- Ryan Lind.
As a township, Shalersville cannot collect income tax from the Geis build. Streetsboro has partnered with Shalersville to allow the township to receive tax revenues through the city. Resident Chris Martin referred to the building as an abomination.
- Staff Report.
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- Lee Lundblad.
An ordinance amending the Village of Garrettsville Employee Handbook relating to mandatory employee training. Council Member Chris Knop explained that this amendment is to add ALICE Training (sometimes known as active-shooter preparedness training).
Ravenna City Council has a decision to make: They can split Day Street in two or wait years for the state to approve upgraded crossings at Day and Chestnut streets.
- Tom Hardesty.
It’s amazing how even the Kent State-University of Akron men’s basketball rivalry has been the past couple decades.
- Lee Lundblad.
Oros also offered information relative to the public meeting held Jan. 16 on the topic of the resolution proposing pool fence requirements be lowered from 6 feet to 4 feet.
- Jeremy Brown.
Several teams of robot-wielding kids challenged each other with their creations at Kent State’s student center Saturday in a robotics tournament that sent one team from Ohio to the state championship taking place March 12 near Dayton.
- Shirley Mars.
Here it is, nine years later, and Ben Wolford extended an invitation to revive Around Brimfield. Again, I laughed it off and thought of the many reasons I would not be interested. After all, our large family has grown larger since then, and I am busier than ever. For some unknown reason, the thought kept coming back… and here I am. Welcome to Around Brimfield!
- Staff Report.
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It’s not often a boy from a hard-working Streetsboro family steps onto Nashville’s iconic Grand Ole Opry stage, but Brian Poston is getting ready to do just that.
- Ryan Lind.
Fiscal Officer Kevin Cihan reported on the state of the township finances. Zoning Inspector Jackie Kable reported no zoning activity in the previous two weeks. There was some discussion about a van in an unidentified location on Route 282 that appears to be doubling as a home.
The Rootstown Township Lions Club will host its second annual Chili Cook-off fundraiser from 4-6 p.m. Feb. 19 at NEOMED’s NEW Center at 4211 State Route 44.
Climate action is finally coming to Kent! A global health, safety and sustainability service company, Keramida, has been hired by Kent City Council to develop a plan for decreasing CO2 emissions, curb climate change and support the goals of the Paris Accords.
- Staff Report.
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The Garrettsville Area Chamber of Commerce has unveiled plans for a new Buckeye Block to rise from the ashes of downtown after a devastating fire in 2014.
City leaders are considering a Ravenna resident’s bid to run a gun and supplies business out of his home.
- Tom Hardesty.
The Portage Foundation has awarded more than $200,000 in grant money to local nonprofits that support programs for area youth.
- Staff Report.
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Each of Portage County’s four cities, and at least one village and township, has at least one community garden available to residents.
- Tom Hardesty.
That may sound strange coming from someone who works for an exclusively digital media organization, but I’m a creature of habit. And my habit for about the first 50 years of my life was to grab that day’s paper and immediately begin poring over every page of it (sports section first, of course).