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  • [30-05-2012] North Canton district chooses new school superintendent
    NORTH CANTON: The Board of Education on Tuesday announced that Michael Hartenstein will succeed Michael Gallina as superintendent of schools.Hartenstein, the chief operating officer of Parma City Schools, received...

  • [29-05-2012] Sunny spells spelling bee success
    MEDINA: The national spotlight is old hat for Medina’s Sunny Levine.The 13-year-old student at Medina’s Claggett Middle School will make her third appearance Wednesday at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.Sunny...

  • [27-05-2012] What’s up in the sky in June
    The event for June is on the 5th, when we can follow the dark disk of Venus crossing 11 degrees of the sun’s surface, from about 6:04 p.m. until the sun sets about 8 p.m.The McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, 800 McKinley...

  • [27-05-2012] Celebrations
    CommunityGirl Scouts of North East Ohio recognized six girls from Summit County at the 2012 GSNEO String of Pearls event. They were among 31 Girl Scouts throughout the multi-county region that sold at least 1,000 boxes of cookies...

  • [27-05-2012] Police blotter for Sunday, May 27
    Summit CountyAkronArrestsA West Cedar Street man, 21, and a 12th Street Southwest man, 21, were charged with aggravated robbery after two men entered a Circle K on South Hawkins Avenue through a rear door and pulled a shotgun on a...

  • [27-05-2012] Star Student: Taylor Zhang, Hoover High School
    NORTH CANTON HOOVERGPA: 4.589COLLEGE: Vanderbilt UniversityAs I entered freshman year, I was very hesitant, scared and uncertain of my future high school career.Perhaps the best way to describe these feelings is to compare it to my...

  • [27-05-2012] Star Student: Pedro Mejia, Canton McKinley High School
    CANTON McKINLEYGPA: 4.238COLLEGE: Ohio State University“Yes, I go to McKinley.”Sooner or later, this question finds its way to me. Seemingly no matter where I am, it never fails.Canton McKinley Senior High has a very rich...

  • [27-05-2012] Star Student: Emily Gudaitis, Timken High School
    TIMKENGPA: 4.12COLLEGE: Ohio Northern UniversityCornell University President David J. Skorton said, “In the midst of life, we must look toward the future and define our way forward.” I believe that the first step in...

  • [26-05-2012] Local news briefs - May 26
    AKRONLandmark cleanedAKRON: The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on Friday gave its blessing to an environmental cleanup of the Landmark Building at South Main and West Bowery streets.Asbestos was removed from the 12-story building,...

  • [26-05-2012] Fire at Jackson Township motel displaces guests
    JACKSON TWP.: The Microtel Inn & Suites on Sunset Strip Avenue had to find new accommodations for its guests after a fire destroyed the north end of the building Friday afternoon.Jackson Township police and fire responded to a call...

  • [25-05-2012] Stark County paid Lake Township’s tab in fight over police levy
    LAKE TWP.: The unsuccessful effort to defend a disputed township police levy to the Ohio Supreme Court did not cost township government any extra money for lawyers. Two assistant county prosecutors, already on salary, represented Lake...

  • [25-05-2012] Stark County paid township’s tab in fight over Lake police court battle
    LAKE TWP.: The unsuccessful effort to defend a disputed township police levy to the Ohio Supreme Court did not cost township government any extra money for lawyers.Two assistant county prosecutors, already on salary, represented Lake...

  • [22-05-2012] Area deaths - May 22
    MEDINAPaul, Geraldine M., 90, of Wadsworth. Died Monday. Hilliard-Rospert.Walter, Pearl R., 92, of Valley City. Died Sunday. Bauer.PORTAGEEllison, Homer, 90, of Nelson. Died Friday....

  • [22-05-2012] Local news briefs — May 21
    AKRONFight involves gunAKRON: A 19-year-old Akron man is accused of trying to shoot his father during an argument Friday night.Officers were called to a home at 7:30 p.m. over a fight involving a weapon.They said the son was found at a...

  • [20-05-2012] Middle and high school students race the cars that they built
    Daisha Blanch felt something in the pit of her stomach as she sat in the driver’s seat of a soap box racing car at the top of the sweeping hill at Akron’s Derby Downs.“I was scared at first. The hill was steep and...

  • [20-05-2012] Area deaths
    WayneBauman, Marvin D., 92, of Rittman. Died Friday. Gillman.Cool, Patricia I., 69, Ritt-
man. Died Saturday. Gillman.Fair, Hubert, 86, of Wooster. Died Saturday. McIntire, Bradham & Sleek.Karl, Walter, 79, of Wooster. Died...

  • [19-05-2012] Dry summer looms, but reservoir delayed
    Hickory Log Creek Reservoir in Canton is filled with water and primed to deliver its first drop after more than a decade of planning and construction and a cost of nearly $100 million....

  • [19-05-2012] Dry summer looms, but reservoir delayed
    Hickory Log Creek Reservoir in Canton is filled with water and primed to deliver its first drop after more than a decade of planning and construction and a cost of nearly $100 million....

  • [19-05-2012] Buddhist nun to help others develop a compassionate heart
    Ani Palmo Rybicki, a Buddhist nun, will lead a discussion on The Compassionate Heart: Overcoming Obstacles to Practicing Compassion at 6 p.m. May 27 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron, 3300 Morewood Road, Fairlawn.Rybicki, a...

  • [19-05-2012] Flash mob starts celebration
    Ed Roth, president and chief executive of Aultman Health Foundation and this year’s Harvest for Hunger campaign co-chairman, had everyone’s attention at the campaign’s closing ceremony Friday afternoon when he was...

  • [18-05-2012] Local news briefs — May 17
    AKRONBack pay awardedAKRON: An Akron firefighter fired for violating the city’s former residency requirement is owed more than $250,000 in back pay, an arbitrator ruled Thursday.Arbitrator Marc Winters also repeated his...

  • [18-05-2012] Akron mail-processing facility to stay open through 2013
    The U.S. Postal Service mail-processing facility in Akron has been spared from the initial round of closings and is slated to remain open at least through 2013.Mary Sitko, president of the Akron Metro Postal Union, said Thursday...

  • [17-05-2012] Canton school board hires assistant superintendent
    CANTON: A former city school administrator who now holds a top state education position has returned to become assistant superintendent of Canton City Schools.The Canton Board of Education on Monday hired McKinley High School...

  • [17-05-2012] Area deaths — May 16
    STARKLindeman, Vivian R., 81, of Massillon. Died Sunday. Spiker-Foster-Shriver, Canton....

  • [16-05-2012] Televangelist Rex Humbard’s wife Maude Aimee Humbard dies at age 89
    Maude Aimee Humbard — wife of the late Rev. Rex Humbard, the world’s first televangelist — was the force that held her family together.“My dad would say, ‘I’m the head of the household....

  • [16-05-2012] Jorelys Rivera's mom arrested in domestic dispute
    The mother of Jorelys Rivera, the 7-year-old who was slain by a groundskeeper at a Canton apartment complex in December, was arrested after a domestic dispute with her partner, police said....

  • [16-05-2012] Jorelys Rivera's mom arrested in domestic dispute
    The mother of Jorelys Rivera, the 7-year-old who was slain by a groundskeeper at a Canton apartment complex in December, was arrested after a domestic dispute with her partner, police said....

  • [15-05-2012] Waterloo school district puts off drastic cuts for another year, postpones levy
    The Waterloo school district saved enough money in employee concessions, the tripling of fees for sports and activities and an unexpected reduction in health-care costs to be able to stay off the ballot in August.The board had...

  • [15-05-2012] Waterloo puts off drastic cuts for another year, postpones levy
    The Waterloo school district saved enough money in employee concessions, the tripling of fees for sports and activities and an unexpected reduction in health-care costs to be able to stay off the ballot in August.The board had...

  • [15-05-2012] Local news briefs — May 14
    AKRONSuspect arrestedAKRON: Akron police have arrested a suspect in the December shooting death of two people.Dawud El Spaulding, 29, is being held in the Summit County Jail on two counts of aggravated murder and single charges of felonious...

  • [14-05-2012] Charity events — week of May 14
    This WeekWednesdayMental Health America of Summit County Comedy Show — 7:30 p.m., Pavilion at Falls River Square, 2085 Front St., Cuyahoga Falls. Featuring NPR Improv. $10. For tickets, call 330-923-0688 or go to...

  • [13-05-2012] Green students step back in time to 1885 for history lessons
    GREEN: The 28 students in Jill Baughman’s third-grade class were stumped when asked why there was a perfectly round hole in the top of each of their desks.A receptacle for flags and pencils seemed a perfectly reasonable answer to...

  • [13-05-2012] North Canton mayor upbeat about city’s future
    NORTH CANTON: Mayor David Held gave an upbeat but candid assessment of North Canton in his State of the City speech last week.He said the city is recovering from the 2008 loss of the Hoover Co., its major employer. He called it a...

  • [13-05-2012] Local news briefs - May 11
    AKRONClothier robbedAKRON: A gunman robbed two workers at an Akron clothing store Thursday morning, taking nearly $2,000 from a cash register and safe, police said.The robbery happened about 10:30 a.m. at TNT Fashions, 887 E....

  • [12-05-2012] Area deaths — May 12
    MEDINAMudrock, Sandra, 73, of Wadsworth. Died Friday. Hilliard-Rospert.Winkler, Hazel S., 93, of Seville. Died Thursday. Armstrong.STARKAdams, John Q. “Jack,” 91, of Alliance. Died Thursday....

  • [12-05-2012] Local news briefs - May 12
    AKRONClothier robbedAKRON: A gunman robbed two workers at an Akron clothing store Thursday morning, taking nearly $2,000 from a cash register and safe, police said.The robbery happened about 10:30 a.m. at TNT Fashions, 887 E....

  • [11-05-2012] Local news briefs — May 10
    AKRONDrugstore robberyAKRON: An Akron couple were arrested Wednesday on charges of robbing an Akron pharmacy of two prescription medications.Levert P. Veal, 37, and Taretha H. Legette, 37, were arrested shortly after the robbery of the...

  • [10-05-2012] Bob Dyer: ODOT finally concedes signs aren’t working
    It’s always nice to get confirmation that you are not, in fact, losing your mind.Fortunately, plenty of readers have been seeing the same thing I have. And now — finally — the Ohio Department of Transportation has...

  • [10-05-2012] Small post offices could have hours cut
    Sixteen small post offices in rural areas of Stark, Portage, Medina and Wayne counties are among thousands nationwide that could be open only two to six hours a day.Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the drastic reduction in hours is...

  • [10-05-2012] Area deaths
    MEDINABook, Ronald J., 48, of Wadsworth. Died Monday. Hilliard-Rospert.Gutendorf, Dorothy C., 90, of Medina. Died Tuesday. Waite & Son.STARKBoney, June D., 74, of Canton. Died Tuesday....

  • [09-05-2012] Wanted: Physicians with musical talents
    It’s that time of year again for area physicians who have musical talents to enter the not-to-be-missed United Way of Summit County’s annual Docs Who Rock physician talent show set for 7 p.m. Oct. 20, at the University of...

  • [08-05-2012] Area deaths - May 8
    STARKBorden, Kathryn L. “Kate,” 90, of Canton. Died Friday. Spiker-Foster-Shriver.Pinkerton, Charles A., 70, of Alliance. Died Sunday. Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke....

  • [08-05-2012] Canton hires new police chief to fix the department's morale and reputation
    The City of Canton announced Monday it has a new police chief, Florida lawman Robert C. Merchant, brought in to restore the reputation and revive the morale of a department still trying to recover from its mishandling of the...

  • [08-05-2012] Canton hires new police chief to fix the department's morale and reputation
    The City of Canton announced Monday it has a new police chief, Florida lawman Robert C. Merchant, brought in to restore the reputation and revive the morale of a department still trying to recover from its mishandling of the...

  • [08-05-2012] Q&A on the News
    Q: What services does the Wounded Warrior Project provide that are not available to veterans from the federal government? -Bob Sullivan, Canton A: The Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that provides...

  • [07-05-2012] The Scene — May 7
    This WeekSuper Wash Car Washes FoodRaiser — Select Super Wash car washes will hold FoodRaisers to raise money for local food pantries throughout May. Super Wash will donate $1 of every “super wash” and $1.50 of every...

  • [06-05-2012] Celebrations - May 6
    EducationAbigail Dilullo, a 2009 graduate of Firestone High School in Akron, is one of 33 students to receive a $2,500 Wolfe Study Abroad Scholarship from Ohio State University. Dilullo is a junior majoring in international studies and...

  • [05-05-2012] Local Mormons committed to their faith
    Trevar Dahl spends an hour before school each morning studying the Bible with seven other teens.“It’s the best way to start the day, and it helps us with a pretty good knowledge of scripture,” said Trevar, a 16-year-old...

  • [05-05-2012] Area deaths - May 5
    PORTAGEJohnson, Jennie R., 92, of Deerfield. Died Thursday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian, Alliance.STARKClayton, Albert Bevan, 91, of Alliance. Died Thursday. Walton-Schrader.Cox, Helen M., 91, of Massillon. Died Monday....

  • [05-05-2012] Interfaith group taking steps to feed the hungry
    The Akron Area Interfaith Council is hosting its annual Walk To Stop Hunger at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron, 3300 Morewood Road, Fairlawn.Registration with refreshments and music begins at 2 p.m. and the...

  • [05-05-2012] Local briefs — May 4
    AKRONWard 10 meetingAKRON: Councilman Garry Moneypenny will host his monthly Ward 10 meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Akron-Summit County Public Library’s Goodyear Branch at 60 Goodyear Blvd.A representative of the...

  • [04-05-2012] Thursday’s heat shatters Akron record
    If you thought it seemed hot Thursday, you were not imagining things. A record high of 88 degrees was set at 3:20 p.m. at Akron-Canton Airport. The old record of 85 degrees dates back to 1942, 1938 and 1913. Temperatures are expected to be...

  • [04-05-2012] Mobile Meals serves record numbers, asks for public support to offset loss of federal dollars
    These are busy days at Mobile Meals Inc.A new leader is running the nonprofit agency, which last year served more people than ever. And, for the first time, Mobile Meals is asking the public for general operating support following the...

  • [04-05-2012] Grassroots breast cancer program focuses on underserved
    cuyahoga falls: For Kathy Giller, the words uttered by her husband changed their lives. “I have breast cancer are not the words you would expect to hear from your husband,” Giller told a group of health-care advocates at an...

  • [04-05-2012] Local news briefs - May 5
    AKRONGun suspect heldAKRON: A second suspect has been charged with stealing an off-duty Akron police officer’s assault rifle and radar.Dhani Conrad, 25, of Akron, was arrested this week on charges of theft and tampering with...

  • [03-05-2012] Nation's Tallest Man Gets Custom Kicks At Reebok
    The nation's tallest man was at Reebok in Canton on Thursday to get fitted for a pair of custom-made shoes....

  • [03-05-2012] Area deaths — May 2
    MEDINAMoehle, Harry A., 86, of Medina. Died Wednesday. Bauer, Valley City.STARKMills, Pamela J., 59, of Jackson Township. Died Tuesday. Spiker-Foster-Shriver, Canton.WAYNEReed, Mary A., 88, of West Salem. Died...

  • [03-05-2012] Mock air disaster at airport
    JACKSON twp.: Firefighters and emergency workers from 50 area agencies converged on several Stark County locations Wednesday in response to disasters that occurred when a passenger jet returning from Las Vegas and a private cargo plane...

  • [02-05-2012] Moratorium on Internet cafes in Canton
    CANTON: No Internet cafes or sweepstakes parlors can open in the city for the next six months.City Council on Monday authorized the safety director to impose a temporary moratorium on processing and issuing permits for any location where...

  • [01-05-2012] Local news briefs - May 1
    AKRONLeak foundAKRON: Firefighters responding to several complaints about the smell of gasoline early Saturday near the University of Akron found the source was a leak at an East Market Street gas station.The Circle K at 650 E. Market...

  • [30-04-2012] Alliance woman killed in Akron; arrest made
    Police have arrested an 18-year-old in the shooting death of a 19-year-old Alliance woman early Sunday in Akron’s North Hill area.Precious Love of East Milton Street in Alliance was shot at a home in the 600 block of Carlysle...