Local writer Priscilla Eldredge tells us her booklet "Chardon Public Square 1812-2012" will be available for sale at this weekend's Geauga County Maple Festival.

Proceeds from the sale will go toward expenses of the Chardon Bicentennial.

Eldredge, a life-long resident of Chardon, says the booklet gives information about the various structures and memorials on the square and discusses why the park has been so important to the community in good times and in bad.

- Tricia Ambrose @triciaambrose