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.
In last week's article, "Portage Lakes Career Center cuts ribbon on new wing," it was said that Dr. Kevin Lonsdorf os Suburban South Practice was retired. That is incorrect. He is still practicing, only his wife is retired from PLCC. We apologize for the mistake.
Walk & Roll, the first Subway Challenge Series "walking only" race will be held at the Walsh University track on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. The 3-mile course will use the track and the Stark Parks Hoover Park Connector Trail. There will also be an untimed "fun walk" of any length.
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.
Night Paving of Massillon Road to Begin Sunday Massillon Road from SR 619 to Graybill will be paved at night.
Making a difference in home health care and building trust with clients is what Wendy Palcheff, RN, BSN, hopes sets her new business apart from other home health care companies. Palcheff and her husband Andrew Palcheff, moved to Lake Township five years ago and opened their new business in Jackson Township in May of this year. To celebrate the opening, they held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 4 with the Jackson-Belden Chamber of Commerce members, family and employees.
This is the fourth straight year that employment has been named as the most important problem and the numbers have steadily increased over those years. In 2007, the percentage of people that named employment issues as the most important problem was 20.8 perent. Other important issues, identified by survey respondents include, in order of importance, tax and money issues such as taxes are too high (18 percent) and crime and safety concerns such as too much crime (8.3 perent).
In keeping with the real estate franchise’s core values, the Keller Williams Chervenic Realty Market Center offices in Green, at 3333 Massillon Rd and Stow, at 3589 Darrow Rd will each be holding a yard sale on Thursday, Aug. 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 100 percent of all money collected will be donated to Keller Williams (KW) Cares. KW Cares charity provides need based grants to KW associates and their immediate families in times of extreme hardship.
Kustard Korner on Fulton Road in Plain Township has been serving ice cream novelties for more than 35 years. This past year, the ice cream stand became the answer to its new owners' long time dream.
Tony and Theresa Walden, the owners of Walden's Barbershop, are pleased to welcome barber Lori Kinsley to their 1476 Edison St. barber shop.
Grant will provide more than 200,000 Ohioans with computer training and encourage broadband use.
In fact, according to Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D, Professor of Psychology at Temple University, and co-author of ‘Einstein Didn’t Use Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn And Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less and A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool, “The workforce of 2040 is in our preschools today and we must ensure that, as a nation, we are well-equipped to thrive in our global economy.”
Average retail gasoline prices in Akron have fallen 9.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.60/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.75/g, according to gasoline price website AkronGasPrices.com.
The board of education announced Aug. 10 the school received an “A” rating at the bond meeting in Chicago.
The Hartville Tool Exchange is pleased to announce the official opening of their business. On Friday, Aug. 13 at 12 p.m. there will be an open house with lunch served. The Lake Township Chamber of Commerce will be holding a ribbon cutting prior to lunch being served that day.
Once Upon A Child of Jackson Township, located at 4641 Dressler Road NW, has gone gold! The local gently-used children’s reseller was recognized for achieving a "Gold Standard" measurement.
