Audrey Trevarthan

Mantua / Nonprofits

Mantua-based Hearts for Music helping connect people through song

Aug 1, 2025

In 2018, Kitrael Chin was contacted by a music group for those with special needs based in St. Petersburg, Russia. The group, named Sunny Notes, wanted Hearts for Music – the Mantua-based orchestra for people with special needs that Chin founded – to play for them, and vice versa. Chin liked the idea.

County commission / Local government / Nonprofits

Affordability, accessibility among housing concerns in Portage County

Dec 11, 2024

As housing concerns in Northeast Ohio rise, Portage County leaders are organizing to address affordable housing, employment and accessibility.

Freedom / Mantua

Fatal tractor crash reminds drivers to be cautious on back roads

Dec 4, 2024

Back roads, country roads and highways all pose a risk for crashes, especially for farm vehicles unable to reach the same high speed as a car. A recent accident in Freedom Township made this lesson tragically clear.