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Around Edinburg: Join the Kid Watch team to help Edinburg parents, plus news of upcoming Edinburg events

Kid Watch is currently hiring child care providers for before- and/or after-school care. Kid Watch is located at the Edinburg United Church at 4081 Rock Spring Rd.
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Averting a strike, Southeast and its teachers’ union agreed on wage increases and student discipline

Southeast teachers have reached a tentative agreement with the district’s board of education, averting a strike that could have had district students starting the year with substitute teachers.
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Southeast teachers authorized a strike if contract negotiations stall

Teachers in the Southeast Local School District have authorized their union leadership to issue a 10-day strike notice if a bargaining session set for Aug. 9 doesn’t get them closer to their requests for better working conditions.
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Around Edinburg: It’s time for soccer signups at Southeast

Ready for fall 2023 soccer season? Register your child now as it closes July 20. The first game will be Aug. 19 and the last game will be Oct. 7. A tournament will be scheduled Oct. 7.
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Around Edinburg: Town center honors veterans, students head to state fair and more news from Edinburg Township

Many of you might have noticed the new military banners as you drive through the town center. The township would love to know of other veterans and have a banner made for them as well.
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Here are the Memorial Day events planned in Rootstown, Paris, Deerfield and Edinburg

The Rootstown Lions Club will hold the township’s annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 29. 
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Edinburg United Church held its bicentennial celebration this weekend

Edinburg United Church, founded in 1823, celebrated its 200th birthday with a service and picnic on May 21. The church is located at 4081 Rock Spring Road.
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Around Edinburg: Allow me to re-introduce myself

Welcome to the revival of the Around Edinburg column! My name is Cathy Klein and I wrote the Around Edinburg Column for the Record-Courier from 2006-2018 and am excited to be back in the saddle to spread local news and goings on in our community. I thought it might be fun to first catch you up on what has been happening with me these past five years.
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Commissioners name recipients of nearly $1 million in food aid

Portage County’s Board of Commissioners learned in February that the federal government was cutting SNAP’s Emergency Allotment program at the end of the month. Appalled, they took matters into their own hands.
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May 2 election results: Celko, Clapper win Kent primaries; school levies fail

The Portage County Board of Elections released the unofficial final results of the May 2 election, which saw a voter turnout of about 14% and a total of 5,029 ballots cast.
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County roundup: New walking paths approved for Rootstown Township Park, plus news from Paris, Edinburg and Palmyra

Rootstown received initial approval for putting in walking paths around Rootstown Township Park by way of a grant from the federal government in the amount of $102,000. “The realistic timeline to get it done would probably be late fall of this year or spring of next year,” township Vice Chair Dave McIntyre said.
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News roundup: Edinburg needs a new fire truck, plus updates from Paris, Deerfield, Palmyra and Rootstown

Paris adopted a resolution for a speed study for Gilbert Road from state Route 225 all the way over to the county line on the other side of the township.
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