At their August meeting the Green Board of Education approved funding for new security vestibules for the high school  and middle school. They also approved the hiring of two new assistant principals at the high school.

Mercy Medical Center personnel and local officials gathered to ceremonial break ground on what they call their field of dreams, a 55,000 square foot facility in the heart of Jackson Township.

During the month of September, Chili's will be participating in its annual fundraiser for St. Jude Hospital. Chili's hopes to raise $50 million over the next five years for St. Jude. The Chili's in Belden Village has a goal of over $30,000 for St. Jude this year. They will be having a silent auction and raffle drawings at the restaurant. On Sept. 14, they will be holding their 5th annual Chili's/St. Jude Golf classic.

Residents will soon have one less construction zone to drive through as the Massillon Road sanitary project should be complete within the next month.

GREEN  With assistant principals Cindy Brown taking over the reins as Green High principal and Kevin Finefrock moving to principal of Kleckner Elementary, two assistant principal positions needed to be filled at Green High. Veteran Green High social studies teacher Eric Muzi and Bill Bridenthal, former assistant principal at Indian River High School, part of the Indian River Correctional Facility, in Massillon, were selected to fill the positions.

LAKE  Concerns for safety and the recommendation of township insurance companies, the superintendent of the road department and the trustees prompted the authorization of removal of playground equipment at the Lake Township Park.

At the Green City Council meeting Aug. 24 Councilman Dave France discussed the repaving project for Massillon Road. The milling portion of the project is underway. The repaving phase of the project is expected to start in the next two to three weeks.

Portage Lakes Career Center held their ribbon cutting for the new health wing addition last Sunday, Aug. 22.

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.

Empty plates filled the room. There was no food. There were no people. The only item placed on each plate was a name and an age of when they had died. All of the individuals had passed away in Stark country from automobile accidents in the last 10 years. The Stark County Safe Communities and the OVI Task Force held what is called an Empty Plate Dinner, Over the Limit, Under Arrest Campaign on August 19, at Executive Catering in Perry Township.

Mom, teacher, mentor, friend, volunteer and mame. These are some of the titles Marilyn Jones has picked up over the years.

The Jackson Township Police Department and the Stark County Coroner’s Office are investigating a traffic crash that occurred in the 4600 block of State Route 214 in Jackson Township.

The Jackson Township Police Department responded to the Magnuson Hotel, located at 4914 Everhard Rd. NW at 4:46 a.m. Aug. 23.

When it comes to expectations, the Jackson Girls golf team has expectations as high as anyone going into their season, Last year's team finished 5th in the State, and are looking to capitalize on last year's successful.

For the Jackson boys soccer program, they don't look to rebuild, they will look to reload, with eight players returning with significant experience from last year's team that finished with a 19-2 record and made a impressive run in the playoffs.

A few weeks into the season, and the Jackson Polar Bears boys golf team will look to continue their run as one of the better teams in the Federal League.

Fluctuating fuel prices and electric demand caused two Jackson Township departments to dip into discretionary funds to pay increased costs.

Failed septic drains, fire trucks and a few fireworks made up the format of the City of New Franklin Council Meeting Aug. 18. A handful of residents started and ended the meeting by discussing drainage issues that have resulted in stagnant water in yards around Sturgeon Drive.

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce and Ohio Department of Veterans Services Director Bill Hartnett today launched the Ohio Veterans Bonus program in Columbus.