The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra State Community College is offering free, two-hour seminars, Small Business Basics, that will answer questions about starting, buying or expanding a small business.
This seminar will take the confusion out of your efforts and help you avoid costly mistakes and unnecessary steps. Learn the basics of: name registration, licensing, taxes, zoning, business entities, employees, insurance, financing and business planning.

Greg Deerhake, a son of the Marblehead Peninsula, and Magruder Hospital were honored Thursday evening at the 75th annual meeting of the Marblehead Peninsula Chamber of Commerce at Catawba Island Club.
Deerhake was honored with the D.S. Kirkpatrick Award named for one of the original founders of the Chamber and former publisher of the Peninsula News. The award is to honor the dedication and unselfish devotion to the principles of service to the community through the Chamber of Commerce.

Lakeside Chautauqua will once again partner with Black Tie Catering to offer a unique waterfront dining experience at the Hotel Lakeside Café, 150 Maple Ave.
The official opening of the café is Tuesday, May 22. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. A special dinner menu will be featured on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Mike Bassett is an incurable entrepreneur who loves new projects! A year or so ago, he was confronted with a bit of a stumper. His neighbor to the east, Newport Dry Goods was looking for more space. At the same time, he had heard from a number of his hardware customers via a customer survey that they would like to see a greater variety of products and services provided. So what is an incurable entrepreneur to do? Take the lemon, squeeze it and make lemonade of course.

Officials from Ohio University and the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies will visit the area on May 17 to unveil a report that cites the Skills for Life Marine Trades program as a contributor to the area’s economic development efforts.

The group chose to release the report in May in recognition of Community Action Month across the nation. The report will be released during a presentation that begins at 11 a.m. on May 17 at the Ottawa County Resource Center, 8043 W. Ohio 163, Oak Harbor.