Alzheimer’s Association Hosts Free Dementia-friendly Screening of New Wicked Movie
The Alzheimer's Association Cleveland Area Chapter invites the community to a free dementia-friendly screening of the new movie Wicked just after its late November release. The event will take place on Tuesday, December 3 at noon at the Cedar Lee Theater, 2163 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights OH 44118. To accommodate guests with Alzheimer’s and dementia, the movie will be played...
Portage County District Library News Release:
Portage County District Library Date: Friday, September 20, 2024To: The Portager, The Weekly Villager, The Record Courier and Ideastream Public Media For immediate release: Fall programming is live at PCDL and for the little ones who love the library, we are offering multiple storytime dates and locations! Youth Services librarians are offering storytimes at all of our library branches this fall.Aurora...
2024 Have A Heart Spay/Neuter Program
It’s Kitten and Puppy Season, and soon shelters will be flooded with adult mothers and their offspring surrendered for adoption. 3.2 million cats and a 3.1 million dogs find themselves in a shelter every year – either born in a shelter, surrendered, or abandoned (ASPCA, The Humane Society and dogster.com data). For 48 years Valley Save-a-Pet has been helping pet...
Elisha Bly’s work showcased at the Baldwin Wallace University Ovation 2021 Day of Excellence
Berea - Elisha Bly of Garrettsville was among over 100 students whose exceptional academic work was showcased during the Baldwin Wallace University Ovation 2021 Day of Excellence. Bly, a graduate of James A. Garfield High School, presented a project titled “Environmental Effects of Redlining on Soil Quality in Cleveland, OH.” Each spring, the Day of Excellence recognizes student success in...
Rebuilding The Freedom Honor Roll / War Memorial
The Committee to Restore the Freedom Soldiers Honor Roll is made up of concerned Freedom residents, veterans, and members of the Freedom Community Park Boosters & Freedom Township Historical Society. Our group is now in the process of seeking donations of materials and monies to help in the rebuilding of the damaged honor roll/war memorial. A new design has...
Popular Library Puzzle Exchange is Back
Ravenna - Reed Memorial Library has brought back its monthly Puzzle Exchange, modified to fit within current pandemic restrictions. “The monthly exchange is a longstanding library event and very popular with our community,” related Alison Shelley, Children’s’ Outreach Coordinator. “Everyone has really missed the puzzle exchange since COVID-19 hit. We’ve worked hard to bring this event back safely under...
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 in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Local churches have scrambled to...
Upcoming Community Events | Week of August 30th
Portage Senior Citizens Opportunities Weekdays The Portage County Senior Center, located at 705 Oakwood St., in Ravenna has many daily opportunities for local seniors to enjoy. On any given day, you can enjoy, bingo, Tai Chi, educational programs, art class, corn hole, cards & dominos with friends, and they even have a pool table. They serve lunch daily (by reservation) and...
80’s Dance Party Hosted by Ravenna Chamber
Are you ready to relive the 1980s? The time of skinny ties, big framed glasses and huge shoulder pads! Get those finger-less gloves and leg warmers ready people because it’s time to party! Let’s Dance! This second annual dance party has so much to offer those who have tickets. They are expecting to sell out and once they do...
Join The Summit Lapidary Club for a Fun-Filled Family-Oriented Gemboree
Rocks, minerals, gems and jewelry will be on tap this weekend when the Gemboree takes place. Sponsored by The Summit Lapidary Club and The Akron Mineral Society the Gemboree will be held Saturday, October 27, 10:00am-6:00pm and Sunday, October 28, 10:00am-5:00pm at Emidio and Sons Expo Center, 48 East Bath Road, Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Kids can Search for Clues on...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The business meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club was held on October 1, 2018 in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville and covered the following topics :Programs for upcoming meetings and scheduling for other events took up most of the period. The Roadside Clean-up will take place on October 12, a Friday with no school, so more InterAct members will...
Garrettsville Ladies Cemetery Association
Garrettsville - A re-organizational meeting of the Garrettsville Ladies Cemetery Association will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 7 pm at the Historical Society building on Main St. In Garrettsville. This organization was formed in 1927 by residents who were interested in the “preservation and and beautifying of our cemeteries in cooperation with the Board of Cemetery Trustees.” This...
Upcoming Community Events – Week of June 29
Portage Senior Citizens Opportunities Weekdays The Portage County Senior Center, located at 705 Oakwood St., in Ravenna has many daily opportunities for local seniors to enjoy. On any given day, you can enjoy, bingo, Tai Chi, educational programs, art class, corn hole, cards & dominos with friends, and they even have a pool table. They serve lunch daily (by reservation) and...
Spread the Word: Kids Eat Free This Summer!
This summer, the Ohio Department of Education is sponsoring the Summer Food Service Program, providing children with free, healthy meals. It’s easy to participate and no sign up is required. Simply call 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479), visit education.ohio.gov/ KidsEat or use the department’s mobile app for meal times and locations (coming soon to the app). The Ohio Department of Education Mobile App...
Avenue of 444 Flags and the War on Terror Veterans Memorial Honors Veterans in Mercer County, PA
Mercer County, PA – Veterans Day, November 11, provides a special day to reflect upon the sacrifices of military veterans. The Avenue of 444 Flags and War on Terror Veterans Memorial is proud to welcome visitors to their location this Veterans Day and year round. This outstanding tribute includes an amazing display of 444 flags flying in the wind...
“Invest In Your EMS”
On November 7th, 2017, the Community EMS District (Garrettsville Village, Freedom Township, and Nelson Township) is asking for the continued support of the residents of the District. The District is proposing a levy of 3.5 mills to IMMEDIATELY REPLACE the current 2.7 mill levy that has been maintained since 1999. Upon the passing of this new levy, the 2.7...
Crestwood School Board News
Mantua - At the last Board meeting, School Board President Todd Monroe implored residents to support the District’s issue to build a new 7-12 building on the November ballot. He argued that Crestwood has been losing kids to surrounding schools including Streetsboro, Garfield, and BioMed, and that enrollment at the High School currently hovers slightly over 400 pupils. “This...
7th Annual This Means War 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament & Chinese Auction Fundraiser To Help Mother Of Two
The 7th Annual This Means War 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament & Chinese Auction will be held on from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 14 at Southington High School at 2482 State Route 534 in Southington, Ohio, to raise money for Alexandria Baker, a mother of two young daughters who was diagnosed in March at age 26 with Stage II...
Garrettsville Eagles Club Awards Scholarships
The Garrettsville Eagles are proud to announce the winners of the 2017 scholarship awards. They are: Francesca “Frankie” Bowman, daughter of Patti Bowman. Frankie is a 2017 graduate of James A. Garfield High School in Garrettsville and will be attending the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH. She will be majoring in Middle Childhood Education / Psychology and...
James A Garfield High School Class of 2017
Valedictorians Christian Crawford • Joseph Emrick Lauren Jones • Jane Rader Riley Van Kirk • Mikhala West Heidi Wickli Jesse Arnett Marcus Arnett Robert Barnett Thomas Bissler Christopher Blewitt Elisha Bly Hayley Bolton Kyle Borrelli Francesca Bowman Alexis Brooks Brittany Brown Taylor Brown Dane Burrows Mark Butto McKenzie Carey Carter Chapman Emma Chinn Corin Colton Christian Crawford Marissa Cremers Courtney Cressman Cole Dean Mariah Dolan Faith Drabic Joseph Emrick Jr. Rose Englert Nicholas Ensinger Dalton Fall Nicholas Farkas Zachary Forsythe Alexander Fredrickson Mason Friess Brittany Gallagher Ashley Gibson Travis Gibson Alexander Good Samuel Gregg Tabatha Griggy Mary Hahn Kelly Hartman Jacob Hilliard Nicole Hood Austin Horn William...
Hiram College offers new public health degree program
Hiram – Hiram College will offer a new public health degree program this fall. The program, through which students can either major or minor in public health, merges the college’s liberal arts curriculum with this emerging field of preventative medicine and health promotion. This type of undergraduate degree is rare, according to Christopher Mundorf, MPH, Ph.D., who heads the...
Unlikely Friends Saved in Double Rescue
When Dan O’Grady of Akron, a truck driver, passed the little dog abandoned on the side of the highway in Jacksonville, FL, he couldn’t just keep going. He exited the freeway and hoped he could get back to the dog before anything bad happened. Luckily, he got back in time but the skinny dog yapped at him and kept...
Drum Lessons @ GES
Students at the James A. Garfield Elementary School were treated to a fascinating program featuring Brother Olugbala Manns, teacher of African drumming at Hiram College and Kent State University. He taught the assembled crowd the expression “On the One” (ready, set to go, focused) and got their attention—not always an easy task—by calling out “Ah-go” and requiring the response,...
Weather Guy Visits Garrettsville Library
The Garrettsville branch of the PCDL was keeping “a weather eye” out for the folks in the audience who came to see WKYC Channel 3 TV weatherman Greg Dee recently as part of the continuing series of programs being presented for the general public. The weather guy pointed out that Channel 3 weather information is not only available...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The big day is coming. The Big Night is coming with it. The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Reverse Raffle is coming down the track, NOVEMBER 10 @ Sugar Bush Golf Club. This is what the club was doing at the October 31st meeting to get ready and conduct its other community-focused activities as well : The recruitment of event sponsors closed with...
Myrddin Winery To Host 2016 Geocaching International Film Festival Showing
Lake Milton – Join fellow geocachers and short film enthusiasts at Myrddin Winery (3020 Scenic Dr., Lake Milton, Ohio 44401) on Sunday, November 6, 6:45 - 9 p.m. for a local viewing of the 2016 Geocaching International Film Festival reel. Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates...
Newton Township Announces Low Fixed Rate For Natural Gas Endorsement Program
Newton Township – Newton Township is pleased to announce that Santanna Energy Services has been chosen to provide residents and small businesses with low-cost natural gas supply following a competitive bidding process. A supply rate of $2.89 per Mcf has been set for gas consumed for December 2016 through November 2017 bill cycles. Trustee Robert Page said, “It is...
Freedom Township Historical Society News
Freedom Twp. - The October 11th meeting of the Freedom Township Historical Society began with Judy Thornton leading the attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance. Amanda Garrett then read the minutes from the September meeting. They were approved as read. Next, Jim Hammar shared information about a collection of American Indian artifacts collected on his Nichols Road property. The Hammars...
Freedom One Room Schools
The Freedom Twp Historical Society is asking for your help! We’re looking for pictures of and information about the following one room schools; we can make copies of any information you provide. School # 2 located on Rt 303 in Drakesburg east of Nichols Rd.; this school was sold to the Full Gospel Church in 1940. School # 7...
Burton Public Library Events
The following events will be held at the Burton Public Library. For more information & registration call (440) 834-4466. Check out burtonlibrary.org for storytime schedule and book clubs. Kids & Teens: Our fall storytime session runs through November 18th for infants through children aged 5. Therapy Dog Reading Program *Registration Required. Grades K-5. Two Saturday Sessions: November 5 & 12. 11 a.m. - 12...
