nearing completion. At Wyandot and Blue Heron service plazas, milepost 76.9, the turnpike and AVI Foodsystems recently completed a new Marco’s Pizza and Starbucks, offering an expanded range of food and beverage options for travelers.

Several Ohio Turnpike plaza partners will offer complimentary coffee to travelers from 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve to 7 a.m., New Year’s Day. The offer is valid for one cup of hot coffee per traveler.

According to provisional statistics, nine people were killed in eight fatal crashes on Ohio roadways this Christmas holiday weekend, resulting in the fewest deaths during a Christmas reporting period since 2018.

Friendship Park Community Center has posted the weekly menu for the community lunches. Guests are asked for donations of $2.50 per meal, and lunch is served at 11:45 a.m.

The following is a list of activities for all at Friendship Park Community Center: •Monday, January 1, closed for holiday—Happy New Year! •Tuesday, January 2, lunch, 11:45 a.m.; pinochle, 12:30 p.m. •Wednesday, January 3, line dancing, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; lunch 11:45 a.m.; bingo, 12:30 p.m.; open board and card games, 12:30 p.m.

Hospice of Northwest Ohio is in need of volunteers who are a licensed hairdresser or barber. Hair care volunteers provide basic haircuts only for patients living in their homes or at nursing homes throughout Wood, Lucas, Fulton, Henry, Ottawa and Monroe counties.

Equity Trust Company, custodian FBO Maureen Clayton to Andre Stribling Sr., 5924 Vistamar Road, $239,900. Lodgeford and Ford #1 LLCA Nevada LLC to Adam Pernia, 3747 Dixie Drive, $55,000.

TOPICS Camera Club, a non-profit organization open to everyone, will meet Wednesday, January 10, at 6:30 p.m., at the Monclova Community Center, 8115 Monclova Road, Monclova. January’s emphasis will be on monochrome photos.

The Northwestern Water and Sewer District board of trustees passed a resolution to cover the cost of maintaining and operating district watersheds. Five gallons of water will cost $1.25 starting Tuesday, January 2, 2024. The cost for a gallon of water remains 25 cents per gallon.

Apart from the major bridge replacement project that straddles the border of Summit and Portage counties, major construction along the Ohio Turnpike has been halted for the winter months. This past construction season, work focused on continuing projects associated with the modernization of the toll collection system and on bridges.