The City of Ravenna took care of the incentive that it offered LG Chem, the largest Korean chemical company, for choosing Ravenna as a place to put its plant and research headquarters.
It’s not often a boy from a hard-working Streetsboro family steps onto Nashville’s iconic Grand Ole Opry stage, but Brian Poston is getting ready to do just that.
Each of Portage County’s four cities, and at least one village and township, has at least one community garden available to residents.
Finance Director Matt MIller reported that the city was below expense budget and above revenue budget.
Streetsboro City Council on Jan. 23 approved a temporary moratorium on new car washes, hotels and motels, reasoning that the city already has enough of these establishments.
Beginning Jan. 23, Dominion East Ohio will be relocating gas lines in a scheduled construction area on state Route 43 between Market Square Drive and Frost Road in Streetsboro, north of the intersection of state routes 303 and 43.
Streetsboro City Council on Jan. 9 put some teeth into its noise ordinance, adding significant fines and possible jail time.
Legislation was passed that is going to repave some of the streets in Ravenna. A Surface Transportation Block grant from the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study will pay for 80% of the project.
The city has four car washes and 10 places where people might find a bed. Compare that with five car washes in Kent, four in Brimfield, three each in Ravenna and Aurora, and one each in Mantua, Windham and Garrettsville.
There were three meetings held consecutively Dec. 12: an organizational meeting followed by a committee meeting and a regular council meeting.
Streetsboro police will increase their presence around the school district in response to a threatening message scrawled on a middle school bathroom on Dec. 13, which appeared just two days after a picture of a BB gun on social media caused widespread concern.
Longtime Fire Chief David Barnes retired in August. He was with the department for 45 years, and 20 of those years he was the chief. The city is undergoing a search using the Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association to assist it and hopes to name a new chief early in 2023. The acting chief is Matthew McBirney.