This year’s Portage County Randolph Fair runs through Aug. 25. Tickets for events are on sale at www.randolphfair.com. The fairgrounds are located at 4215 Fairground Rd.
This is the first Around Randolph column in The Portager. Columnist Sandy Engle is a retired school psychologist. She has been a flower essence practitioner and flower essence producer for over 25 years. During her free time, she enjoys gardening, hiking, traveling with her husband Newt, and playing with her four grandchildren.
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.
Eclipse activities aren’t limited to Portage County’s cities. The Portage County District Library is bringing eclipse education and fun to all parts of the county.
Mogadore Village Council will be bringing legislation to take bids for the replacement of water lines, sanitary sewer lines and new pavement for sidewalks for the Herbert Street extension between Marion Avenue and Meadowridge Road and also for Meadowridge Road from Herbert Street south to the Springfield Township line.
St. Peter of the Fields Parish in Rootstown and St. Joseph Parish in Randolph are among the Northeast Ohio parishes slated to be merged by the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown.
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will be installing a roundabout at the intersection of state Route 224, state Route 225 and Alliance Road, the dividing line between Atwater and Deerfield townships.