Local rescues face overcrowding as people surrender their pets - Jeremy Brown. Overcrowding at local pet rescue shelters has been an increasing problem since the Covid-19 pandemic. Following an increase in adoptions during the pandemic, rising living costs and other factors have led to pet surrenders and abandonment.
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Alarmed by the number of single-family homes being converted into rental properties, Kent City Council is hoping to reverse the trend.
- pauline1557808. The Suffield League has tapped Robert Rasnick as the grand marshal for the 2026 Annual Memorial Day Parade.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Ravenna City Council members met May 11 to consider a number of items, including lowering speed limits on Main Street.
- Roger Gordon. The Rootstown Lions Club’s annual Rootstown Memorial Day Parade and Flag Raising will take place Monday, May 25. The parade lineup will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the NEOMED parking lot.
- Letter to the editor. Shalersville, Ravenna, and now Streetsboro have all passed moratoriums on data centers, but a moratorium is only a delay. One hyperstructure built in a neighboring county on the scale of Utah’s recently approved 62 square mile data center (read that number again) will overshadow any local ban or moratorium.
- Letter to the editor. The people of Kent send a big THANK YOU to the citizens of Ravenna, Tallmadge and Streetsboro for not passing your school levies. With our freshly approved levy, we will be attracting your young families and their children.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
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- Wendy DiAlesandro. Streetsboro City Council’s safety committee on May 11 considered tweaks to local law affecting door-to-door salespeople and solicitors.
- Tom Hardesty. Saboteurs have been part of sports for as long as sports have been part of the human condition.
- Nicole Sweet. Happy May Bomber Country! May is always an exciting time. With things like the school year end, graduations, beginning of wedding season, warmer days for ball games, Memorial Day weekend, the kickoff to summer and more. Warmer weather is finally in the air and here are some exciting events and important information coming up in our little town.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Disappointed by May’s primary election results, school and city officials across Portage County know they have work to do before November.