The Portage County prosecutor’s office has decided not to pursue a Deerfield Township employee’s allegation that a trustee had repeatedly subjected him to sexual harassment.
Deerfield Township Trustees voted unanimously Sept. 17 to terminate Brian Kelderhouse, a part-time firefighter/paramedic with the department, who was accused of sexually harassing a female member of the fire department.
At least 12 different schools throughout Northeast Ohio received social media threats last week, including one directed at Streetsboro City Schools.
A public hearing to air allegations of sexual harassment against a Deerfield Township firefighter/paramedic has been postponed at the request of the accused’s attorney.
Deerfield Township trustees are investigating two sexual harassment allegations, one against a female trustee and the other against a male fire department employee, according to complaints obtained by The Portager and interviews.
With the passage of Issue 2 in November 2023, communities across the state have been enacting a wide range of regulations covering recreational and medical marijuana facilities.
The Deerfield Township Trustees recently received the blueprints and engineering drawings for the addition to the township fire department.
One current and one former Deerfield Township trustee say one of their colleagues violated Ohio’s Sunshine Laws by changing the terms of a building restoration contract without their knowledge, a decision that could become a liability with the state auditor’s office.
A resolution was passed to have the Portage County engineer move forward with the bid specs to pave the mile-long Rootstown Community Park road, which is currently made of gravel.
The board voted to appoint Mary Kaley as president pro tem from Jan. 1-Jan. 8 of 2024.
The bridge by the corner of Newton Falls Road and Holcomb Road has been closed by Portage County until a new bridge is built. Brick barriers were put up on both sides.