Ravenna City Schools’ former Superintendent Dennis Honkala and the Portage County NAACP have teamed up to add more civil rights education to the curriculum by purchasing 250 social justice coloring books to use in the 2021 school year.
The Kent Environmental Council presented Kent resident Doria Daniels with the 2021 Edith Chase Conservation Award for her work in Kent’s Historic South End.
Matthew McMinn, owner of Dirty Skate Co., grew up in Kent and started skateboarding around the age of 15 after one of his best friends, Josh Wilson, got him into it.
After graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School, McMinn moved to Medina to focus on his work and family. Once his children started to reach school age, they decided to move back to Kent for the school system.