Council also OKs cooperative agreement for emergency call center CUYAHOGA FALLS — Cuyahoga Falls City Council unanimously approved a new redistricting map for the city’s eight wards Dec. 28. According...
COVENTRY — When Coventry Township Fiscal Officer Lori Seeman announced her retirement last month, her replacement was essentially waiting in the wings. “I had worked with Lori in the past...
BATH — When Sean Gaffney was sworn in as the newest member of the Bath Township Board of Trustee Dec. 20, he brought along a wide range of experience and...
FAIRLAWN — Written language has been a very big part of Kent State University professor emeritus and former high school English teacher William Kist’s life. Kist added that his interest...
NEW FRANKLIN — New Franklin Mayor Paul Adamson was sworn for his second term Dec. 29 at the Tudor House in a ceremony closed to all but family and a...
DOWNTOWN AKRON — The Cleveland Clinic Akron General’s Women’s Board recently held two events to thank and honor caregivers at the hospital who have worked hard through the pandemic. For...
WEST AKRON: A Snowfall Spur woman reported Dec. 17 a package delivered to her home was stolen. On Dec. 19, a resident gave police video surveillance that showed a person take a street sign from the intersection of Mayfield Avenue and Twin Oaks Road, put it in a truck and...
COVENTRY: On Dec. 17, Summit County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated the theft of five lawn mowers and a snow blower from a Canova Drive residence. Deputies responded to a disabled vehicle in a construction zone of the northbound lanes of Interstate 77 Dec. 17 and had the vehicle towed. A...
Letter to the Editor | January 6, 2022
I recently finished reading another great book, “The Civil Defense Book — Emergency Preparedness for a Rural or Suburban Community.” The author Michael Mabee’s career includes experience as an urban...
On the Mark — By Craig Marks Some folks may wake up Christmas morning to find they have been gifted seats to an Akron RubberDucks game. Or perhaps they have...
FAIRLAWN — Written language has been a very big part of Kent State University professor emeritus and former high school English teacher William Kist’s life. Kist added that his interest...
CUYAHOGA FALLS — During the Dec. 21 Woodridge Local Schools Board of Education meeting, members heard a presentation from several Woodridge High School students about a program called Sources of...
LAKEMORE/SPRINGFIELD — Mary Lou Dodson is leaving a lasting professional and personal legacy as she steps away from her longtime seat on the Springfield Local Schools Board of Education today,...
Manchester BOE approves routine items NEW FRANKLIN — The Manchester Local Schools Board of Education (BOE) approved routine items at the Dec. 21 board meeting. These items included: the 2022-23...
COPLEY — The founding of the Spring Garden Waldorf School (SGWS) was as grassroots as it gets, according to SGWS Director of Development Rocky Lewis. And four decades later, Lewis...
DOWNTOWN AKRON — The Akron Zoo welcomed a white-cheeked gibbon baby Dec. 9, and the gibbon family, including parents Parker and Milo, are now on view. The zoo plans to host a naming contest at a later date, when the sex of the baby, shown above, has been determined. White-cheeked...
WEST AKRON — Summit Metro Parks was established on Dec. 31, 1921, and the park district is wrapping up its centennial year by inviting the public to a “birthday party” marking the occasion tomorrow, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the newly opened Valley View Area of...
GREATER AKRON — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation selected six artists and arts organizations to share nearly $400,000 from the 2021 Knight Arts Challenge Akron to bring their ideas to life and connect people to each other and to their community. According to foundation officials, the challenge...
GREATER AKRON — Green High School came in first place after receiving the most votes in The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 4 Paint-The-Plow contest. The winning plow design from Green, which received over 1,600 votes, is shown above. Students from 29 schools in Summit, Ashtabula, Mahoning, Portage, Stark...
GREEN — The Green High School boys basketball team has started the season strong with a 9-1 record. On Jan. 4, the team defeated Canton McKinley High School 52-50 and on Dec. 31 the Bulldogs defeated Archbishop Hoban High School 58-42. The only loss for Green this season came against...
Bowling • Monday, Jan. 10: Norton and Streetsboro, 3:45 p.m., Charger Lanes • Monday, Jan. 10: Woodridge and Springfield, 4 p.m., Clutch Lanes & Sports Center • Tuesday, Jan. 11: Hoban and Buchtel, 4 p.m., Riviera Lanes • Tuesday, Jan. 11: Woodridge and Coventry, 3:45 p.m., Turkeyfoot Lanes • Wednesday,...
WEST AKRON — In a close matchup Dec. 18, the Firestone Community Learning Center (CLC) boys basketball team defeated Perry High School 42-40. Shown above, players look to the basket as they position for a rebound, with Firestone senior Donavan Robinson at center and Firestone junior Takahi Benford at right....
Council also OKs cooperative agreement for emergency call center CUYAHOGA FALLS — Cuyahoga Falls City Council unanimously approved a new redistricting map for the city’s eight wards Dec. 28. According...
COVENTRY — When Coventry Township Fiscal Officer Lori Seeman announced her retirement last month, her replacement was essentially waiting in the wings. “I had worked with Lori in the past...
BATH — When Sean Gaffney was sworn in as the newest member of the Bath Township Board of Trustee Dec. 20, he brought along a wide range of experience and...
LAKEMORE — Former councilman Sam Ray returned to the Lakemore Village Council seat he vacated last year and was sworn in by Mayor Richard Cole at Council’s Jan. 3 meeting....
Community Legal Aid classes, training available GREATER AKRON — Community Legal Aid, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm serving the legal needs of low-income people in Central and Northeast Ohio, will...
DOWNTOWN AKRON — Summit County Public Health (SCPH) Commissioner Donna Skoda reported to Summit County Council Jan. 3 the number of COVID-19 cases in Summit County is now coming in...
Summit County Public Health has issued these death notices for the week of Dec. 12-18, 2021: Laura Mae Adkins, Akron, 76, died Dec. 8, 2021 Ellie Alexander, Akron, 61, died Dec. 3, 2021 Allen W. Andrews Sr., Barberton, 78, died Nov. 25, 2021 Joseph Allen Arrington, Canal Fulton, 52, died...
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