Healthy lawn, garden practices improve water quality
Maintaining your yard and garden with healthy landscaping practices is the most important action you can take toward improving water quality in our streams, rivers and lakes. The first item on your list of healthy practices should be to have...
Flowering freesia a fragrant beauty in the garden
Most people are familiar with freesias as cut flowers, but did you know that you can also enjoy them in your garden? Not only are they beautiful to look at — they’re also delightfully scented. What makes freesias so unique...
How to care for fresh cut flowers indoors
(Family Features) The beauty of having a garden is flowers are continually blooming on one plant or another throughout most of the year. While this provides lovely views from your windows, it can also be nice to bring some beauty...
Copley man says “Twister” played on Jacoby Road
Standing back and observing the current events revolving around the proposed rezoning of a property on Jacoby Road brings to mind a contortionist at the County Fair. The subject property...
BVS Tour of Homes a ‘success’
The members of Bath Volunteers for Service (BVS) are gratified to announce the record-breaking success of their 44th Tour of Distinctive Homes. This was the organization’s second professionally filmed and...
GeekFest Mini-Comicon
DOWNTOWN AKRON — GeekFest Mini-Comicon will be held Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Akron-Summit County Main Library, 60 S. High St. This event is for fans of comics, movies, manga, gaming, television shows and more. Also, award-winning author Ethan Avery will sign copies of his...
CVNP re-opens Canal Exploration Center
Exploring CVNP CVNP — Cuyahoga Valley National Park has reopened Canal Exploration Center, located adjacent to Lock 38 at 7104 Canal Road in Valley View. Canal Exploration Center is housed in a building that once served as a tavern and grocery for travelers along the Ohio & Erie Canal. When...
Zoo offering rental scooters, awards
AKRON — The Akron Zoo is now offering ScooterPals Fur-Wheelers for guests to rent during their visit. The full-sized electric scooters are for those ages 18 years or older and children over 36 inches in height with an adult. They are available as a lion, giraffe, rhino, leopard or a...
Local artists win awards
CUYAHOGA FALLS — People’s Choice Award winners for the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center’s Floral and Landscape exhibit includes New Franklin residents Sherry Kazantzis’ acrlylic painting, “Queen Ann’s Lace” shown at near right, and C. Dale Warren’s oil painting, “Moonlight Mooring HMS Bounty,” pictured at far right. The center, located at...
County COVID-19 cases increasing
DOWNTOWN AKRON — County cases of COVID-19 are rising, according to Summit County Public Health Commissioner Donna Skoda. Skoda told Summit County Council Aug. 1 the health department is noticing...
West Side News & Notes
Akron Parks Challenge winners announced DOWNTOWN AKRON — The City of Akron and the Akron Parks Collaborative announced the winners of the 2022 Akron Parks Challenge are Boss Park in...
South Side News & Notes
Blood donors needed to address seasonal shortage GREATER AKRON — American Red Cross officials report a nearly 20 percent drop in blood and platelet donations in recent weeks, with Type...
Boston trustees hear construction news
BOSTON — The Boston Township Board of Trustees heard news on a waterline construction project July 27. Trustee Bill Clifton said installation of the waterline pipes along Akron-Cleveland Road was...
Benner Road bridge reopens
NEW FRANKLIN — The Benner Road bridge at the border of New Franklin and Lawrence Township reopened recently thanks to a coordinated effort between the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT),...
Perkins Pool, Ed Davis Center improvements planned
AKRON — City of Akron officials are planning to improve Perkins Woods Pool, located at 899 Diagonal Road, and the Ed Davis Community Center, located at 730 Perkins Park Drive,...