SYLVANIA, Ohio —

Lewis Kujawski joined the Sylvania Senior Center after his wife died, and i t fills a need for him.

"My wife died about two years ago, and I was wilting away at home until somebody told me they had a senior center," Kujawski said.

Kujawski is not alone, either.

Maria Gagnon, executive director of Sylvania Community Services, says the center serves more than 300 seniors a day.

"Just this year alone, as of last Friday, we had 580 new participants walk in the door. Last year, for all of 2024, we had 478, so we have an increase of quite a few," Gagnon said.

That's why Gagnon and members of the center want to see Issue 6 pass on Nov. 4. The ballot item is a five-year 0.5-mill renewal levy for the center.

If passed, it would cost homeowners $17.90 per $100,000 home v

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