Open United Recovery Place is moving into the house with the red roof across the street from the Kent-Ravenna Walmart, offering resources and community to people in recovery.
Four electric vehicle charging stations will cost $15,000 more than Aurora City Council had bargained for, but taxpayers won’t have to foot the extra cost.
The City of Kent will move forward with two new diversity grant programs, following a vote at the March 2 city council meeting.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
- Tom Hardesty.
We have people in the United States who can barely afford to feed and clothe their families.
We have people in the United States who can barely afford to put gasoline in their vehicles just to get to work.
In 2021, the City of Kent saw over a dozen businesses open or expand, and only three businesses closed.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
There are almost 100 cemeteries in Portage County, most of them shrouded in mysteries that can stop modern-day genealogists in their tracks.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
Karynn Barlow, an English teacher at Kent’s Theodore Roosevelt High School, died unexpectedly Sunday, Feb. 27.
Kent City Manager Dave Ruller is receiving a 5% raise, the first he’s accepted since 2019. City leaders say he’s earned it.
Kent State has been trying to offload almost 43 acres of vacant land in Brimfield for over two years and recently cut the price by 25%, township trustees learned at a meeting this month.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
The third full week of February is Grain Bin Safety Week, an initiative sparked by Nationwide Insurance to call attention to the unique danger posed by grain bin engulfment.
The Portage County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged a juvenile driver with failure to comply, theft of a motor vehicle and driving without an operator’s license. One passenger, a minor, was charged with marijuana possession and released, and a second juvenile passenger was also released.
- Wyatt Loy.
When Triangle Dry Cleaners shut down in 2005, it left behind harmful chemicals that have the potential to harm Kent residents and render the property useless for redevelopment.
- Tom Hardesty.
Jeff Hoover, the longtime area high school basketball official, is calling it a career after working boys and girls games since the 1990-91 season.
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
When 7-year old Blake Michel was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a rare form of cancer that mainly affects children, people in the Kent community sprung into action to help his family and raise funds for his treatment.
Mantua Village Council Member Chuck Peterson has resigned, citing conflicts with his work schedule as a union officer.