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County roundup: Davey Tree will remove trees in Paris to improve power lines after storm damage, plus news from Rootstown and Palmyra

Paris Township contracted Davey Tree to remove 10 trees on Gilbert Road that were causing much havoc — including downed power lines — with the recent bad storms. The cost of the project is $7,200.
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Road work will begin this week around Portage County

County road crews are set to resurface about 13 miles of roadway throughout the county.
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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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County roundup: NEOMED urgent care temporarily closed, plus news from Palmyra, Deerfield and Paris

Summa Health Urgent Care at NEOMED, located at 4211 State Route 44, closed within the last month or so, but it is just a temporary shutdown.
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County engineer’s office is planning several bridge replacements in 2024

Four sub-par Portage County bridges are in line for replacement according to Mike Collins, project engineer for the county engineer’s office.
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County roundup: Palmyra Communities Days event was a hit, plus news from Paris and Deerfield

Palmyra’s annual Spring Cleanup will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, June 2 and 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 3 at the Palmyra Fire Department at 3956 state Rte. 225.
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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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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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County roundup: Rootstown approves charging stations for electric vehicles, plus news from Deerfield, Paris and Palmyra

The township approved a zoning resolution that will allow access to charging stations for electric cars in residential and commercial areas.
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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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Portage County roundup: Palmyra and Edinburg look to update fire/EMS, plus Rootstown, Deerfield, Charlestown and Paris news

“The present fire station is super old. Some of it dates back into the 1920s,” township Trustee Chris Diehl said. “The building is just getting dilapidated. Times are changing, and we need to have better living quarters for full-time firemen with separate bathrooms, showers and all of that stuff.”
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