The Brimfield Police Department is asking voters to approve a 1.95-mill levy that would generate an additional $594,823 in funding per year and allow the department to hire at least two new officers, make equipment and vehicle upgrades, and provide ongoing training for employees.
Mantua resident Lorrie Atkinson doesn’t drive and can’t regularly make trips to the Garrettsville Branch of the Portage County District Library, a 15-minute drive away, to pick up books and magazines.
Fortunately for residents like Atkinson, the library can come to her.
Voters in Brimfield Township and the village of Mantua declined to authorize new taxes that would have helped hire more police officers, according to unofficial results of the Nov. 2 election.
Brimfield Township broke ground on an $8.2 million fire station that trustees hope will get them through the foreseeable future. The project is underway near the intersection of state Routes 18 and 43.
In an emergency meeting Nov. 29, two of Brimfield's three trustees voted to accept the county recycling center's offer for curbside residential pickup service. The deadline for communities to accept or decline the contract was Dec. 1.
Brimfield residents will have another option for burial in the township after trustees announced the installation of a columbarium — a structure for housing cremated remains — at Restland Cemetery.
The Portage County Recycling Center will host an electronic waste drop-off from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 25 at 3588 Mogadore Road in Brimfield.
Across Portage County, new solar installations are going in each month, and electric vehicle charging stations are popping up across the northern half of the county.
The Portage County Board of Elections announced the official slate of candidates and issues that voters will see on the May 2022 ballot. Here’s a rundown of the Republican and Democratic ballots, as well as the 10 issues around the county that are up for vote.
Hotels and motels provide revenue for cities, but they also take a toll in the form of false fire alarms. Every time an alarm goes off, a local fire department responds, and each one presents a potential safety risk if there’s a real fire at the same time.