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As a general rule, I don’t get sick. I have allergies and asthma, but do OK on over the counter medications. I think being on those continuously keeps me from catching every little bug that comes down the pike.

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Drivers planning to park in the Village of Hiram can keep their change heading into the new year.

Mogadore’s annual “Christmas in the Village” will take place from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 in the center of the village.

Aurora City Council on Nov. 25 authorized a five-year, $372,243 contract with OpenGov Inc. to upgrade the city’s planning, zoning and building department’s record management software.

​​A quote by author Nora Roberts caught my attention the other day. She said: “Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.”

The Portage County Police Chiefs Association and county Mental Health & Recovery Board recently bestowed the 2024 Crisis Intervention Team honors on three local officers, one dispatcher and a police department employee.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Following a Nov. 19 rescue of more than 60 animals from what Executive Director Chalan Lowry described as “horrendous living conditions,” the Portage Animal Protective League has issued a special call for donations of supplies and money.

More than 293 million Americans (that’s a whopping 88%) will feast on turkey November 28th. It’s no wonder gobblers are synonymous with Thanksgiving. Domestic turkeys are bred for meat production and can weigh up to 41 pounds.

The transition of electricity generation from fossil fuels to solar power is becoming more obvious in Kent as we notice more home roofs with solar photovoltaic cells. But we can’t say the same about governmental and business buildings.

You may think all the gratitude I’m about to express is inspired by Thanksgiving. You may find it hard, at this moment, to feel grateful. Your life may be filled with such tribulation that your overarching response, understandably, is disappointment and an aching heart, rather than gratitude. On the other hand, maybe life has been so good to you that you’ve forgotten to be grateful. Aren’t blessings meant to be taken for granted, you may ask, since they’re so abundant in our lives?

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Aurora The annual Aurora holiday tree lighting festival will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 in the center of town by Bicentennial Park. The tree lighting will be at 5 p.m. There will be food trucks, all kinds of activities, a special surprise for the city’s 225th birthday and movie characters. Santa Claus will arrive on a fire truck. Also, a holiday lights tour will take place from Friday, Dec. 13 through Tuesday, Dec. 31. You can sign up […]

Two children and a school bus driver were transported to the hospital with minor injuries early Friday morning when a Southeast Local Schools bus veered off the road to avoid hitting another vehicle.

Winter is no longer coming … it is here. I had to scrape ice off my windshield the other day. The weather may be nasty, but we still have to “pull on our boots, don our hat and gloves and go out.” Isolation is not a good thing for “us older folks.” Sitting at home alone only gives us the opportunity to think about our friends and family who “have left us,” the bills that keep coming in when our […]

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

The year is winding down, but staff at the Portage Park District remain hard at work.

There are so many great Latin American authors writing today. Let’s take a look at three of their recent novels.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County