Local government

This voter’s guide is a joint venture of The Portager and the League of Women Voters of Kent and Northern Portage County.

Jessica Sabin, a national service director at Axess Family Services, recalls her grandma making frequent calls on her landline to stay in contact with her sister, as she wasn’t comfortable using her cell phone.

A statue of the 20th president of the United States, who resided in the village of Hiram for several years, including graduating from what is now known as Hiram College, will be relocated to the village from Wilmington, Delaware, where it has been on display for 131 years.

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank is ground zero when it comes to providing food for Portage County’s hungriest people.

Hiram Township is opening its own fire department, despite ongoing mediation with Hiram Village, which had long overseen fire services for both the village and township.

The Brimfield Zoning Commission will be requesting a six-month extension to the current moratorium on data centers as it continues to work toward finalizing new legislation.

Shalersville’s Zoning Commission on Sept. 10 approved a handful of amendments to the township’s zoning code that could affect a contentious proposed data center campus.

Following Ron Goodspeed’s Sept. 14 swearing in as the new Brimfield fire chief, the township anticipates that administrative changes will help the department’s financial situation.

Registering to vote may not be as self-evident as one might think. Enter your address and other identifying information, and off you go.

I’m planning on going on a digital diet just like Waterloo students. Anyone else want to join me in experiencing a simpler life filled with more handwritten notes, walks in nature and face to face communications?

During Brimfield Township’s Sept. 8 Board of Trustees meeting, the board approved motions for the resignation of Fire Chief Craig Mullaly and the hiring of then-Assistant Fire Chief Ron Goodspeed as Mullaly’s replacement.

Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) voted no on H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, after the SAVE America Act was added to the bill. 

The Edinburg Township Trustees passed a resolution that, as the banners honoring veterans up along the township’s roads deteriorate, those veterans’ families will be responsible for paying the money to replace them.

Brimfield Township is in financial trouble, but exactly how deep the hole is, who’s responsible and what to do about it remain unknown.

An exciting and highly anticipated event finally happened — the opening of the newest Portage County park, right here in Brimfield — the Kame-Esker Bog! Who is it named after? The correct question is WHAT is it named after?

The Mantua-Shalersville Area Chamber of Commerce invites the community to celebrate the grand opening and relocation of the Crestwood Community Center (CCC).

E-bikes riders take notice: Ravenna city leaders are poised to adopt new helmet regulations.