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So I found myself between jobs — I always thought that was a euphemism for unemployed and planning to stay that way. But no, I was literally between jobs. I no longer worked at my former position and had a week off before my new one started. I would rather have had time off in July so Dave and I would have a full 9 nine days at our camper, but hey, time off is time off — even in February.

Supergood, a cannabis retailer in Michigan, held an open house last month for its new medical marijuana dispensary in Ravenna, attended by the mayor and other city officials.

Paris adopted a resolution for a speed study for Gilbert Road from state Route 225 all the way over to the county line on the other side of the township.

The township will be getting a new website. The trustees voted to change the domain name to nelsonTWPOH.gov to take advantage of .gov services, per Cihan’s recommendation. The new site should be accessible by next week.

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Four level 2 electric vehicle charging stations are now ready for public use at the north end of the Aurora Memorial Library parking lot.

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.

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.

Michael distributed a document regarding Open Spaces. The board deliberated about the township’s zoning policies for around half an hour.

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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.

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.

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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.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

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.