Nonprofit organizations have to keep their doors open and services running with uncertain revenue, much of it arriving at the end of the year, said Axess Family Services Executive Director Mark Frisone. People feel generous during the holiday season, or maybe they’re looking for a tax break.
When Vince Curry’s phone rings, it’s likely someone asking him to solve a problem. He’s executive director of the Akron-based Fair Housing Advocates Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination on the basis of constitutionally protected rights.
A Village of Hiram council member faces first-degree misdemeanor assault charges rooted in a mid-May incident that involved two village firefighters.
Garrettsville is gearing up for Summerfest 2026, a weekend of live music and other entertainment.
Founded in July 2025, the Community RECESS (Recreation, Resources, Community Service Supervision) Initiative is the brainchild of Aaron Mitchell, who worked with community navigator Frank Hairston to gently help individuals and families in Ravenna Township’s Skeels and McElrath neighborhoods build a sense of community, secure needed resources and unleash their community spirit.
Breaking ranks with Kent and Kent State University, the Brimfield Township Trustees recently approved a one-year, $12,000 contract renewal with Flock Safety, a technology company that provides public and private entities with license plate readers and other surveillance capabilities.
Anyone interested in helping with the event should contact Clerk of Council Chelsea Gregor at 330-297-2155. With enough volunteers, people can take shifts and still go out to enjoy the celebration day.
Door-to-door peddlers and solicitors in Streetsboro must now submit to stricter guidelines, thanks to a new ordinance that city council approved June 8.
Shalersville Town Hall housed a more than standing-room-only crowd June 16 as area residents fired questions at Geis Companies and Bitdeer Technologies Group brass and sometimes lobbed accusations at the township trustees.
Hoping to generate a mutually beneficial revenue source, Garrettsville is shopping the idea of a Joint Economic Development District to its neighboring townships.
Juneteenth, also called Freedom Day, has been celebrated since 1866. President Joe Biden declared it a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, but Portage County communities celebrated it before that and continue to do so.
Local glass artist Henry Halem will be the featured speaker at the next Tap Talk, set for 7 p.m. June 16 at North Water Brewing Co., 101 Crain Ave. in Kent.
It’s up to the state auditor’s office now. Brimfield Township, which manages the Kent-Brimfield Maintenance and Improvement fund for the mutually beneficial Joint Economic Development District, may be in for some more bad news.
Love it or not, Kent motorists have become used to avoiding part of Franklin Avenue for years.
Bitdeer Technologies Group, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency and mining platform, and Geis Development have teamed up to install a sizable data center complex in Shalersville.
Towner’s Woods is getting some updates, but they mean the park will be closed for the summer— and maybe longer.
Interested in establishing a central donation and request-fulfillment hub in the Crestwood community? Plan on attending an organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. May 29 at the Village of Mantua Town Hall.
Alarmed by the number of single-family homes being converted into rental properties, Kent City Council is hoping to reverse the trend.