To attract employees, Job and Family Services of Portage County is holding open interviews for positions at the agency from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 19 at Ohio Means Jobs, located at 253 S. Chestnut St. in Ravenna.
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Portage County families on cash assistance can get vouchers for school clothes
Your kids need school clothes, but money’s tight? Check out the back-to-school clothing vouchers available through Job and Family Services of Portage County.
One for the Books: Six memoirs, windows into the lives of others
Recently I’ve been fascinated by memoirs. (You’ll see why at the end!) These all happen to be written by women; I thought I would relate to them more than to those written by men. I’m not sure I did, but I learned something from each of them.
Hardesty: This is the year to watch Flashes football, national oracles say
Entering the 2021 season, Kent State was picked to finish fourth out of six teams in the Mid-American Conference’s East Division by Lindy’s Sports magazine. The Golden Flashes answered the bell by winning the division and playing in the MAC Championship Game for the first time since 2012 and only the second time ever.
Design consultants wade into a delicate quandary: What should Kent look like?
Some two dozen Kent residents met July 6 with city leaders and consultants at the Kent Police Department’s Community Room to learn what residents want their downtown to look like and what they think design guidelines should accomplish.
Portage County agency explores low-price daycare as new employment perk
To attract and retain Job & Family Services employees, Portage County commissioners are considering creating a county-run daycare center that would be more affordable than current options.
Open mics for the week of July 10
The week of July 10 brings us a whopping 15 different choices for our open mic entertainment. It doesn’t matter where you live in the Summit/Portage County area there is an open mic that you can attend. Come out and play or listen to this unique part of the area music scene.
Food drive July 9 to support Kent Social Services, facing acute food shortage
An emergency food drive is being held from 9 a.m. to noon July 9 at Hometown Bank Plaza. The drive is sponsored by the Kent Knights of Columbus and the Kent Lions Club.
From the publisher: Over 20% of our revenue comes from these 50 sponsors
I need to confess some deep and belated gratitude to the small businesses, nonprofits, political candidates, churches, agencies and individuals who have helped make The Portager what it is.
Rootstown-based company faces major OSHA fines for alleged safety violations
Less than a year after getting hit with $1.6 million in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Rootstown-based General Aluminum Manufacturing Co. is now facing over $315,000 in penalties for safety and health violations at its Conneaut, Ohio, facility.
The Ox Roast Fair returns for another year of fun and sirloin
The annual St. Joseph’s Ox Roast Fair, a Portage County summer staple, will be held July 15-17 in Mantua.
Ravenna’s outdoor drinking area is approved to launch this summer
Beer on the streets of Ravenna may be nothing new, but soon it will be legal — at least in certain downtown areas with some strings attached.
Ravenna won’t enforce steep marijuana dispensary fees, but smaller ones may apply
A sharp-eyed Portager reader alerted us to a strange conflict between local and state laws governing medical marijuana dispensaries.
Hardesty: Rootstown’s ‘Evil’ Eye hangs up her gloves, Browns step in it
The 2005 graduate of Rootstown High School made her professional MMA debut in 2010. On July 2, “Evil” Eye announced her retirement from the sport immediately following her loss to Maycee Barber by unanimous decision in a women’s flyweight bout during the early prelims of UFC 276 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
City of Kent seeks submissions for a new flag design
Kent City Council is looking to update the city’s little-known 1975 city flag, which was designed by a Holden Elementary student and seldom seen since.
Kent and Ravenna selected as sites for future marijuana dispensaries
Ravenna and Kent will be the site of Portage County’s only medical marijuana dispensaries after the Ohio Board of Pharmacy awarded two companies permission to operate through a lottery.
