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Tax season opens as planned following "Extenders" legislation

Following the passage of the extenders legislation, the Internal Revenue Service announced today it anticipates opening the 2015 filing season as scheduled in January.

The IRS will begin accepting tax returns electronically on Jan. 20. Paper tax returns will begin processing at the same time.

The decision follows Congress renewing a number of "extender" provisions of the tax law that expired at the end of 2013. These provisions were renewed by Congress through the end of 2014. The final legislation was signed into law Dec. 19, 2014.

Liberty Township farmers and landowners opportunity for Farm Bill update

Seventy-five Hardin County farmers and landowners attended a Farm Bill Update meeting held at the Hardin County courthouse held recently, according to Mark Badertscher of the Hardin County Extension Service.

Badertscher said that the  meeting will be repeated on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 6:30 p.m. 

Look at all the fundraising opportunities benefit music students and music boosters

The Ada Music Boosters would like to remind everyone of multiple fundraising opportunities available throughout the year.  Some require nothing more than shopping the way you already do and some are mutually beneficial to not only the Boosters, but to you as well.

Programs currently available include:
Ada Bingo - Ada Bingo continues to be a favorite Thursday night event for many Ada residents. If you haven’t been out, come try it.

Suddenly the spot light shines on railroad line through Ada

Here's a story that will interest all Ada railfans. It is reposted from The Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers (dba All Aboard Ohio). Click here for more information about All Aboard Ohio.

For advocates of rail transportation, one of the most enjoyable developments is to see a railroad line come back to life. 

That’s been happening recently to the 270-mile Fort Wayne Line between Tolleston (Gary), Ind., and Crestline, Ohio, via Ft. Wayne, Lima - AND ADA - and Bucyrus. This was one of America’s premier passenger rail lines, linking Chicago and East Coast.

New and improve village website live any day now

Everything you need to know about the Village of Ada is on the new and improved village website, which should be live by the end of this month – or any day now.

For a look at the site go to: wp.adaoh.org.

You’ll find everything from Boards, Departments, Documents, Pay Water Bill, Notices and a way to contact the village on the site.

The site is more robust, easier to manage and update and has a better layout than the site it replaces. Upcoming events are still on the upper left of the content area, and below that is a calendar that responds to hovering the cursor over bold dates. 

ReStore closed for Christmas-NY; reopens Jan. 5

It's Christmas vacation time for ReStore.

ReStore is closed now through Jan. 4, The Main Street Ada store will reopen with regular hours on Monday, Jan. 5.

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