Golf simulators coming to new bar in Green
GREEN: A small bar with golf simulators for year-round play is coming to the Massillon Road corridor, but not without opposition.By a 3-2 vote, the Planning and Zoning Commission last week approved a...
View ArticleDoctors keep rocking for charity
E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron was rocking Saturday night for the ninth annual Docs Who Rock. Dr. Terry Gordon, founder of the event that features musically talented doctors, said the...
View ArticleGreen ballot includes seven charter changes
GREEN: More than 77 percent of Green’s registered voters cast ballots in the 2008 presidential election, 4 percentage points higher than Summit County’s average overall for voter turnout.The numbers...
View ArticleState auditor clears Akron council of wrongdoing with newsletters; auditor...
The state auditor has cleared Akron City Council of any wrongdoing related to newsletters it published that advocated for and against local and statewide issues.The Republican members of the Summit...
View ArticleCharity events — week of Oct. 22
This WeekFridayCuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet presents Assemble — 6 p.m. at the Martin Center, 105 Fir Hill, University of Akron. Auction, dancing, music, and performance by the company. $50. Proceeds...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Toddler’s graduation from chemotherapy a big deal
Depending on when you’re reading this, Gianna “Gia” Maria Smith is either sleeping in; watching cartoons; playing with her brother and sister; being sniffed by her cat, Woody; or guarded by her dog,...
View ArticleChildren’s NICU celebrates reunion
TALLMADGE: It was a reunion to top all family get-togethers. More than 1,000 children who have survived and thrived since they began their lives in the neonatal intensive care unit at Akron Children’s...
View ArticleShale well is planned near Pennsylvania nuclear plant
A natural gas well that will be hydraulically fractured, or fracked, is planned one mile from FirstEnergy Corp.’s Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in western Pennsylvania.A spokeswoman from First-...
View ArticleSummit Council signs off on GIS merger
Summit County will merge its four Geographic Information Systems (GIS) departments — a move that county leaders say will save about $180,000 a year.County Council on Monday signed off on legislation...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Oct. 22
AKRONMan killedAKRON: Police are investigating the death of a 28-year-old Akron man who was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a car Sunday night in the 600 block of Homer Avenue just off Copley...
View ArticleArea deaths
MEDINABradley, Kenneth E., 88, of Litchfield Township. Died Sunday. Parker & Son, Lodi.Foster, Jay B., 61, of Homerville. Died Monday. Waite & Son, Medina.STARKSnyder, Charles R., 81, of East...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Candidates are angering most of us
You want to know why so many people are absolutely disgusted with the entire political process?I mean, beyond the ongoing avalanche of nasty, fact-twisting,...
View ArticleAkron company wins fight with Costa Rica
An Akron-based satellite telecommunications company has won its lengthy fight to do business in Costa Rica.VSAT Systems has been trying to get a license from the Costa Rican government for more than...
View ArticlePolitical expert, religious leaders to discuss what faithful vote looks like
Does God really care who wins a political election?“Probably not. I don’t think God takes sides. But it is clear that the values of people’s faith traditions impact how they vote,” said John Green,...
View ArticleExpert says DNA excludes Prade in murder case
Attorneys trying to free convicted murderer Douglas Prade presented expert court testimony Monday from a DNA scientist who also was involved in another Summit County case that freed a man after almost...
View ArticleDocuments disclose Akron-area Scout abuse cases
Some were molested at camping events, by volunteers or paid leaders who crept into their sleeping bags or broached talks of sex.The Boy Scouts’ list of “ineligible volunteers” includes more than 30...
View ArticleCraigslist teen ‘never had a break in his life’
He was conceived only so his mother, at least for the nine-month pregnancy, would abstain from smoking crack cocaine.But within four weeks of his birth, his mother left him to resume her crack habit,...
View ArticleVice President Biden takes stage in Canton
CANTON: Vice President Joe Biden told an amped-up Canton crowd Monday that Mitt Romney is so vague with his plans he’s “Etch-A-Sketchy.”In what sounded like a preview of Monday night’s final...
View ArticleBath trustees select Sinopoli as next administrator
BATH TWP.: After weeks of searching, Bath Township has a new administrator.Township trustees have selected Vito Sinopoli for the post out of 33 applicants.In a statement, trustees say they chose the...
View ArticleRafferty testifies in Craigslist case that he lived in fear of Beasley
Brogan Rafferty took the witness stand in his own defense Tuesday morning in the Craigslist murder case, telling jurors he cooperated in the killing of three men out of fear of his co-defendant,...
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