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.
Among those votes were several surprises, ranging from the removal of several longtime elected officials, failed school levies, and the election of a township trustee who had been found guilty of embezzlement.
Political campaigning is in full swing, complete with attack ads making disparaging accusations, whether they be true or not, who can tell.
Congratulations to the Field Falcon football team on its 14-12 win over the Mogadore Wildcats on Aug. 23. This victory was monumental due to no Falcons win over the Wildcats since 2004.
The Suffield League tapped Warner Hughes, lifelong resident of Suffield and business man, as this year’s Memorial Day Parade Grand Marshal.
Things are very busy for the months of February and March around Suffield. Two popular planned fund raisers are scheduled.
Suffield trustees, working with the Portage County Port Authority, voted to establish the county’s first Energy Special Investment District (ESID) which will allow businesses to take advantage of low-interest Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans.
The Suffield community is usually quiet, but since Memorial Day, there has been more activity.
If you drove the Suffield Festival of Lights tour the last few years, you experienced the incredible light and sound display at the home of the Winklemans on Woodlark Drive. They won first place for their amazing displays the past three years. They felt bad for other contestants that said why bother to compete with them.
Mogadore High School graduates and retired coaches Gino Calcei and Michael Ganitch were honored as the most distinguished Mogadore alumni at the Wildcats’ Homecoming Game against the Southeast Pirates on Oct. 6.
Suffield’s annual Memorial Day Parade, featuring perfect cooler weather, was one of the biggest parades ever for the township.
Naomi was born 1922 in Grove City, Ohio, in a log cabin. She met the love of her life, Louie, and they married in 1947. They moved to Akron and then to Suffield in 1948. They rented the Wingfoot Lake Hatchery for a while, then bought the business. Sadly, Louie passed away in 1991, but Naomi continued to run the business until in 1996. At age 75, she sold the Hatchery. She said it took long hours and was very hard work to run the business.