Portage County hopes to solve its Summit County dam problem with $2 million

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Portage County’s Board of Commissioners have budgeted up to $2 million dollars to modify a dam that’s not even in the county and that nobody really wants.

The deteriorating wood and concrete dam just west of Suffield Township in Summit County has long been known either as Hills Pond Dam or Petty Glen Dam. Whatever the name, it helps control the water flow out of Mogadore Reservoir.

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