When Holden Elementary School third grade teacher Garrison Wollam was diagnosed with cancer in October 2019, he knew he wasn’t going to be able to wear the popular “Fuck Cancer” apparel that many people impacted by the disease wear.
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Maria McGinnis is a contributing writer for The Portager.
Open United Recovery Place is moving into the house with the red roof across the street from the Kent-Ravenna Walmart, offering resources and community to people in recovery.
Late last year, dozens of Kent Theodore Roosevelt High School students walked out of the building during school hours to protest what they believed was the mishandling of sexual harassment allegations against at least one district employee.
Dozens of students at Kent Theodore Roosevelt High School staged a walkout at noon Friday in protest of “sexual harassment by school employees,” an allegation leveled in an anonymous Instagram story and later shared with The Portager by the student in an email.
The Portage County Board of Elections on Wednesday confirmed the results of two toss-up races from the Nov. 3 election, handing victories to the Portage County District Library and to the incumbent candidate for Charlestown Township trustee, Tim Patrick.
Upcoming fall events and details on local trick-or-treating
The first ever class of volunteer courtroom advocates for Portage County children will be sworn in March 11 to support abused and neglected kids in the county’s Juvenile Court system.
When 7-year old Blake Michel was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a rare form of cancer that mainly affects children, people in the Kent community sprung into action to help his family and raise funds for his treatment.
As the third-oldest business in Kent (behind The Davey Tree Company and Hometown Bank), it’s likely most people around here have been to Richards Flower Shop, or their grandparents have, and bought flowers from a man named Richards. But after decades of passing the business from generation to generation, Richards said he’s the last person in the family who’s going to run the shop.
The Ravenna Township location of Rivers Garage and Body Shop is going up for auction on Dec. 15 and 16, following the closure of the Portage County staple in May.
Ravenna’s McElrath neighborhood is getting a new Dollar General at 6650 Cleveland Road, part of a national expansion of the chain that has already met with some resistance in Portage County.
Kent State is seeking a property developer to construct a residential complex on the site of the old Allerton Apartments that would provide a new housing option targeting both non-traditional students and the city community.