The fire department thanked the community for the growing support for overnight staffing, as well as thanked Dale Wiley for a giant TV, and Milt Green for setting up the UH helicopter landing zone that was needed after a bad accident in the township.
- Jeremy Brown.
Kent local, Sinisa “The Sniper” Jovic, has participated in martial arts since he was 7 years old. He started out in karate, boxing and Sambo, a martial art with Soviet origins. Now, at 24, he’s become the 2025 U.S. national kickboxing champion, earning himself a spot on the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO) USA National Team.
- Staff Report.
A Ravenna man has been convicted by a federal jury of orchestrating a financial conspiracy that defrauded the U.S. government of over $1 million in pandemic benefits.
- Shirley Mars.
I was recently intrigued by an article about Rogers Secret Recipes (RSR), reasonably priced upscale prix fixe meals (full course meal for one price) being served from 3-9 p.m. on Wednesdays at Wild Goats Restaurant in Kent. Of course, we had to check it out!
- Sally Kelly.
It is spring, HOOray! It is now time we can begin to make some plans to get out of our homes and get involved in our communities, with our neighbors, and especially with fresh air.
- Staff Report.
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The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council’s (NOPEC) Community Event Sponsorship Program provides financial support to organizations within the Brimfield community.
- Julie Watson.
Portage County weather. Everyone jokes about it: Wait five minutes and the weather will change; you can experience all four seasons in the span of a few hours; Mother Nature can’t seem to make up her mind.
- Staff Report.
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Medetomidine, a central nervous system depressant that national experts have seen being used with fentanyl, has led to overdose outbreaks in major U.S. cities. Local law enforcement has not seen signs of it in Portage County just yet, but anticipate usage since the drug has reached the Cincinnati area. The Center for Forensic Science Research & Education released a public alert in May 2024 stating the use of medetomidine is rapidly increasing in use as an adulterant in the recreational […]
By Rick Feinberg, professor emeritus of anthropology at Kent State University Few topics stir more controversy — either in our local neighborhoods or around the country — than the existence of human diversity and the question of how we should engage with people who are different from ourselves. My perspective on the issue is atypical, as I was vividly reminded last month, when I got to see my Polynesian family for the first time in a dozen years. My connection […]
- Staff Report.
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UH Portage Medical Center and the county prosecutor’s office have joined forces to launch the Portage County Domestic Violence Task Force, which held its inaugural meeting in January.
Dave and I are still getting used to our “new” car. We traded in our paid-off 2010 Ford Escape with 188,000 miles on it for a 2019 Jeep with 84,000 miles. A great deal, but it came with one big downfall – a payment book. I guess I had my head in the sand to think a 15-year-old vehicle with that many miles was going to be my forever car. The biggest adjustment has been the remote start. It’s awesome […]
Editor’s note: The Portager publishes letters to the editor from the community. The opinions expressed are published not because they necessarily reflect those of the publication but because we feel they contribute meaningfully to the local discourse on matters of public interest. As I watched Trump’s address to Congress several weeks ago, his often repeated “drill baby drill” took on a much more serious meaning. Since I have been an active supporter of transitioning to non-fossil fuels and encouraging Kent’s […]
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
- Staff Report.
Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County
The Portage County Land Bank, also called the Portage County Land Reutilization Corporation, recently received nearly $2 million in funds to aid in its mission of rehabilitating homes and buildings and returning them to viability.
Streetsboro The City of Streetsboro is upgrading its camera system on its traffic lights. When the original cameras were installed a few years ago, they were not as high quality as the ones that are currently being installed at every traffic light in the city. “We had some issues with the old cameras transmitting images back to dispatch,” Mayor Glenn Broska said. “So we decided to upgrade the cameras and upgrade the ability for them to transmit pictures back to […]
- Kathy Baker.
Although I wrote this on the official first day of spring, in our neck of the woods we never quite know when to trust that winter is truly over. It might be today, tomorrow, or April (or May?) before all chances of snow are past. I think of spring as a lovely young woman, winking at us from over her shoulder, as she sashays in and out of Northeast Ohio. Unpredictability, I believe, is just part of her very considerable […]