Palmyra
The Palmyra Township Trustees approved the township’s 2024 chip-and-seal project for 5.5 miles of roads. The roads that will be done are Scotts Corners Road, Henderson Road, two sections of Whippoorwill Road and some roads in West Cemetery. Melway Paving will do the job.
“It should be done by the end of September,” township Chair Tom Grund said.
The two batting cages at Palmyra Park were recently concreted. The batting cages are used by the Palmyra Softball League.
“Some older Astroturf that was in there was constantly staying wet when it rained, and there was some mud seeping up through it,” Grund said. “So we decided to concrete it to give it a better, safer, cleaner atmosphere for the softball league to practice their batting in.”
Some students from Southeast High School spent their Southeast Community Service Day by doing some volunteer work at West Cemetery and Palmyra Park to spruce things up for Memorial Day, helping the township’s road and park departments with spring cleanup-type work. Meanwhile, the Palmyra Historical Society got together a group of volunteers that helped replace American flags and veteran markers on all of the headstones in the township’s cemeteries in preparation for Memorial Day.
“We’re very thankful to have those volunteers,” Grund said.
The Southeast High School carpentry class built some picnic tables from materials that were purchased by the township, placing the tables in Palmyra Park.
“The old picnic tables were in bad condition,” Grund said.
Palmyra’s annual township cleanup days will be Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8 in the Palmyra Fire Department’s parking lot at 3956 state Route 225. It is for Palmyra residents only. The cleanup days hours will be 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 7 and 7:30 a.m. to noon June 8. Go to palmyratownship.org to see a list of items that will be accepted. The Fireflies, a volunteer group that is an auxiliary for the fire department, will be selling sausage sandwiches during cleanup days as a fundraiser for the fire department.
Kent
St. Patrick School has annually raised money for the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Hearts/Hoops for Hearts program. This year, St. Patrick landed in the top 25 schools for fundraising in Ohio with its highest donation of $12,607 – with a little help from its parishioners.
“For a school of 202 students, reaching that level in a field of schools with much higher enrollment, I believe, is nothing short of amazing,” former St. Patrick employee and current volunteer for the Kent school Jean Daigneau said.
Rootstown
There were many compliments from Rootstown residents regarding the annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony May 27 and how the township was spruced up.
“We had the F-16s fly over after the parade,” township Chair Dave McIntyre said. “The veterans banners and the flags were up, and the flower baskets were up in the center of town.”
Todd Peetz of Regional Planning gave a presentation at the township trustees meeting May 28 about updating Rootstown’s comprehensive land-use plan.
Subway opened at the beginning of May, and Romeo’s Pizza is tentatively opening sometime in June. Both eateries are on Prospect Street in the same plaza as Dunkin’ Donuts.
Paris
Paris’ annual Memorial Day ceremony took place May 26 at Hawley Cemetery. Reverend Tom Holbrook from Wayland Community Church was the master of ceremonies; township Trustee Dave Kemble and Dan Spicer, who is on the township’s board of zoning appeals and an ex-trustee, gave the Pledge of Allegiance; the Newton Falls VFW Post 3332 did the 21-gun salute; and the Suzeles family sang.
“It’s always a really nice, patriotic event to be at,” Kemble said.
The annual township cleanup day was May 11. Two dumpsters were filled, and another dumpster was filled with metal. Several tires were accepted.
“It went very well,” Kemble said. “It was a success.”
Edinburg
Edinburg held its annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony May 27. In the parade, among others, were the Southeast High School marching band, antique cars, and youth baseball and softball team floats. The ceremony was held after the parade at the Edinburg Township Cemetery. The firing squad from the American Legion at Deerfield was there, and the Southeast High School band and choir performed.
“We had a lot of people watching the parade and at the ceremony,” township Vice Chair Chris Diehl said. “Everybody was happy with the way the day turned out.”
