Estelle R Brown
Take Control of Your Job Search at the Career Exploration Open...
Calling all students and job seekers! Whether you’re looking for a summer job, a new career, or a career change — take a break from your online search. Attend the Career Exploration Open House at Kent State University-Geauga Campus at 14111 Claridon Troy Road, March 3, 2026, 5-7 p.m.
This...
Winchell Family Farm Celebrates 70 Years …and a guaranteed future through...
PART III - The Winchell Family Farmers
While Dave and Polly have played an integral part in Winchell Family Farm operations for decades, the house remained occupied by Dave’s parents until 2018, when Roger passed away at the age of 91. Dave and Polly are now the seventh owners of...
Winchell Family Farm Celebrates 70 Years …and a guaranteed future through...
Thanks to farmland preservation funds, Dave and Polly are now renovating the two-story farmhouse on Hankee Road into a modernized dwelling. The house has been gutted and reconfigured to provide more first-floor living space. But someday, it will be a sellable farmhouse to augment the acreage, which now carries...
Winchell Family Farm Celebrates 70 Years …and a guaranteed future through farmland...
PART I - The Disappearance of Local Family Farms
Northern Portage County is considered a rural region, characterized by a patchwork of family farms that have remained rooted over several generations. But that’s how it appears to the casual observer. Many family farmers who remain are struggling to hold onto...
Headwaters Trail Plan Hits Detour in Mantua Township
Anyone driving along Pioneer Trail Road in Mantua Township can’t help but notice a bold outcropping of large signs in front of most homes between Mantua Center and Diagonal Roads. Up since September, they say: “NO, Christine Craycroft. We DO NOT want a hike and bike trail through our...
Celebrate Freedom Township’s Bicentennial at Sept. 27 Fall Festival
There may be 200 ways to celebrate this 200-year milestone. In northwest Portage County, the Freedom Community Park Boosters and the Freedom Township Historical Society are joining forces to host an old-fashioned Freedom Township Fall Festival including a pumpkin sale, a car show and craft/vendor show for all. The...
An Honorable Journey From Vietnam To Kent State Geauga
Honor is not only an attitude; it’s an action. As it is given and received, it profoundly improves the lives of all involved.
In this case, the first thread of honor relates to the military service of Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Ed Mechenbier, a fighter pilot whose plane...
$75,000 Grant Awarded to KSU Geauga for Occupational Safety & Health...
Workforce training—in both English and Spanish—is coming soon to small businesses in Geauga County, focusing on safety and health hazards that disproportionately affect women workers.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is part of the United States Department of Labor. As part of a $75,000 grant from OSHA’s...
Small Businesses Invited to Free OSHA Trainings Provided by Kent State...
Workers’ rights. Employer responsibilities. Risks, hazards. Protection, prevention. How should small businesses make sense of it all?
Kent State University at Geauga is offering a free pilot training program for small businesses in underserved rural communities to help ensure safe and healthy workplaces. As part of its ongoing leadership commitment...
Garrettsville Youth Library Dedicated to Influential Storytime Librarian
Garrettsville - Terri Leach Lawless had a gift for encouraging a sense of community. True to that spirit, her memory brought the community together for the official dedication of the Miss Terri Youth Library at the Garrettsville branch of the Portage County District Library on February 11, 2023.
Following Terri’s...
Miss Terri Youth Library to be Dedicated in Memory of Beloved...
Garrettsville - The youth room of the Portage County District Library’s Garrettsville Branch will soon be rededicated in honor of the gentle, soft-spoken children’s librarian who brought storytime alive for at least three generations of local children. The Friends of the Garrettsville Library will be renaming the youth room...
Murder at the Haunted School
Garrettsville - The Garrettsville Curtains Up Theatre will present “Murder at the Haunted School” whodunit on Saturday, October 22 with all proceeds going to Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard (NGCC). Doors open at 4 p.m. at J.A. Garfield School Campus for this totally immersive murder-mystery dinner theatre fundraiser.
This multi-faceted evening...
Kent State Geauga Fends Off Students’ Food Insecurity with Geauga Hunger...
Burton - When people consider hunger in America, they tend to think of people far away in urban centers. They don’t realize that food insecurity is a very real problem here in Geauga County, even among college students. In order to combat this growing and troubling trend, Kent State...
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Kids of all ages will be thrilled to learn that Santa will be making a few stops in the area next Saturday, December 4th. The first Santa sighting will be in Hiram at 10:30 am when he joins the Kiwanis for family fun at their Pizza with Santa at...
Garrettsville Youth Football League Supports Military Vets
Garrettsville - On November 4, RJ Rettig, President of Garrettsville Youth Football League, presented a $400 check to Freedom House in support of local homeless veterans. With Veterans Day being observed November 11, Rettig said they wanted to make the donation as part of their patriotic duty.
Freedom House is...
The Groomer of G’ville Welcomes Pooches to Main Street
Garrettsville - The Groom Room of Burton is moving to Garrettsville, sporting a new name. Lisa Washabaugh is relocating her dog grooming service to historic downtown Garrettsville at 8116 Main Street. The Groomer of G’ville opens on May 5.
After 14 years working in a veterinary clinic, 30 years as...
Preston Superstore Donation Jumpstarts Kent State Geauga’s Renovation Fundraising Campaign
Burton - As Kent State Geauga embarks upon two facility improvements for the Geauga Campus in Burton, the leadership is pleased to announce an initial gift to the project from Preston Superstore and the Preston Family. The campus improvements will include constructing a new nursing lab and instructional space...
UH Geauga Donates Hospital Beds to Kent State Geauga Nursing Lab
Geauga County - We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good in the hands of those who use them properly.
These timeless words were spoken by Clement of Alexandria,...
Get the Job Done, Better & Faster
The Associate of Applied Science degree in Business Management Technology now offers a new concentration in Logistics & Supply Chain Management at both the Kent State Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center locations.
Four concentrations are now available: Logistics & Supply Chain Management; Business Administration; Management and Entrepreneurship; and Marketing/Sales. The...
Kent State Sanctions Solar – Solar Array to Supply 67% of...
Burton - Kent State University is going green! As part of this university-wide initiative, solar panels are being installed at the Geauga Campus in Burton. The ground-mounted solar photovoltaic panels will provide 322 kilowatts of clean solar energy every year (392,489-kilowatt hours), providing 67% of the campus’ energy use.
Solar...
Emergency Relief Fund Helps Students Stay on Course Despite COVID-19 Disruptions
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life for everyone. For some, it’s minor. For others, it’s catastrophic. Here on the Kent State University at Geauga Campus, economic hardships caused by the pandemic have threatened to derail many students’ academic plans and their hopes for a better future.
Consider just a...
Zoom Rooms to the Rescue!
Burton - What’s a Zoom Room? It’s an innovative delivery method for an effective college education during a pandemic via remote instruction. Zoom Rooms are providing the way forward for local students seeking to further their education at the Kent State University Geauga Campus in Burton.
Proving that “necessity is...
Library Levy a Do-or-Die Issue on the November 2020 Ballot
While all eyes are focused on the 2020 presidential election on voting day, don’t lose sight of what’s at stake at the local level. In particular, pay attention to Portage County District Library Issue #31, appearing on the November 3 ballot. The survival of the county’s five branch libraries...
Troop Sign-Ups October 4 for Local Boy’s Adventure Organization
Just when you thought the pandemic was closing more doors and keeping your kids from getting involved in activities outside of school, here comes Trail Life USA.
This may seem an unlikely time to start a new boys’ club, but troop master Cody Snyder of Garrettsville explains, “Last year, a...
Garrettsville Reopens Amidst Ongoing Pandemic
Garrettsville - If necessity is the mother of invention, then we’re entering into an accelerated Age of Innovation. As local storefronts and services reopen to the public amidst an ongoing pandemic, they are devising new ways to keep employees and patrons safe while getting back to business.
While state and...
Cleveland Foundation Grant Ensures Promising Future for Rising Scholars
Silver spoon or plastic fork? Every child is born with certain economic advantages and disadvantages that shape their futures.
The fledgling Rising Scholars program was initiated last year to level the playing field for at-risk Geauga County students who face uncertain outcomes after high school graduation. Thanks to a $14,079...
Woodcarver Donates Custom Furnishings to St. Ambrose Church
Garrettsville - Back in the days of Moses, God called upon master craftsmen and woodworkers to dedicate their giftedness for His purposes and the greater good. From the ancient tabernacle to the Ark of the Covenant and all the tabernacle’s furnishings, every detail was carried out by the craftsmen...
Students Can Apply Now for Pay it Flash Forward Emergency Funds
Kent - Even before the coronavirus crisis up-ended daily life, college students were already juggling critical demands on their time, careers and finances. Any interruption in their study-work-life balance could threaten their stability. COVID-19 has proven to be that sudden and severe disturbance and now scores of students are...
Churches Pivot to Electronic Palm Sunday as Buildings Remain Closed
Churches have traditionally been gathering places where congregants come together every week to receive inspired teachings, share prayer requests and enjoy fellowship with one other. Shared handshakes, hugs, prayer circles, Bible studies, communion, pews and potlucks are all part of church culture that has come to a sudden close...
Black Boar Builds International Customer Base from Garrettsville Locale
Garrettsville - Black Boar Armory & Coatings has been operating at 10524 Freedom Street since December 2015, quietly building up a clientele of firearms enthusiasts and a wide range of customers seeking customized Cerakote application services.
It all began four years ago, when Eric Shafer was bored. Since he had...
