A boil alert has been issued for residents east of Canton Road (state Route 91) in the village until 4 p.m. April 12.
 

The Easter Bunny made back-to-back visits to Schrop School and Lakemore's Upper Water Works Park. At Springfield, he arrived by police cruiser chauffeured by Sgt. Eric East. In Lakemore he came aboard a shinny red fire truck driven by firefighter Nick Alhassani and was greeted by Mayor Rick Justice.

AKRON  The Akron Zoo will hold their annual Breakfast with the Bunny event on March 31, April 1 and April 7 from 9 - 11 a.m. The event includes breakfast, a visit from the Bunny and an outdoor egg hunt. Reservations are required and space is limited.

    A Walsh University alumnus has launched a think tank at the university to help cities adapt to this new economic world order:  The Intelligent Community Forum Institute for the Study of the Intelligent Community. Co-founded by Walsh 1978 graduate Louis Zacharilla, the ICF institute will use technology and a consortium of academics, politicians and businesses leaders to work on ways to keep local economies growing after large industries have left town.

    In practical terms, the job of the ICF Institute at Walsh will be to find the best ways teachers are educating students for the global economy and make those models available to teachers and universities, wherever the institutions are located.

It's election day in Summit and Stark County. Check the Summit County Board of Elections and  the Stark County Elections Board if you don't know your precinct.

Check The Suburbanite for a recap of local issues.

The Metro SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team was called and responded to the Village of Lakemore on Jan. 27 when Gregory Bolyard, 42, barricaded himself in his home with a weapon.

Chad S. Pryor, suspended and later fired last year from his job as Lakemore’s village administrator, was indicted by a Summit County Grand Jury on one count of theft in office.

Council members thanked Mayor Mike Kolomichuk and Councilman Pat Fiocca for their years of service to the community at the Dec. 19 meeting.  It was the last meeting for both.

Fiocca has been on council for eight years. His fellow members said it was a pleasure to work with him. He thanked Lakemore citizens for the support through the years.

Former Village Administrator Chad Pryor turned himself in to Springfield Township Police Dec. 12 for one felony count of theft in office.  Other charges are pending in this ongoing investigation. 

Pryor, 38, had been the village administrator since 2008.  Police said he took at least $1,298 from the Lakemore village according to Sgt. Eric East of the department. 

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AKRON The Summit County Prosecutor’s Office announced Dec. 5 that it will prosecute Richard J. Beasley, and seek the death penalty, for the murder and attempted murder of the four victims of the so-called “Craigslist murders” in Noble and Summit Counties.

It was a tale of two halves in the Springfield Lady Spartans’ first basketball game Wednesday: The first half, when the Spartans showed up to play, and the second, when they didn’t, eventually losing 53-34 to visiting Southeast.

The Lakemore Financial Planning and Supervision Commission learned the news that spending through October had reached 91.5 percent of the year's appropriations. At 10 months, the year's budget spending should be at 83 percent. 

The village storm sewer project is wrapping up and Front Street is getting back in shape. Councilman Rick Justice said he was happy with the progress at the Nov. 7 meeting -- just a day before he was elected mayor. “Working around all the old gas lines, water lines and everything was quite a task,” he said.

Bob Dudley has retired after 16 years as a full-time firefighter-paramedic for the  Springfield Township Fire Department. He was honored for his years of service by township trustees at the Oct. 27 meeting. 

The village storm sewer project is wrapping up and Front Street is getting back in shape. Councilman Rick Justice said he was happy with the progress at the Nov. 7 meeting -- just a day before he was elected mayor. “Working around all the old gas lines, water lines and everything was quite a task,” he said.

Deputies were called to investigate a break-in at a business on Town Park Boulevard Oct. 6. A cash box and bank bag containing $1,126.28 in currency and receipts were taken from the office. Three pairs of sunglasses valued at $293 were also reported missing.

Halloween Bike Ride at Firestone Metro Park, 2620 Harrington Rd., Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. Come in costume for this family night ride followed by campfire. Bring your own campfire food and chairs. Helmets and lights required. For more info, call 330-865-8065.

On Sept. 29, deputies responded to a call of two men soliciting door-to-door in the area of Greenfield Drive. An officer located the men a short time later on a nearby street. A computer check revealed one of the men, a 21-year-old from Lawton, Okla., was wanted on a warrant for fraud charges. He was arrested and taken to the Summit County Jail. The other man was released without incident.

Village Administrator, Chad Pryor was terminated at the Oct. 3 Council meeting. Pryor has been on unpaid leave since Sept. 15, pending a police investigation. Authorities would not release information on the investigation or take questions, pending its completion.