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If Ravenna joins the other 99 Ohio Designated Outdoor Refreshment Areas this summer and brings open container alcoholic beverages to downtown, local businesses and city council members promised it would be done safely.

We gathered information from every city, village and township in Portage County to learn what observations are planned for Memorial Day 2022. Here’s the complete roundup.

Keith Schmader has lived on his 20-acre farm on Johnson Road in Franklin Township with his wife since 2016. Every spring, he said, there would be small- or medium-sized puddles on his property when it rains, but they would usually drain into the ground as fast as they would appear. Recently, though, it’s been getting worse.

Fiscal Officer Kevin Cihan reported that currently the Township has $651,299.51 in funds. A second check from the American Rescue Plan is expected. Outgoing payments reported totaled $28,014.27, and the Township took in $5,708.73 over the last month.

Aurora City Council will vote on a 15-year, 100% property tax abatement for Automation Plastics Corp. during its May 23 meeting. 

Dunlap, a 1994 Roosevelt graduate and standout on the Rough Riders’ boys basketball team, was offered and accepted the school’s athletic director position for the 2022-23 school year on March 10.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

The following calls were transcribed by AI and edited by Portager staff. You can listen to recordings of the first call here and the second here.

King Kennedy Community Center supporters are hoping Portage County commissioners will approve their $216,908 request to put in a parking lot, new bathrooms and storage space at the nonprofit’s new gymnasium and multipurpose building on Garfield Road in Ravenna.

Summary and transcript of the Shalersville trustees meeting on May 17.

The week of May 22 brings us 11 different choices for our 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.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Before she was killed, Cora Baughman entered her neighbor’s garage with a gun and demanded to speak with him, the neighbor told dispatchers in two calls to 911 on Saturday morning.

Coty Giannelli and Hayley Bennett knew they wanted a special piece of Kent to house their new business, Board and Bevy, a place to play games while having a drink and bite to eat.

Photographer Jeremy Brown took this photo of the ‘blood moon’ caused by Sunday’s lunar eclipse. This particular photo is a composite image.

Stained glass artist and Kent resident Joan Phillips, 66, will be attending the 14th annual Kent Art and Wine Festival in downtown Kent on June 4, from noon to 9 p.m. She has attended the festival since its inception in 2007.

Kent’s Haymaker Farmers’ Market is now giving anyone with a WIC card two $5 vouchers to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables thanks to a new program funded by the Socially Responsible Sweatshop.

The woman killed in Windham Township during a confrontation involving neighbors and law enforcement officers was identified as 66-year-old Cora Baughman, according to an Akron Beacon Journal report.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

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