- Angie Reedy.
It’s not too late to get tickets for the University Hospitals Portage Medical Center’s Auxiliary Brunch and Fashion Show Benefit on Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Kent State University Hotel & Conference Center. The event will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with fashions for the entire family. It’s also a celebration of the Auxiliary’s 80th year.
There have been many changes at Charlestown United Methodist Church in the recent past. The most recent was the retirement of Rev. Norma J. Bates. Her retirement was marked with a brunch in the church community room following her final sermon Aug. 27.
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What to do if you represent a largely rural county that has such problems with public transportation that no one person can see the big picture, much less solve it?
The city continues to make “incremental progress” in its bid to purchase 40 acres of former SeaWorld lakefront property, Aurora Law Director Dean DePiero said on Monday, Sept. 11.
The Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard is again hosting its Murder Mystery event — “A Pep Rally To Die For” at the Haunted James A. Garfield Campus on Oct. 28.
Just like everyone else in Northeastern Ohio, we got caught up in the storms a few weeks ago. Dave and I and our Beagle Boy Cletus went downstairs and waited out the storm watching DVR because, of course, the cable was out. We kept tabs on the storm’s progress on our phones and when it had pretty well played itself out, we went back to bed.
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Once a decade, Kent leaders must adjust the city’s six political ward boundaries based on new U.S. Census data so the populations are roughly equal.
The Freedom Community Park Boosters will host their Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Freedom Town Hall and Pavilion at 8966 state Route 700.
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A Freedom Township woman is suing to shut down the dog training business next door to her house, calling it a nuisance and seeking $20,000 plus punitive damages.
- Tom Hardesty.
The start of every school year is like a form of time travel for me. Although I haven’t sat in a college classroom since 1992, a high school classroom since 1986 and an elementary classroom since 1981, I still get that little twinge in my gut every time I see the Stow-Munroe Falls school buses going down our road for the first time since June.
- Tom Hardesty.
Serious toxic mushroom exposures are on the rise across Ohio, including Portage County, the Portage County Health District said earlier this week.
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USCRI and The Church in Aurora have partnered with the community to meet the needs of our new neighbors. A posting of immediate donation needs is listed below. Members may drop off urgently needed items at the Church in Aurora on Sept. 16, 2023, between noon and 4 p.m. in the parking lot.
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- Jeremy Brown.
The history of motorcycles is on display in Ravenna at Bear’s Vintage Motorcycle and Memorabilia Museum.
- Shirley Mars.
If you live in Brimfield, Patti Harjung has likely impacted your life in some way, even if you do not know who she is. Let me introduce you to her.
- Tom Hardesty.
The Ravenna Kiwanis Club has completed the Community Action Council Youth & Family Center Playground project — and it persevered through years of pandemic-related delays to get it done.
County road crews are set to resurface about 13 miles of roadway throughout the county.
