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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays Surviving Death “ A Journalist  Investigates Evidence For An Afterlife” by Leslie Kean.  Share a stimulating hour...

Take the Plunge to Help Feed Local Kids!

Since its founding in 2015, when Liz and Paul Meeker learned of the need to ensure that no child in the Crestwood Local School...

New Preparedness Certification Program For Portage Communities, Local Government & Organizations From Portage County EMA

Pictured left to right are: Portage County Commissioner Sabrina Christian-Bennett, board of commissioners vice president; Portage County Emergency Management Agency Director Ryan Shackelford; Commissioner Mike Tinlin, board of commissioners president; and Commissioner Jill Crawford.

A new program created by the Portage County Emergency Management Agency (PC EMA) guides communities, local governments and organizations to earn certification in emergency...

Aurora’s Nathan Eminian secures 7th place at OHSAA D-II state cross country meet

Aurora Greenmen

Since his freshman season, Aurora Greenmen senior Nathan Eminian has always had lofty aspirations. He realized those big goals when he took 7th place...

Streetsboro football halts West Geauga in playoff opener

While regular season home field advantage had not worked in the Streetsboro Rockets’ football team’s favor this year, having home field in the playoffs...

Garfield’s Lina Kaufman locks up All-Ohio honors at D-III state cross country meet

Appearing at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state cross country meet as a freshman may be intimidating to some, but Garfield...

Windham Historical Society plans to have street clock erected on Town Hall lawn

Spec of new street clock on WIndham Town Hall Lawn

The Windham Historical Society intends to leave behind another piece of its history by funding a project with money from a state grant to...

2025-26 Controlled Hunting Program to affect five parks

As you plan your visits to Geauga Park District this fall and winter, please note the following park closures due to controlled hunting.  Troy Wetlands...

UH Portage Medical Center provides Mobile Mammogram Unit for Portage County inmates

UH Portage - Mammograms

University Hospitals Portage Medical Center has taken the first step in its efforts to provide preventative medical care to the inmates at the Portage...

Join the Newton Falls Area Commerce Association!

Make a Difference in Your Community! The Newton Falls Area Commerce Association is looking for energetic, community-minded volunteers to serve as officers for 2026. If...

Cardinal’s Sam Gdovichin rallies late at OHSAA D-IV cross country state meet

Cardinal Huskies

Cardinal senior Sam Gdovichin’s first appearance at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division IV cross country state championship may have been his one...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays “THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SOLUTION. A scientifically proven program for preventing strokes and heart disease” by Richard...

Sarah Seaman Experiences Ryder Cup Competition

Hiram student-athlete Sarah Seaman volunteers at Ryder Cup

Sarah Seaman of Garrettsville was among a group of Hiram College sport management students recently had the rare opportunity to step "inside the ropes"...

FREE FOOD DISTRIBUTION this Friday 11/7 at the Garrettsville Library!

Food Distribution

Join us for a Drive-Thru Food Pantry! We're partnering with the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank and Portage County Health District to provide pre-boxed shelf stable...

99 Years Young: Newton Falls Kiwanis Cakewalk

Newton Falls Kiwanis Club celebrates 99th annual Cakewalk

The Newton Falls Kiwanis Club celebrated its 99th Annual Cakewalk with sunshine, music, and plenty of community spirit. Judges Susan Holub, Carly and Troy...

Headwaters Trail Plan Hits Detour in Mantua Township

Headwaters Trail

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...

Garfield’s Lina Kaufman secures state berth for D-III state cross country meet

Garfield freshman Lina Kaufman

Garfield G-Men freshman Lina Kaufman is not quite finished with her breakout season in her first year of varsity cross country. The G-Men freshman...

JA Garfield Historical Society News

On October 20, 2025 the James A. Garfield Historical Society hosted a trio of locally-connected historian types, Tim Smith, Dave English and Kirt Kirtland...

Ravenna alum Jake Smallfield settling in as new Chief of Police

Photo courtesy of Jake Smallfield

Ravenna graduate Jake Smallfield has always been drawn to a calling where he can help people, much like his family with its decades of...

Freedom Township Historical Society News

Freedom Township Historical Society is busily preparing for a Freedom veterans display at our November 11 meeting/program.  We are asking you and/or any veteran...

Badgers’ football seizes momentum in second half, shut out Tigers

The Berkshire Badgers Football Team huddles following their regular season finale/Photo by Daniel Sherriff

The Berkshire Badgers’ football team closed out the regular season with an emphatic statement, shutting out Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division and Geauga County...

Portage County Student Programs Welcomes New Members to 2025-26 Senior Board

Portage County Senior Board

The Portage County Senior Board is proud to announce the selection of twelve outstanding student leaders from across the county to serve as new...

Berkshire volleyball survives Triway’s furious rally, nets district banner

Berkshire Badgers Volleyball Team/Photo Courtesy of Joan Prots

For the first time since 2018, there will be a regional playoff round for the Berkshire Badgers’ volleyball team. The Badgers secured the Ohio...

Hiram House Salon Celebrates 17 Years in Business

Hiram House Salon

There’s a party happening in Hiram on Wednesday, November 12th that’s been 17 years in the making. That’s because this Christmas Open House, which...

Judith “Judy” Eckman

Judith "Judy" Eckman

Judith “Judy” Eckman (Leiendecker), 85, of Windham, OH, passed away on October 21, 2025, at UH Geauga Medical Center. She was born on October 30,...

Letter To The Editor

This letter is to present information to inform the residents of the Village of Garrettsville, Freedom Township, and Nelson Township about Issue 30. Issue...

20th Century Club News

Having a wealth of available talent, the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville called upon two current members for programs on October 2 and. October...

Suicide Loss Day Event, Nov 22

The Suicide Prevention Coalition of Portage County is hosting the International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day event on Saturday, November 22 from 12-2pm at...

Garfield G-Men football erupts to take down Brookfield, earn first round bye

The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Grey Tier banner may not be returning to Garrettsville this year but the Garfield G-Men football team achieved something...

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Book Review At The YMCA 1st & 3rd Mondays “THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SOLUTION. A scientifically proven program for preventing strokes and heart disease” by Richard...

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