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Documenters: Ravenna City Council Meeting for March 3, 2025

The Ravenna City Council meeting began with an employee from the Reed Memorial Library presenting the library's 2024 success. The spokesperson described the new services the library offers, such as Roku Sticks, museum tickets, cake pans and more for civilians to check out.
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Letter to the editor: Get involved and learn more about Ravenna school finances

This letter is in response to recent comments made by community members regarding the Ravenna School District not having a workable plan to make our schools more viable and financially sound.
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AuroraLocal governmentRavennaShalersville

County roundup: Aurora State of the City coming up, plus news from Ravenna and Shalersville

The Aurora Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau’s annual State of the City luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 at The Bertram Inn & Conference Center at 600 N. Aurora Rd.
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Around Ravenna: Ravenna natives giving support abroad and at home

Ravenna native Mary Jo (Dunlavy) Cross will return to Ravenna on Sunday, Feb. 23 and present a program at the First United Methodist Church in Ravenna.
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The new Portage County post-jail ride program is working

About 30 people — and counting — have been spared the walk along Infirmary Road since Emerald Transportation started twice daily runs about a month ago.
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Ravenna Elks fundraiser supports local woman’s effort to document veteran’s gravesites across county

The Ravenna Elks Lodge #1076 held its second annual chili cook-off fundraising event on Feb. 1, with all proceeds going to Chris Untrauer’s veteran grave-marking project at Portage County cemeteries.
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The deadline for candidates to file to run in 2025 local elections is coming soon

The 2024 elections are in the rearview mirror, but Portage County’s 2025 election season has already revved up. Elected officials whose terms expire Dec. 31 face filing deadlines, some as early as Feb. 5.
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County roundup: Chinn Allotment sewer project moves forward, plus news from Aurora, Shalersville and Streetsboro

The Chinn Allotment sewer project is now in the stages in which there will be a pre-construction meeting Tuesday, Jan. 28. That meeting will involve all of the stakeholders that the project impacts.
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Two public hearings set for February in Ravenna

Ravenna City Council is set to preside over two public hearings, one to establish commission guidelines and the other to address massage establishments.
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Ohio EPA is cleaning up the old Crest Rubber site in Ravenna for $1.1 million

The property at 645 S. Chestnut St., which includes 13 parcels totaling more than three acres, was once the site of Crest Rubber Co., a historic manufacturing concern that ceased operations in the summer of 2015. The buildings deteriorated, and the site became an eyesore that presented what the Ohio EPA termed in a flyer as “serious safety concerns for the community.”
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Ravenna City Council approves Serenity House funding and list of roads to resurface

Ravenna City Council on Jan. 6 made good on its pledge to financially back Serenity House, a soon-to-be-established warming center/residential facility on Lovers Lane.
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Recent dog rescue highlights work of Portage County Water Rescue Team

​​A dog named Emma found herself on thin ice shortly after Christmas – right before the ice shattered below her, sending her into the freezing water of a local pond. 
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