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The League of Women Voters of Northern Portage County invites members of the community to our 2023 Meet the Candidates nights. There will be three sessions, each covering a different area of northern Portage County.
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Ravenna city officials would like to clean up the mess from the demolished buildings at 645 S. Chestnut St., once home to Oak Rubber. But there’s one problem: Nobody owns it.
When I was little, my mother had a big, thick book filled with gorgeous full-color plates of some of the world’s most famous paintings. Mom made me wash my hands before I handled it, and I would spend hours lost in the pictures, as if it were my own private museum.
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- Jeremy Brown.
More than 50 years after Henry Halem designed a series of white glass sculptures inspired by the Kent State shootings, he decided to bring the imagery back to life, but for a different reason.
Paris Township contracted Davey Tree to remove 10 trees on Gilbert Road that were causing much havoc — including downed power lines — with the recent bad storms. The cost of the project is $7,200.
- Cathy Klein.
Kid Watch is currently hiring child care providers for before- and/or after-school care. Kid Watch is located at the Edinburg United Church at 4081 Rock Spring Rd.
- Mark Baxter.
A Kent church has rebranded itself as the University Church to demonstrate its commitment to the community.
This will be the eighth year Kent has held its Democracy Day public hearing. The purpose for this forum, which is held as part of the city council meeting, is for area citizens to express our views related to the proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution.
- Kathy Baker.
It happens when you least expect it. You can’t make it happen at will; it enters your life on its own terms, always quite suddenly; almost like magic. In fact, I believe it IS magic!
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County residents who find themselves with hard-to-recycle items now have another local option.
- Tom Hardesty.
Real grass, or artificial turf?
The pros and cons have been weighed between the two since the fake stuff, known then as AstroTurf, first made its appearance on the floor of the Houston Astrodome in the mid-1960s. The argument has raged since.
- Angie Reedy.
It’s not too late to get tickets for the University Hospitals Portage Medical Center’s Auxiliary Brunch and Fashion Show Benefit on Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Kent State University Hotel & Conference Center. The event will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with fashions for the entire family. It’s also a celebration of the Auxiliary’s 80th year.
There have been many changes at Charlestown United Methodist Church in the recent past. The most recent was the retirement of Rev. Norma J. Bates. Her retirement was marked with a brunch in the church community room following her final sermon Aug. 27.
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What to do if you represent a largely rural county that has such problems with public transportation that no one person can see the big picture, much less solve it?
The city continues to make “incremental progress” in its bid to purchase 40 acres of former SeaWorld lakefront property, Aurora Law Director Dean DePiero said on Monday, Sept. 11.
The Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard is again hosting its Murder Mystery event — “A Pep Rally To Die For” at the Haunted James A. Garfield Campus on Oct. 28.