Doug Kisamore, 30, of Diamond, set the record for the largest pumpkin ever grown in Ohio during an Oct. 8 weigh-off in Canfield.
The principal of Southeast High School and an academic analyst for the school district have both resigned, said Superintendent Robert Dunn, who declined to explain the reason, citing an ongoing legal investigation.
Southeast schools Superintendent Bob Dunn said “professional misconduct” is the reason for the sudden resignations of two district employees, but no students were involved and no further information has been released.
The former Southeast High School principal and an academic adviser are no longer employed by the district after a district investigation found evidence of alleged “sexual misconduct” that did not involve students.
“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.”
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.
The township approved a zoning resolution that will allow access to charging stations for electric cars in residential and commercial areas.
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.
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.
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.
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.