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    Letter: 1,600 voters were purged in Portage County

    Documenters: Freedom Township Trustees meeting for March 16, 2023

    Here’s a look at three major infrastructure projects underway in Portage County

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    Kent Displays launched a new writing tool, like a sticky note with infinite uses

    Around Brimfield: New neighbors, exciting events and will we ever get an Aldi?

    Image of Ravenna officials meeting with the owners of a new dispensary inside the building

    See Ravenna’s new medical marijuana dispensary, Supergood

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    Letter: 1,600 voters were purged in Portage County

    Hardesty: Tales of a golden era and an epilogue to the Golden Flashes’ season

    One for the Books: Man’s best friend

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Kent Displays launched a new writing tool, like a sticky note with infinite uses

March 22, 2023

Davey Tree begins construction on its arboretum and training facilities

February 27, 2023

Longtime Kent Council Member Garret Ferrara will not seek re-election

January 20, 2023

Streetsboro on edge after BB gun photo and school bathroom threat

December 14, 2022

The mill in downtown Kent is burning, city in shock and mourning [photos + video]

December 2, 2022
Image of a massive light-orange pumpkin taking up the whole back of a flat bed truck

How grower Doug Kisamore of Palmyra set the state pumpkin record

October 26, 2022

After five months, Mantua chief calls investigation a ‘witch hunt’

March 15, 2023

Ravenna is having an economic boom not seen since the ‘70s

February 22, 2023

Here are the top 10 Portage County stories of 2022

December 23, 2022

Watch a video of the moment the Kent mill exploded

December 3, 2022

Portage County voters send Republicans to victory in near-sweep of midterms

November 9, 2022

Look at all the Kent flag submissions

October 5, 2022
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