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Rootstown residents can soon go to medical appointments without ever leaving the township as Summa Health opens its new Rootstown Medical Center on the campus of Northeast Ohio Medical University.

Cub Scout packs in Portage County are holding recruitment nights throughout September to introduce families to scout activities and to hold sign-ups. The Cub Scouts program is open to boys and girls from kindergarten to fifth grade. Here’s all the information you need: Aurora Cub Scout Pack 3265 Contact Pack 3265: Jennifer Bowen, 216-338-3203 or jenn.g.bowen@gmail.com Cub Scout Pack 3269 Contact Pack 3269: Josh Taylor, 216-630-0295 or pack.3269@gtcbsa.org Brimfield Cub Scout Pack 3259         Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 […]

Today The Portager community has an opportunity to make a material difference in fighting this problem. You’re invited to donate food and money to a brand new Pack the Bus campaign led by the Rural Relief Mobile Food Pantry, the Rotary Club of Kent and The Portager. Your contributions will directly assist kids in Portage County who deal with hunger on a regular basis.

If you live in Atwater or Mantua townships, you’ll be paying a bit more for recycling: $5.50 per household per month, up from the $3.75 monthly fee residents have been paying for biweekly service.

Recycling took center stage in Randolph Township’s packed Town Hall on Thursday evening as trustees debated what to do about the nine central dropoff bins that are constantly being filled with garbage.

The Kent State Board of Trustees is expected to vote at its Wednesday meeting to merge WKSU, the university’s NPR-affiliated radio station, and Cleveland-based Ideastream, according to a person with knowledge of the plan. 

Halem, a Kent resident who ran the university’s glass program for nearly three decades before retiring in 1998, said he carried his grief and anger about 9/11 with him for about 10 years before he was able to make art about it.

As I sat and watched the opening moments of the “Field of Dreams” game Aug. 12 between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox amidst the cornfields of the legendary 1989 movie site in Dyersville, Iowa, I thought to myself: We need more of this.

Suffield Fire Chief Bob Rasnick announced the hiring of the department’s first three full-time firefighter/paramedics.

Comedian Steve Byrne headlined a night of comedy at the Water Street Tavern on Thursday night, along with Bill Squire, Anthony Savatt and Mike Polk Jr. 

Over the last several months, the Portage County Solid Waste Management District has broken agreements with cities and townships, largely because they don’t have enough drivers to collect recycling. The agency’s director, Bill Steiner, says drivers don’t want to work a difficult job for low pay. But exit interviews with former employees suggest there may be another reason: Steiner.

The Portage County Community Action Council has been swamped with families seeking housing assistance since the start of the pandemic. And this is just the beginning. Executive Director David Shea said these numbers are “probably going to get worse before they get better.”

With new owners and a vision, the historic Riddle Block 9 Building in downtown Ravenna is poised for a revival. 

Kent City Council is considering Main Street Kent’s request to place a public art display at the north end of North Water Street, just south of the bridge.

“Walking behind that American flag and marching into the stadium for Opening Ceremonies … there is nothing else like representing your country at the biggest competition. Goosebumps.”

Kent’s city leaders are considering raises so that some of them can continue to qualify for Ohio Public Employees Retirement System benefits.

Kent businessman Mike Beder’s recent run-in with the city’s Architectural Review Board has prompted city council to examine — and perhaps update — the design guidelines that inform the ARB’s decisions.

This year, it was Waterloo’s football players and cheerleaders who rose to the challenge of bagging all the litter discarded in the parking lots and the grandstand. And Field Falcons stepped up to work the admissions booths day in and day out.

Kent residents are shifting from weekly to biweekly curbside recycling service, starting this week. The change-over is because of a lack of resources, including driver availability, at the Portage County Solid Waste Management District.

The Ravenna School Board voted unanimously Monday to mandate masks for all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status. The mask mandate took effect Wednesday.