Portage County Recycling to open Reuse Center
- Adriana Gasiewski. Portage County Recycling anticipates opening a Reuse Center at its Center for Hard to Recycle Materials in April, with hopes of eliminating landfill waste and hazards.
Been There, Done That: My 'solid' plan for weight loss
- Laura Nethken. I always have a plan, no matter what we're talking about: yard sale shopping, grocery shopping, paying bills, even losing weight. I want to get into better shape. I'm going to try to do in my 60s what I haven't been able to do my entire life— get rid of these "thunder thighs" as my brothers so aptly named them.
Portage County obituaries for March 2-3, 2026
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
Documenters: Rootstown Township Trustees meeting for Feb. 24, 2026
- Marissa Devantier. Palmer requested approval to transition two part-time firefighters to full-time status, effective April 1. While the fiscal officer noted that the midyear budget did not initially account for the additional salaries, approximately $500,000 in carryover funds made the hires feasible.
Portage County corrections officer charged with sexual extortion
- Wendy DiAlesandro. A Portage County corrections officer faces two felony charges of sexual extortion, but the sheriff’s office isn’t naming names.
Around Brimfield: Many ways to help feed your neighbors
- Shirley Mars. For over 45 years, the spirit of neighborliness has been alive and well in our community, as residents wholeheartedly lent support to the Brimfield Community Cupboard and created a legacy of caring for our own.
County roundup: Aurora firefighters honored; Ravenna and Streetsboro news
- Roger Gordon. Aurora City Council had resolutions of appreciation for firefighter/paramedics Michael Upholz and Michael Gelardi. They recently saved the life of a woman who was in the passenger seat of a car that had just arrived at the Hillcrest Hospital emergency room parking lot.
Portage County obituaries for Feb. 27-March 1, 2026
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
How the closure of West Main Elementary will affect Ravenna students
- Savana Capp. Ravenna City Schools announced the plan for housing the district's students next school year following the closure of West Main Elementary. Ravenna City Schools will have its K-12 students in three buildings next year: K-2 at Willyard Elementary, 3-6 at Brown Middle School and 7-12 at Ravenna High School.
Local manufacturing business to acquire parcel on former Davey Drill site
- Margaret Lennox. Copen Machine, a manufacturing company in Kent, is planning to acquire three parcels of land located on 200 W. Williams St.
Baker: Cages and keys
- Kathy Baker. My words to you this month were inspired by the following quote, written in the fourteenth century by the great Persian poet and mystic, Hafez: “The small man builds cages for everyone he knows. While the sage, who has to duck her head when the moon is low, keeps dropping keys all night long for the beautiful, rowdy prisoners.”
Portage County obituaries for Feb. 25-26, 2026
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
From the publisher: Fraud is a real problem
- Ben Wolford. At least once a week and sometimes more often than that I receive an email or a call from a reader telling me they need to update their credit card because it was stolen or hacked.
Downtown Kent to turn into student art gallery in March
- Adriana Gasiewski. While attending the 2025 Heritage Ohio Annual Conference, Lesley Sickle, marketing coordinator of Main Street Kent, learned how in Delaware, Ohio, they displayed students’ artwork at local businesses for an entire month and started thinking about how Kent could pull off something similar.
Brimfield may have spent thousands in unnecessary property tax payments
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Brimfield’s newest trustee has a sharp eye for dollar signs. During the township’s Feb. 2 trustee meeting, Kevin Scott mentioned that the township is needlessly paying tens of thousands of dollars in annual property taxes.
Op-ed: Poverty in plain sight
- Op-Ed Contributor. Talking about poverty is not easy. Not because it is unimportant — not when tens of millions of Americans live in poverty’s vice grip. Talking about it makes us uncomfortable because it forces us to confront hard questions about fairness, responsibility, and whether the systems we have built are working.
Portage County obituaries for Feb. 23-24, 2026
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
Letter to the editor: Don't create a government file on our schoolchildren
- Letter to the editor. Kent’s board of education is considering an issue that should alarm district residents as well as good people across Ohio. Board members are studying whether to oppose a benign-sounding but actually pernicious piece of legislation in Columbus: Ohio House Bill 42.
Best Cities to Live in Ohio in 2026
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Judge Mark Fankhauser remembered for ‘service,’ ‘integrity,’ ‘enduring love’
- Adriana Gasiewski. After he unexpectedly died on Feb. 15, Mark Fankhauser, a longtime Portage County Municipal judge, is remembered for his ambition, passion and commitment, not only to his community but also to his family.