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Since Dave and I moved to this house 27 years ago, we’ve tried to replace any trees that we took down or that came down on their own. I don’t want to mow around a forest, but we don’t want to desecrate the land, either.

Kent City Council on May 17 officially denied local farmer Eric Kolb’s request to detach his land from the city, with only Council Member John Kuhar dissenting.

Edinburg United Church, founded in 1823, celebrated its 200th birthday with a service and picnic on May 21. The church is located at 4081 Rock Spring Road.

Mantua’s Triple Trail Fest will be held from 3:30-9:30 p.m. on Friday, June 2 and from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 on the Headwaters, Buckeye and Cuyahoga River Water Trails.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Aurora City Council will vote Monday on a five-year master plan that prioritizes green space and historical preservation over development. 

Kent City Council declined to fast-track a deal that would switch residential recycling services to a private hauler, postponing a final decision that’s expected in June.

School hasn’t even let out for summer vacation, but Portage County Job & Family Services is already looking forward to the 2023-24 school year.

Summer vacation.
As a kid, nothing compared to it.
Christmas Day? Not even close. That was, well, one day. Summer vacation lasted about three months — or 90 consecutive Christmas Days in kid time.

Though my kids, my late mother and a husband or two might dispute it, I’m fairly patient with human beings. I do, however, have a long history of being impatient (read: a raving, slobbering maniac) with traffic jams, phone prompt hell that never results in contact with a human being (“press 1 for customer service, 2 for…”), and dealing with “blister packaging” — for which there is actually a name: “wrap rage.”

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Streetsboro’s Planning Commission recently green-lighted several new businesses, all of which will occupy currently vacant buildings.

The grand opening for event venue Aurora Meadows will take place from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, June 1 to celebrate the beginning of the 2023 event season. 

David P. Haney, president of Hiram College since June 2021, is retiring effective June 30, 2023.

Welcome to the revival of the Around Edinburg column! My name is Cathy Klein and I wrote the Around Edinburg Column for the Record-Courier from 2006-2018 and am excited to be back in the saddle to spread local news and goings on in our community. I thought it might be fun to first catch you up on what has been happening with me these past five years.

The Kent Environmental Council (KEC) is dismayed about the recent vote by Kent City Council to back out of our commitment to and relationship with the Portage County Solid Waste Management District (the recycling center).

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Brimfield Brimfield is having a hard time hiring police officers and firefighters. “There are just not a lot of people applying for those jobs,” township Trustee Nic Coia said. Enter Fire Chief Craig Mullaly. “Craig came to us and said, ‘Hey, I want to try to do something out of the box, a little bit different,’” Coia said. “He worked with the board, and I spent some time talking to him, too. The township voted to create a new job […]

Late last month, a modest congregation of mournful parishioners gathered in the nave of St. Ambrose Church in Garrettsville to honor the legacy of St. Michael’s in Windham. 

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County