University Hospitals has relocated its urgent care facility in Kent from its home near the corner of state routes 261 and 43 to the building on East Main Street anchored by a Starbucks.
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Tom Hardesty is a Portager sports columnist. He was formerly assistant sports editor at the Record-Courier and author of the book Glimpses of Heaven.
Last week in this space, I lamented about the absence of a Cleveland Browns’ Super Bowl appearance thus far in my lifetime.
All the excitement surrounding the City of Aurora’s plans to purchase land on the south side of Geauga Lake and turn it into a park area has me reminiscing about the good old days when I worked as a landscaper at the amusement park there.
Another July 1 came and went last Saturday. Eighteen of them now since July 1, 2005, the day my dad died of a massive heart attack at my parents’ home in Mogadore.
When I was switched from covering Ravenna High School athletics to the Kent Roosevelt beat in 1996, one of my early assignments was to write a story about the Rough Riders’ newly hired boys basketball coach.
“The lake has been a recreational attraction of the community for decades, and to lose access when the parks closed was certainly disappointing,” Aurora Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin said.
The calendar has flipped to August, and that means one thing: It’s almost time to go back to school.
About a week or so ago, my wife bought me a brown T-shirt with the words “MAYBE IN MY LIFETIME” in orange on the front. Next to those words is the Vince Lombardi Trophy, outlined in orange, with the word “Cleveland” — yes, in orange — written on the football that sits atop the trophy.
The 14th Annual Kent Blues Fest presented by Wayside Furniture takes place Saturday, July 15, offering free live music by more than 40 acts at 27 venues throughout Kent. The all-day music extravaganza starts at 1 p.m. and goes until after midnight at restaurants, bars, bookstores and outdoor parks.
The college football preview magazines are out for the 2023 season, and it’s obvious what the prognosticators expect from your Kent State Golden Flashes this fall:
Next to nothing.
The Kent City School District has named Tom Larkin as its new superintendent, promoting him from his current position as assistant superintendent and director of personnel for Kent City Schools.
The G.O.A.T. nominations keep pouring in, so we’re going to keep publishing them.