- Ben Wolford.
An emergency food drive is being held from 9 a.m. to noon July 9 at Hometown Bank Plaza. The drive is sponsored by the Kent Knights of Columbus and the Kent Lions Club.
- Ben Wolford.
I need to confess some deep and belated gratitude to the small businesses, nonprofits, political candidates, churches, agencies and individuals who have helped make The Portager what it is.
- Tom Hardesty.
Less than a year after getting hit with $1.6 million in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Rootstown-based General Aluminum Manufacturing Co. is now facing over $315,000 in penalties for safety and health violations at its Conneaut, Ohio, facility.
- Tom Hardesty.
The annual St. Joseph’s Ox Roast Fair, a Portage County summer staple, will be held July 15-17 in Mantua.
Beer on the streets of Ravenna may be nothing new, but soon it will be legal — at least in certain downtown areas with some strings attached.
A sharp-eyed Portager reader alerted us to a strange conflict between local and state laws governing medical marijuana dispensaries.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
- Tom Hardesty.
The 2005 graduate of Rootstown High School made her professional MMA debut in 2010. On July 2, “Evil” Eye announced her retirement from the sport immediately following her loss to Maycee Barber by unanimous decision in a women’s flyweight bout during the early prelims of UFC 276 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Ben Wolford.
Kent City Council is looking to update the city’s little-known 1975 city flag, which was designed by a Holden Elementary student and seldom seen since.
Ravenna and Kent will be the site of Portage County’s only medical marijuana dispensaries after the Ohio Board of Pharmacy awarded two companies permission to operate through a lottery.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
- Ben Wolford.
Portage County leaders are asking residents to fill out a survey about their home internet connection, hoping to learn — down to each household — who needs better broadband access.
- Jeremy Brown.
The Rootstown Township Trustees and the Rootstown Old Cemetery Committee sponsored a two-day cemetery workshop June 17-18, kicking off an ongoing tombstone marker process for “The Old Cemetery” on Tallmadge Road.
- Jeff Gambone.
The week of July 3 brings us 10 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.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
With no discussion, the Crestwood Board of Education banned the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) at their June 28 meeting, even though the subject is not part of the district’s curriculum.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
- Jeremy Brown.
Liberty Bible Church in Atwater believes everyone needs three homes: an “earthly home,” a “church home,” and a “heavenly home.” For Scott and Linda Fosnight, Liberty Bible is without question their church home.
- Tom Hardesty.
One of the advantages of a digital publication like The Portager is that, should a mistake find its way into a story, we can always go back in and fix it. Print is a different animal. If there’s an error in a newspaper, it’s there to stay — and for everyone to see.
An outdoor open house under sunny skies June 25 at Kent’s Thomas-Anderson Memorial Garden gave visitors an opportunity to soak up the flavor of its natural and artificial elements and the area where it’s located.