With over $50 million in federal aid pouring into Portage County, several local officials said they were hoping to use the money to patch up infrastructure and bulk up department budgets.
Despite a fresh cast of school board challengers energized by racial equity and Covid issues, Portage County voters largely opted for familiar names in the Nov. 2 election, letting incumbents keep their seats in Ravenna, Rootstown, Aurora, Waterloo and elsewhere.
Crestwood Local School District administrators canceled in-person classes Tuesday for students in grades 7-12, after a quarter of the student body is in quarantine because they were exposed to confirmed coronavirus cases.
Brush and yard waste pickup in the Village of Hiram is suspended indefinitely, leaving residents to find other ways to dispose of unwanted organic material.
A measure to increase compensation for the mayor and council members is headed for a final vote next month.
The legislation would increase the council president's pay to $400 a month, council members to $350 a month and the mayor to $24,700 a year.
It has long been the custom in Hiram each year to provide a program for the Memorial Day ceremony held at Fairview Cemetery. The program brochure includes a “Roll Call of Veterans.” The names of eight veterans have inadvertently been omitted from the roll call lists for 2020 and 2021.
Hoping to build transparency, trustees are revamping the township's website to include meeting minutes, township codes and financial information. For information on all things Hiram, visit the website at www.hiramtownship.org.
The Village of Hiram's EMS staff has been getting a workout, but Fire Chief Bill Byers noted that the service is increasingly one sided, with Hiram providing much more mutual aid than it is getting. "I'm not opposed to helping neighbors, but if we're supplementing their service, I don't agree with that," council member David Smith said.
Just over 11% of registered Portage County voters turned out to vote in Tuesday's election to decide on a school levies, a children's services levy and an open Streetsboro City Council seat. Here are the results of the most-watched ballot items.
The Crestwood Local School District is looking to pass its first operating levy since 2012 and only the second since 1992 during Portage County’s Primary/Special Election on May 4.
Hiram Village Council met Tuesday to hear village resident Ann Patella's concern about the state of veterans' gravesites in Fairview Cemetery.There are almost two dozen veterans' graves Patella could not even find, as well as issues with missing flag markers. She said she has been working with the city but "in my opinion it's a mess."
In the first Don Faix Invitational at Bridget Franek Track, the Field Falcons girls track and field team took first...
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