Aurora electric vehicle chargers are ready to use at the library
- Staff Report.
Four level 2 electric vehicle charging stations are now ready for public use at the north end of the Aurora Memorial Library parking lot.
- Staff Report.
Four level 2 electric vehicle charging stations are now ready for public use at the north end of the Aurora Memorial Library parking lot.
- Tom Hardesty.
Major League Baseball is at a crossroads. The oldest major professional sports league in the world hates change. It took 71 years before Black people were allowed to play, and some fans in New York City still haven’t recovered from their beloved Giants and Dodgers leaving for California after the 1957 season.
Police in Lyndhurst are investigating an unnamed Portage County sheriff’s deputy in relation to an alleged sexual assault reported on Oct. 19 at a time when the deputy was off duty.
- Lee Lundblad.
Mayor Womer Benjamin informed council that due to the recent announcement of the closing of the Aurora Advocate, she met with the editor of the Akron Beacon Journal and Gannett Publishing last week in an effort to find news coverage for Aurora.
- Ryan Lind.
Michael distributed a document regarding Open Spaces. The board deliberated about the township’s zoning policies for around half an hour.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
The Ravenna youth organization Children Always Resisting Enemies (CARE) will hold a fundraising dinner from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 4 at Skeels Community Center, 4378 Skeels St., Ravenna.
Ravenna’s Reed Memorial Library is planning massive renovations, but one part has hit a snag.
- Tom Hardesty.
Your chance to have a say in the final design of Kent’s new official city flag starts today.
Did you see CNN lightened the skin tone of the Memphis police officers who killed Tyre Nichols? Did you hear on the news earth is actually cooling, not heating up? Well you shouldn’t have because these headlines are fake.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
The U.S. Labor Department has levied a $15,504 fine against the owner of Slim Chickens in Streetsboro and Avon for hundreds of child labor law violations at both restaurants between 2020 and 2022.
The township got the OK to reduce the speed limit on Udall Road from 55 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
- Ben Wolford.
The Davey Tree Expert Company has begun construction on a 180-acre research and training campus in Kent, part of a major expansion of the company’s corporate headquarters.
- Tom Hardesty.
Chrissy Motz has learned to expect just about anything at a Polar Plunge.
Water temperatures ranging between 32 and 35 degrees. Waves sometimes reaching as high as six to eight feet. The air temperature often dipping well below freezing. Sound like fun?
- Ryan Lind.
Trustee Nic Coia announced a new program for Portage County residents, Portage GrowLink, offering discounted rates for homeowners, farms, and farm businesses offered through Hometown Bank.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
Doria Daniels has served on the Portage County Board of Elections since 2015, and Janet Esposito has served as Portage County Auditor since 1994. On Feb. 22, the two women met in one of their final official acts together as public servants.
They originally intended on funneling $1 million of the county’s ARPA funds to area nonprofit agencies, but are instead directing the entire amount (minus a consultant and accounting fee) to county food assistance programs.