Streetsboro The City of Streetsboro is upgrading its camera system on its traffic lights. When the original cameras were installed...
Treasurer Brian Haines explained that the district is expecting an $85,412 reduction in funding for the 2026 fiscal year and a reduction of $103,911 in 2027 if the state budget passes as in its current form. Other pending state government decisions could take away $1 million annually from the district.
People close to Charles “Chuck” Kocisko — and those who only knew his reputation as a public servant of Streetsboro — have shared their appreciation and condolences following his death in January.
In the middle of the finance committee meeting, IT Director Matt Coffman presented a contract proposal with Ubiquiti for street surveillance cameras and a Dell server. This topic brought extended conversation among council.
Voters in two Portage County townships and five school districts will decide proposed levies on the May 6 primary ballot. All the tax levies would be effective this year.
The road is clearing for Winking Lizard, Inc., which hopes to site a new restaurant in Streetsboro.
As Portage County heads into its local election cycle, Kent and Streetsboro voters will decide in November who will fill open city council seats.
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.
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.
The Aurora Police Department honored four people – police officer Alexandria Libertucci, Clarence Goddard, Jose Soto and Chalmette Audia – who assisted in saving a woman’s life at Barrington about a month ago.
The cities of Kent, Streetsboro and Ravenna have reached an agreement with the county over the value of property retained by the Portage County sheriff when he withdrew his agency from a joint drug task force in 2021.
Aurora The annual Aurora holiday tree lighting festival will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 in the center of...