Around Charlestown: Up close with nature at the Charlestown Summer Festival and Cruise In - Ruth Ann Bartholomew. If you didn't make it out to the 23rd Annual Charlestown Summer Festival and Cruise In, you missed a fun afternoon. The winner of the Grand Prize Raffle, which included a Blackstone Grill, a $150 Duma Meat gift card and grill accessories was Susan Robenstine.
- Roger Gordon. A “Meet the Candidates Day” will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22 at the Shearer Community Center at 9355 Newton Falls Rd.
- Wendy DiAlesandro. The Portage Park District’s recent expansion of Headwaters Trail isn’t the end of the line.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Portage County property owners: The county treasurer’s office is mailing out second-half property tax bills, and the deadline to pay is set for Sept. 9.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Jeremy Brown. After serving generations of parishioners, St. Peter of the Fields' historic church in Rootstown has been razed.
- Noell Wolfgram Evans. The district will be operating with a surplus for two years, which will quickly turn into a deficit by 2031. Plageman also updated the board on recent and pending state legislation that could impact these projects. “There is an uncertainty at the state level,” Plageman said.
- Julie Erickson. Council Member Michael Lampa asked to speak as a citizen and reported that the Friends of Streetsboro Parks, a 501(c)(3) organization, has decided to dissolve the fund.
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- Angie Reedy. The Auxiliary of University Hospitals Portage Medical Center in Ravenna is having its annual craft fair from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 at the hospital, 6847 N. Chestnut St., Ravenna.
- Mike D. Good morning, fans of all things music. Here we are rolling into the first week of August already. This week finds me with two nice gigs to play with the local band The Shootouts.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Wendy DiAlesandro. After missing two court dates, Hiram Council Member Chris Perme pleaded not guilty July 29 to two misdemeanor charges of assault.
- Roger Gordon. Hiram Village Council has rezoned two properties in the village to allow for college properties to be sold and transitioned out of the institutional district.