- Jeff Gambone.
The week of Sept. 4 brings us nine different choices for open mic entertainment. It doesn’t matter where you live in the Summit/Portage County area; there is an open mic that you can attend. Come out and play or listen to this unique part of the area music scene.
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A bridge on Newton Falls Road has been out since September 2021, but good news is just around the corner.
After narrowly passing a landmark levy, the Portage County District Library is expanding services throughout Portage County and will soon open a new branch in Brimfield in partnership with the township.
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Each year, the community-boosting nonprofit Celebrate Portage! hosts an awards dinner to celebrate individuals and organization that work to improve Portage County.
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- Tom Hardesty.
Twenty years ago, it would have been difficult to fathom things like the College Football Playoff, Name Image Likeness, the transfer portal, and the Big Ten and SEC devouring the Big 12 and Pac-12.
During our careers, teachers earned less than other occupations with the promise from the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) that we would receive adequate retirement and an annual cost of living allowance. STRS has not kept its promise claiming they do not have available funds to meet its mandated payments.
We subscribed for decades to both the Record-Courier and the Beacon Journal. We enjoyed reading the print edition during breakfast and appreciated the combination of local, regional, national and international news.
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Carolyn “Carol” L. (McMahan) Edwards Carolyn L. Edwards 79 of Mantua passed away Thursday, August 25, 2022 at UH Portage Medical Center. Carol was born December 9, 1942 in Sevierville, TN to Carl and Doris (McFall) McMahan. Read more Dorothy J. (Kruse) McClintock “Together Again” Dorothy J. McClintock 98 of Streetsboro passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 with her family by her side. She was born October 8, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio to Fred J. […]
- Ben Wolford.
The Randolph Fair Board capped off another successful fair on Aug. 28, with thousands of people coming from all over Portage County and around the state.
Instead of beginning her workday at her office, Waterloo Superintendent Angela Terella completes a pre-trip check on her assigned van.
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Streetsboro unearthed its Sesquicentennial Time Capsule buried 50 years ago at city park, revealing the detritus of old businesses, a set of cufflinks and much more that was damaged by time and a leak in the container.
- Jeremy Brown.
The Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA) held a ribbon cutting ceremony adjacent to the Kent Central Gateway Transit Center on Friday at 5 p.m. in Kent to introduce “Polly the Trolley,” the first of several modern historically fashioned trolleys that will be operating in Portage County.
- Tom Hardesty.
If you’re out and about at Portage County athletic events this autumn, you’re likely to run into former Record-Courier sports editor Tom Nader as he doggedly builds his new enterprise, Portage Sports.
Opting to err on the side of transparency, Atwater trustees will advertise for contractors to bid on the cleanup of two potentially hazardous debris piles on Waterloo Road in Atwater and Eberly Road in Randolph.
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Harry John Nowak Harry John Nowak, age 87 of Ravenna, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022. He was born March 18, 1935, in Hessville, Ohio, to parents August and Anna (Hanson) Nowak. Read more Thomas Paul Isaman Thomas Paul Isaman, age 70 of Rootstown, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022. He was born August 2, 1952, in Ravenna, Ohio, to parents Paul and Betty (Ulm) Isaman. Read more Mary S. Hughes Mary S. Hughes, age 85, of Kent, Ohio passed […]
- Tom Hardesty.
The Portage County Fairgrounds in Randolph will host the second annual DMF-OH Cancer Benefit Truck Show and Truck Pull on Saturday, Sept. 25. The event is a fundraiser for the Denise Marie Flaherty Foundation, Inc. (DMF), a North Carolina-based organization that raises funds for cancer patients and their families in five states, including Ohio.
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In 2015, Kent resident Franklin Benedict was killed in his apartment with no apparent motive. The case remains unsolved with no leads.