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Mantua Village employees say they endured years of workplace harassment under Mayor Clark

- Lyndsey Brennan.

Mantua Mayor Linda Clark created a work environment in the village administration that some employees called hostile, directing constant criticism and inappropriate sexual comments at certain employees, causing at least three of them to resign in distress and prompting an investigation into workplace bullying by the Portage County Prosecutor’s Office.

Challenges ahead for the PCL revival committee

- Tom Hardesty.

The movement to revive the Portage County League, although still in its infancy, would seem to have the wind at its back.
Gregg Isler, who is serving as acting league commissioner for the proposed new PCL, along with assistant commissioners Tom Nader and Brittany Dye, are well aware that convincing superintendents, athletic directors and school boards why it’s a good idea to leave their current leagues and start a new one could be a tough sell.

Kent native rekindles his love of skateboarding with Dirty Skate Co. on North Water Street

- Gina Schlegel.

Matthew McMinn, owner of Dirty Skate Co., grew up in Kent and started skateboarding around the age of 15 after one of his best friends, Josh Wilson, got him into it.
After graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School, McMinn moved to Medina to focus on his work and family. Once his children started to reach school age, they decided to move back to Kent for the school system.

Kent resident will appear on ‘Jeopardy!’ Friday

- Natalie Wolford.

Sekelsky started taking online contestant tests while she was in college, but always knew she wanted to be on the quiz show. “It’s basically been my favorite TV show since my parents moved my bedtime from 7 to 8 when I was like 6 years old,” she said. “It’s always been kind of my top goal in life to get on the show.”

Atwater will temporarily extend fire department hours on weekends

- Wendy DiAlesandro.

Atwater Fire Department will operate on an expanded schedule for the next two months, thanks to a 2-1 vote by township trustees.
The department has been staffed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays by one full-time member and a revolving roster of part-timers. After hearing a proposal by Assistant Fire Chief Jay Brock, trustees approved extending department hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends as well.

The new Portage County League is about bringing the community back together

- Tom Hardesty.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, a movement has begun to reverberate throughout the hamlets and farmlands of Portage County, a movement to unite the county’s schools under one banner, to become reacquainted with old friends, to connect with each other once again culturally, historically and geographically. This is the first in a three-part series for Portager Sports.

Commissioners approve November levy vote for Portage County’s struggling library system

- Wendy DiAlesandro.

The Portage County District Library will again ask for help from taxpayers after at least a dozen previous levy attempts have failed at the ballot box, leaving the district as the third-worst funded library in the state. Last week, county commissioners approved the library’s request to place a 1 mill levy on the Nov. 2 ballot.

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