- Staff Report.
Brimfield residents will have another option for burial in the township after trustees announced the installation of a columbarium — a structure for housing cremated remains — at Restland Cemetery.
- Staff Report.
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Marking a significant cost increase from earlier estimates, Kent will borrow over $9 million to build a new city hall, which may still not completely cover the cost of the project.
Scrappers and trash pickers, beware: Aurora is tightening its rules about when you can cruise city streets.
The following is the speech delivered by John Kennedy at the Jan. 6 vigil sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Kent, the Portage County NAACP and the Kent Interfaith Alliance for Racial Reconciliation and Justice.
- Staff Report.
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Much like the deed-less tract in the center of Nelson Township, another bit of no man’s land sits at the confluence of state Route 88, state Route 303, and Nichols Road in Freedom Township.
- Wyatt Loy.
The Portage County Sheriff’s Office will be giving a half dozen tours of the Portage County Jail throughout January, hoping to “educate and strengthen the knowledge” of people in the community interested in their operations, they announced on their Facebook page.
- Richie Koch.
Main Street Kent carried out a full slate of projects and programs in 2021, all while navigating the many challenges presented by operating in the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Staff Report.
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Kent voters will get to decide on the November ballot whether to eliminate criminal penalties for possessing small quantities of marijuana within the city.
- Tom Hardesty.
While the continuous waxing and waning of the Covid-19 pandemic has left that movement mostly stuck in neutral since it began in early 2021, that doesn’t mean the fire isn’t there to restart the league, which disbanded following the 2004-05 school year after having been in existence since 1922.
- Staff Report.
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Kent City Council voted Wednesday night to send an ordinance to the Portage County Board of Elections for inclusion on the November 2022 ballot.
Nelson Circle, which is actually shaped like a square, is a small plot of land in the heart of Nelson Township that for many years seemed to belong to… nobody.
- Ben Wolford.
The Ravenna School District announced Tuesday it will switch to fully remote classes from Jan. 10-21, hoping to avoid a spike of omicron Covid-19 cases that could keep students home for longer.
- Staff Report.
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Franklin Township’s new trustees Kellie Kapusta and Glenn Russell were sworn in on Friday by Judge Mark Fankhauser and Mayor of Kent Jerry Fiala, respectively.
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program recognized several Portage County volunteers for their work through the Skeels-Mathews Community Center over the past 3.5 years.
- Staff Report.
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