Springfield Township will host a “Movie Under The Stars” event on Saturday, Sept. 4.
Summa Barberton Hospital will host free Stop Smoking classes. This series of classes is for people who want to quit smoking and need some support and motivation.
The first football game of the season might as well have been a track meet with pads.
At least it seemed that way for Springfield’s Dillon Matthews and Ellet’s Aaron Male, who combined for 528 offensive yards in the Spartans’ 20-14 win over the neighboring Orangemen Friday. The win gives the Spartans rights of the Shoe—the award for the winner of the Springfield/Ellet rivalry game dating back to 1952—for the second straight year.
With Springfield being 2,359 miles from Hollywood you would not think that two movies would be filmed in the township in the same summer. “25 Hill” was filmed in the area by director Corbin Bernsen with the hope of helping to save the Derby.
While much of Springfield eagerly awaited the start of high school football season, the Lady Spartans golf team got off to a strong and early start, playing four straight days beginning Aug. 16, and adding two more matches last week.
Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan announced today that Gary Mallicoat, 29, of Akron, was sentenced to 26-and-a-half years in prison on August 18, 2010, after pleading guilty on July 8, 2010 to 11 counts of Aggravated Arson, two counts of Burglary and four counts of Arson. Eighteen months of the sentence was for a Domestic Violence conviction.
On Aug. 8 the Akron Springfield Church of the Brethren held a Back to School Blast for students of Roosevelt Elementary School in Springfield Township.
This was the first of its kind event for the church members and Pastor Andrew Hamilton, “Pastor Andy” said it was a fun experience for everyone.
Whether you believed it at the time or not, Kevin Vaughn said last year “was a new season with new opportunities.”
Those opportunities seemed closer to Springfield setting a new state mark for consecutive losses. Now, they seem endless.
If you think the life of a movie star, producer or director is glamorous, think again.
The board of education announced Aug. 10 the school received an “A” rating at the bond meeting in Chicago.
Portage Lakes Career Center will hold a special Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House in celebration of completion of the Health Technology Wing expansion project on Sunday, Aug. 22 from 2-4 p.m. In addition to the Open House celebration, a Community Health Fair will also be a part of the afternoon’s activities.
After being a touchdown threat for the Spartans this past season, Joey O'Neill earned a chance to play for Division II California University of Pennsylvania.
A two-way starter at wide receiver and defensive back, the Vulcans approached Joey's father, Joseph about coming to play wide out for them.
The resuming of classes is a reminder that the opening of a new Springfield High School is just a few years down the road after voters in the district approved a bond levy last spring.
Alan Brubaker, P.E., P.S., Summit County Engineer, would like to alert residents and motorists of a temporary East Waterloo Road closure between State Route 224 and Portage Line Road in Springfield Township as part of the Waterloo Road resurfacing project. This will be a one day closure starting on Thursday, Aug. 12, beginning at 7a m.
The anticipated repaving of Massillon Road (SR 241) will begin this week within the City of Green. Starting as early as tomorrow, crews will begin milling from the northern City limits to Graybill Road. Once this work is complete, the contractor will begin at Green's southern corporate boundary and work north to Koons Road. Finally, crews will work on the section of Massillon Road from Stake Drive to Wise Road.
The Berma Shave signs dot the roadside. Those signs of the times mean only one thing - it's time for that hometown favorite festival, the Uniontown Lions Festival.
Summit County Fiscal Officer John A. Donofrio has announced his office is introducing an outreach program to help identify and verify abandoned properties throughout Summit County.
It’s just one very good – and truly unique – story right after the other with the Manchester High School football program.
When Vince Mealy stepped on the field of Springfield High School's Vince Griffin Stadium July 9, it was his first time entering a football game for the Spartans.
Mealy, who graduated from Springfield in 1980, played baseball for the Spartans for three years, but never got the chance at football.
