- Jeff Miller.
With my time here, I want to focus on and draw attention to the people that make Portage County special — this week, specifically, those helping folks who face the challenge of having nowhere to call a home of their own.
- Angie Reedy.
Main Street Ravenna, in collaboration with Ravenna High School’s Civics class, will host the newly created JoJo Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. April 26 in downtown Ravenna.
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The Portage County Board of Elections would like to advise Ravenna voters who live in the Ravenna City 3A and Ravenna City 4A precincts who vote at Reed Memorial Library, that on Election Day the Reed Memorial Library parking lot will not be available due to construction.
- Staff Report.
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Kent City Council has so far decided not to decide how many people should populate each of the city’s six wards, and recently pulled a ballot measure that would have instead let voters make that decision.
The implementation of a police officer-held speed camera was the main topic at a public forum Feb. 22 at Hiram College. Trevor Elkins from Targeting Solutions had a question-and-answer session with residents regarding the startup of the speed camera.
- Shirley Mars.
Political campaigning is in full swing, complete with attack ads making disparaging accusations, whether they be true or not, who can tell.
- Staff Report.
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Streetsboro City Council on Feb. 26 approved a $6,495 contract with Rock The House Entertainment Group to provide a temporary stage for this year’s Streetsboro Family Days celebration. The previous stage was dismantled about five years ago when it fell into disrepair.
In her 11th State of the City address, Aurora Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin celebrated a decade of accomplishments and looked forward to even more.
As one of two headliners at Aurora’s Feb. 21 State of the City event, Aurora schools Superintendent Michael Roberto highlighted the district’s achievements and looked forward to even more.
- Tom Hardesty.
Chrissy Motz didn’t need to jump into freezing water to make a huge splash for the Special Olympics of Ohio.
- Staff Report.
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- Jeremy Brown.
Since Rev. Kevin Michael Horak began serving The Church in Aurora in 1981, he performed 499 baptisms, 489 confirmations, 547 weddings, 358 sermons and 505 funerals, as well as constructed several programs for youths and adults, including an intergenerational and leadership development program, the first of its kind at the church.
Aurora City Council on Feb. 26 granted a four-year, $200,000 tax credit to Atlas Cinema Barrington LLC, which is soon to open a 10-screen movie theater in Barrington Plaza.
- Tom Hardesty.
The Kent business community is coming together in solidarity to help one of its own.
- Sally Kelly.
I recently had the opportunity to speak with a local group of Public Employee Retirees who had invited me to speak on “Aging in Portage County Today.” They also invited my husband, Allen, to come and share information about the Medical Guardian Program, which he coordinates for the Auxiliary of University Hospitals Portage Medical Center in Ravenna.
- Staff Report.
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Mogadore Village Council will be bringing legislation to take bids for the replacement of water lines, sanitary sewer lines and new pavement for sidewalks for the Herbert Street extension between Marion Avenue and Meadowridge Road and also for Meadowridge Road from Herbert Street south to the Springfield Township line.
- Ann Taft.
Windham Schools were selected as a 2023 “Fields of Excellence” Award winner by Pioneer Athletics. More than 9,000 places applied and Windham was one of six selected from Ohio, including three schools, two minor league teams and one university.
