Green to add walkways for school children, wetland for stormwater control
GREEN: The city has embarked on more than $2 million in projects that continue its attempt to focus on safe walkways in the city center with the added features of sophisticated stormwater control that...
View ArticleReunions
The Akron Ellet High School Alumni Association will hold an all-class reunion Sept. 14. For details, contact Jim Parker at jeparker609@gmail.com or 330-784-4867.The Akron Central High Classes of June...
View ArticleDistrict approves new water sale to Utica driller from Seneca Lake
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District has approved a new water sale from Seneca Lake to a Utica shale driller.The agency’s governing board, meeting at Atwood Lake last week, approved a deal for...
View ArticleTornado hits Ohio’s Ursuline College; no one hurt
PEPPER PIKE: A tornado of 110 mph winds hit Ursuline College in Northeast Ohio early Saturday morning, collapsing a wall of the school’s athletic center and damaging other buildings but causing no...
View ArticleArea deaths — July 21
PORTAGECollins, Helen “Christine,” 85, of Windham. Died Friday. Mallory-DeHaven-Carlson.STARKHaught, Nancy J., 50, of Canton. Died Friday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian.
View ArticleSummit County Office of Consumer Affairs looking for new director
Summit County officials are looking for a replacement to head the Office of Consumer Affairs, which has been without a director since May.Cynthia Sich took a similar position at the Cuyahoga County...
View ArticleThe Rev. Helmut Schuller, Austrian priest banned in Boston, to speak in...
The Rev. Helmut Schuller, the reformist Austrian priest who advocates for institutional change and inclusive priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church, will stop in Northeast Ohio this week for two...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Hitting ’em when they’re down
If you tried to find a way to discourage uneducated people from developing the skills they need to get a decent job, you’d probably make a move much like this.After Aug. 9, Ohio residents no longer...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Children’s cancer camp fueled by friendship and dance
“When fear knocks, let faith answer the door,” Robin Roberts — Good Morning America anchor and cancer survivor — is fond of saying. Staff and volunteers at Camp Quality Ohio answer the door with not...
View ArticleWorld War II talk in Fairlawn is Thursday
Beacon Journal staff reportFour-time gold medal winning Olympian and World War II veteran Harrison Dillard will speak at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fairlawn Kiwanis Community Center, 3486 S. Smith Road....
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This WeekSaturdayFalls Cancer Club Benefit — Noon at the Bailey Road Tavern, 2920 Bailey Road, Cuyahoga Falls. Live bands all day long: Zak Hamlin, A Song for Her, Average Joe, Clyde Hensley, Hair...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Marathon runner has heart of hope for her baby
Sara (Natoli) Duda is an Akron native and former athlete at St. Vincent-St. Mary and Ellet high schools, but she was never a runner. Now she’s training for the Akron Marathon and she hopes to garner...
View ArticleSummit County Fair kicks off Tuesday
Upward of 40,000 folks are expected at this year’s Summit County Fair, running Tuesday through Sunday at the fairgrounds in Tallmadge. The traditional lineup of activities includes 4-H competitions...
View ArticleArea deaths — July 21
PORTAGEDraves, Doris J., 84, of Streetsboro. Died Saturday. Shorts-Spicer-Crislip.WAYNEReinke, Betty I., 67, of West Salem. Died Friday. Bauer, Valley City.
View ArticleWadsworth rejects bids for vacant former senior center
WADSWORTH: Service Director Chris Easton told City Council’s Public Ways Committee last week that all offers to lease or sell the former senior center at 138 High St. were rejected.The 90-year-old,...
View ArticleState bill jeopardizes Akron’s speed camera program
The speed cameras Akron began using in school zones after a young boy was killed pushing his sister to safety have prevailed against lengthy court challenges. The program, though, might not survive a...
View Article76th FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby schedule
DERBY WEEKMore than 430 racers and their families begin to check in today at Akron’s Derby Downs for weeklong events connected to the 76th FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby.Here is the week’s...
View ArticleFoul odor leads East Cleveland authorities to grisly find
EAST CLEVELAND: With two high-profile cases of multiple missing women still haunting Northeast Ohio, Cleveland-area authorities continued to search Sunday for bodies that may have been stashed away by...
View ArticleWKSU shakes up schedule with more news
Beginning Aug. 5, WKSU (89.7-FM) will make major changes in its schedule, including the move of classical-music programs from daytime into the evening and abbreviated broadcasts of folk music. In a...
View ArticlePublic educators cut out of online charter school franchise
The Ohio Department of Education this month flunked itself on an application to oversee an online charter school.The proposed school would have been the first online operation sponsored by the...
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