Residents who have long complained about excessive noise emanating from Kent’s Land O'Lakes facilities may soon get some relief.
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Aurora City Council on Nov. 11 extended its year-long moratorium on vape, e-cigarette, smoke and tobacco shops and on shops that sell any product related to CBD, cannabidiol oils or edibles for another 90 days.
The Curtain up Theatre is proud to present "Charlotte's Web" at 7 p.m. Jan. 17, 18, 24 and 25 and 1 p.m. Jan. 19 in the Iva Walker Auditorium, directed by Jackie Rinearson, adapted by Joseph Robinette and based on the book by E.B. White, with permission from Dramatic Publishing.
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Services are expanding at University Hospitals Portage Medical Center Infectious Disease Clinic where experts are available to meet patient needs close to home.
Hiram Township will continue to have 100 Village of Hiram police patrol hours per month. That was a contract that, when originally established, was 60 hours per month.
I hadn’t planned on writing Artificial Turf Part Two this week – until I saw this comment by The Portager reader Matt S.:
“It seems like artificial turf also causes cancer.”
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Local U.S. Postal Service carriers are not happy with a contract they’ve been offered, so they are planning a public protest in downtown Kent.
November’s ballot held a slew of local issues, including three that would have benefitted local schools, had they passed. Now school officials in Aurora, Mogadore and Ravenna must determine where to go from here.
Aurora voters faced 13 charter amendments in the Nov. 5 election and approved all but one of them: a provision that would have extended the time frame for convening a commission to review the city’s master plan from five to 10 years.
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From the sheriff’s office to the White House, Portage County voters chose Republican candidates nearly across the board in the November 2024 elections, according to unofficial results released by the county Board of Elections late Tuesday night.
Portage County voters by and large supported renewal and replacement levy efforts in the Nov. 5 election. Every one on the ballot passed, according to final unofficial numbers provided by the Portage County Board of Elections.
When Christine Untrauer learned that local fallen Vietnam veteran Willie Ross Dennis didn’t have a grave marker, she was determined to change that.
To be on the Excellence Roll, students must have earned a grade point average of 4.0 or above for the first nine weeks.
The Salvation Army of Portage County’s annual Kettle Kick-off and Dinner will be held Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, at the First Church of God, 237 New Milford Rd., Ravenna.
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Ohio State Fire Marshal Kevin Reardon brought his grain bin rescue teaching simulator trailer to the Atwater Fire Department on Oct. 18. Firefighters received training on how to perform a rescue for individuals who have become trapped in a grain bin.
Based out of Portage County, a local organization is making a tangible difference and connecting people across the world, using 3D printing technology to create prosthetic hands for those who need them.
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