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I had always admired and envied the Ravenna-Roosevelt rivalry from afar. We didn’t have an arch-rival like that at Mogadore. At one time it was Field, but the schools stopped playing each other after the 1977 season for whatever reason (depending on who you asked, one school was avoiding the other and vice versa).

Unfortunately the Windham Fall Festival has been canceled for 2023. There were multiple factors causing the cancellation. The Village of Windham is considering multiple options for next year.

Get ready to turn the pages, because these books go quickly.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

The holiday and gift giving season is a few months away, but now is the time to start saving money.

Customers are happy because they’re still paying roughly what they would have prior to the new policy, and employees are happy because their paychecks took a decidedly positive turn.

Two people are in jail after Ravenna police executed a search warrant at an apartment on the 600 block of West Main Street.

We are halfway through August, which means it is prime back-to-school mode for many of you. Need a school supply list? Visit the Southeast Elementary School PTO Facebook page, where you can find them all.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Portage County is proposing to construct a new 340-foot-tall self-support tower at 2634 State Route 14, Deerfield, Ohio (41-03-39.56N, -81-05-40.54W).

Portage County is proposing to construct a new 340-foot-tall self-support tower at 10213 State Route 88, Garrettsville, OH 44231 (41-16-19.99N, -81-06-21.4W).

Founded 28 years ago, the nonprofit has provided 118,702 meals, more than 31,588 snacks and 5,820 shelf-stable weekend meals for children in lower-income neighborhoods across the county, the organization said. And they’ve accomplished this despite having no permanent home.

A Nelson Township resident who lives on Kyle Road voiced a complaint recently about speeding vehicles on Kyle.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Students at Southeast Local Schools may start the school year with their regular teachers, who say a positive Aug. 9 bargaining session led them not to call for a strike for now.

Atwater trustees are considering changing their decision to pull the plug on meeting livestreams after an outcry from residents.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

July 1, 2021 will go down as the day college sports changed forever.

On that day, the NCAA approved its NIL policy allowing all NCAA Division I, II and III student-athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness – regardless of whether their state has an NIL law in place or not.

Garrettsville Games is now open in Sky Plaza across from Cal’s Restaurant on Windham Street. Open noon to 7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. Open noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Stop in and check out the great variety of games at great prices. 

Nearly 58% of Portage County voters said “no” on Issue 1, defeating a Republican-backed initiative that would have made it harder for citizens to organize and approve ballot measures, according to unofficial results from the Portage County Board of Elections.