The loss of a single employee can make a huge difference. So when a handful of federally subsidized employees returned to their workplaces Oct. 6, their bosses indulged in a collective sigh of relief.
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Wendy DiAlesandro is a former Record Publishing Co. reporter and contributing writer for The Portager.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Sept.18 issued a Special Reconnect Order ensuring that people served by PUCO-regulated utilities won’t have their gas or electric service cut from Oct. 13, 2025, through April 15, 2026.
David Shea, executive director of Community Action Council of Portage County for 26 years, is stepping down Oct. 22. Taking the lead role is former county treasurer John Kennedy.
A FEMA program that has provided emergency food and shelter for over four decades has not released funding under the Trump administration, leaving local aid organizations to increasingly rely on local donors — if they can be found.
Sunbeau Valley Farm, long known as an event and equestrian venue, will soon have a new owner: the City of Ravenna.
Brimfield Township trustees on Aug. 20 eliminated the position of business manager by unanimous vote, effective immediately.
Ravenna city leaders are waiting to learn if the city will receive a state grant to acquire two parcels of land adjacent to Emerald Lake Preservation.
Earlier this summer, The Portager reported that Ravenna’s police/fire complex was built in 1901. That was news to Portage County Historical Society Vice President and Curator Kevin Gray, who lost no time setting the record straight on social media.
Starting this week, Axess Family Services is resurrecting a hygiene program that was one of many shuttered during the Covid era.
September is early to be thinking about the winter holiday season, but now’s the time to sign up for Carrie Paulus’ unique Live Wreath Workshops.
Concerns that Southeast schools misspent almost $400,000 on high school roof repairs may be quieted after Brian Kinter, the district’s business manager, told The Portager the highest possible figure wasted was closer to 10% of that.
Five townships. Five fire chiefs. Five fire stations. Finances so tight that equipment is often purchased secondhand and departments rely on part-time and volunteer personnel. Sometimes stations aren’t staffed at all.