Members of the Rootstown High School girls soccer team were in tears Monday night asking the Rootstown Board of Education to extend the contract of their head coach, Jason Opritza.
Jason Opritza led the Rootstown girls soccer team to its first league championship in eight years and a berth in the district finals in his first season as Rovers head coach last fall.
Mantua Township’s loss is Rootstown’s gain, as county commissioners recently approved a 15-year property tax abatement for Singleton Reels to relocate to the township and more than double the size of its manufacturing facility.
About 11 miles of road in Ravenna, Rootstown and Edinburg will be under construction from May through August, affecting about 2,800 drivers per day.
Across Portage County, voters will decide on tax questions for schools, funding for police and emergency services, public meeting policies and more. Below we explain what each of these ballot issues is about. You can skim the headings to find issues that pertain to your community and may appear on your ballot May 3.
There are almost 100 cemeteries in Portage County, most of them shrouded in mysteries that can stop modern-day genealogists in their tracks.
The Portage County Board of Elections announced the official slate of candidates and issues that voters will see on the May 2022 ballot. Here’s a rundown of the Republican and Democratic ballots, as well as the 10 issues around the county that are up for vote.
Across Portage County, new solar installations are going in each month, and electric vehicle charging stations are popping up across the northern half of the county.
State grants totaling almost $450,000 will help outfit 15 area fire departments with the Multi-agency Radio Communications System (MARCS), a cutting-edge technology that will allow departments to communicate directly with each other.
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.