Having cleared the second of three hurdles necessary to bring a licensed medical marijuana dispensary to Kent, Buckeye Relief is now waiting for the state’s next move.
Kent’s Planning Commission approved Buckeye’s application for a conditional use permit earlier this week, setting the stage for a dispensary at 1181 West Main Street.
Let’s be honest. Fear of the growing number of Black and brown people participating in American democracy is what’s behind a massive push by conservative lawmakers in 47 states (so far) to pass voter suppression bills, laws that would make it much more difficult to cast a ballot in elections.
Just over 11% of registered Portage County voters turned out to vote in Tuesday’s election to decide on a school levies, a children’s services levy and an open Streetsboro City Council seat. Here are the results of the most-watched ballot items.
The 17-member Atwater Fire Department is growing, with Jacob Fatherington and Dakota Myers becoming regular volunteer members. The two have been on probationary status for a year. Probationary status serves as a learning and testing period for new firefighters.
Young people have told Bill Barber, chairman of Main Street Ravenna’s design committee, that the city is uninviting. Its hodgepodge of boutiques, restaurants, professional offices, service-oriented organizations and empty storefronts doesn’t appeal to the younger crowd. Barber is hoping to sell his vision for revitalizing downtown Ravenna to city, township and county leaders to change that perception.
Just like the Gym Annex, Star Wars Day is unwittingly demolishing history
Village Council scored a grant for two electric vehicle charging stations courtesy of the Ohio EPA. “The electric company will be over there in Lordstown so we thought what could it hurt to buy a couple charging stations,” Council President Larry Cunningham said.
If you want to keep chickens in Atwater Township, you better have a farm. After a public hearing on April 27, township trustees rejected a resident’s bid to allow chickens in subdivisions, where lots are less than an acre.
Some communities have severed their contracts with the Portage County Solid Waste District, or never had one to begin with. That leaves would-be recyclers without curbside service or central drop-off points. Their only option is to throw everything into the trash.
Enter Bill Steiner, director of the Portage County Solid Waste Management District. He is not okay with landfilling everything, and is currently gauging interest in establishing regional drop off sites.
Job and Family Services will host a virtual Job and Career Fair from 9 a.m. to noon May 7. At least 16 employers are already signed up.
I grew up in rural Ohio with parents who fought to ensure I had opportunities that they didn’t. Mom was a social worker. Dad was a farmer, mechanic and carpenter. They worked hard to get ahead, but they often found themselves treading water. Today, I know that Ohio’s upside-down tax code is part of the reason families like the one I grew up in have trouble making ends meet.
Justin Fields spent his two years at Ohio State moving the ball downfield as well as — or better — than any quarterback ever to wear the Scarlet and Gray. But no drive to the end zone for the Buckeyes will have meant nearly as much as will his march to erase the stigma of the disease that Fields recently revealed he has: epilepsy.
Residents in Streetsboro came out in support of less restrictive chicken ownership ordinances in the city on Monday, pushing back on proposed legislation that would banish roosters from urban areas and limit where people can keep hens.
Streetsboro City Council held a virtual public hearing about the proposed legislation in which multiple residents argued that chickens are harmless and no more bothersome than dogs. In fact, one said they make for good guard dogs.
Charlestown Township’s Memorial Day Parade is a go this year. The parade will be held at 11 a.m. May 30, starting off from the fire department at Rock Spring and Newton Falls roads and proceeding to Charlestown Township Cemetery, where there will be a short ceremony.
Aurora’s government, police, local organizations and schools are partnering to pull off a community-wide cleanup from 8 a.m. to noon on May 8. Teams, groups of friends, local organizations, school groups, clubs, church groups and individuals are needed as volunteers. Participants should plan on meeting at the Aurora High School parking lot at 7:30 a.m.
Streetsboro council unanimously scrapped proposed legislation that would regulate garage, yard and household sales in the city. The legislation stated that the sales, and others of a similar nature, “take place in such a manner and time so as to detract from the character of residential areas.”
Kent City School District is exchanging an eight-acre property and the building that once housed Franklin School for a 1.75-acre lot adjacent to Stanton Middle School, currently owned by The Davey Tree Expert Company. Davey Tree will supplement the exchange with $456,000 and extended parking at 12 evening events at Roosevelt Stadium.
Responding to residents’ complaints, township trustees met last week with Breakneck’s developers to encourage them to keep their side of a deal inked decades ago. The developer had agreed to install 12 lights in the subdivision near Summit Road and South Diamond Street, but somehow never did.
What’s a township to do when unsupervised kids stray off the playground and onto neighboring properties? Randolph Township Trustee Roger Klodt’s proposal to install electric fencing around the Old School Park would likely work, but was rejected by his colleagues.
On May 4, voters in Portage County will have an opportunity to say yes to its children. Issue 1, a proposed tax levy for Portage County Children’s Services, will provide for care, placement and treatment of abused, neglected and dependent children.