HANOVER TWP., Ohio - Hanover Township officials celebrated the opening of a new $2.5 million emergency services center, a project years in the making that township leaders say will transform public safety.

The facility, built with funding from a 3.1-mill levy approved by voters in 2023 and a $250,000 allocation from the state capital budget, will serve as the new home for the township’s volunteer fire department and EMS crews.

“This is the culmination of a project we’ve been discussing for many years,” said Hanover Township Trustee John Zehentbauer. “Our residents overwhelmingly supported the levy, which gave us the opportunity to build this center.”

Zehentbauer noted that the township’s two aging fire stations couldn’t house an ambulance or modern facilities. That often meant resident

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