Orrville
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5 Best Restaurants in Canton, Ohio You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them
Canton, Ohio — a city where the echoes of industry mingle with the laughter of families on porch swings, where the spires of old churches rise above brick streets, and where every block hums with the stories of those who built, dreamed, and stayed. Here, the city’s heart beats in the rhythm of Friday night football, the sizzle of sausage at the Italian Fest, and the hush of snow falling on the Hall of Fame. Canton is a crossroads — of old-timers and newcomers, of artists and laborers, of families who’ve called it home for generations and those just arriving, hungry for possibility.
Akron Beacon Journal
1890s Akron building will be torn down. What was it? | Local history
It won’t be long now. The brick facade is collapsing and the milled wood is rotting. Vandals have smashed out the windows and tagged the walls with graffiti. Demolition will begin soon on the derelict building at 198 Cuyahoga St. in the Cascade Valley of Akron. In 2023, city officials condemned the 19th century structure as a public hazard and awarded a contract Oct. 19 to Butcher & Son Excavating to tear it down. Bricks could fly any day now. The blue-and-gray building — an unusual paint scheme from recent decades — has a distinctive three-arch front that hints at past grandeur. What was this place? Over the past 130 years, it had two priorities: sales and souls. It began as Ewald’s Grocery “Fred Ewald is preparing to erect a new grocery store on Cuyahoga Street,” the Beacon Journal reported March 24, 1898. The German immigrant had come to Akron to work at the Cascade Mills of fellow countryman Ferdinand Schumacher. Little did Ewald know it would lead to wedding bells. He met Otillie Schumacher, a niece of the oatmeal king, and the two got married in 1881. The newlyweds moved into a house that her uncle had built on
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Cleveland Boomers Are Moving Under An Hour Away To One Of America's Most Affordable Cities For Retirees
Cleveland rocks, but not necessarily for retirees. Major cities can be a challenge to retire in for a number of reasons, and so many of Cleveland's seniors have felt an uncontrollable urge to move to smaller cities and towns in their golden years. They're not always looking far, though. One of the most popular places to retire to from Cleveland is another more affordable Ohio city just 40 miles away: Akron, the Rubber Capital of the World.
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Bath Township Surgery Center Ranked Ohio’s Best for Second Straight Year
BATH TOWNSHIP — The Surgery Center at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Health and Wellness has been ranked Ohio’s best ambulatory surgery center by Newsweek, the second consecutive year the Bath Township center has taken the top spot in the state, the Akron Beacon Journal reported Nov. 12. Ambulatory surgery centers are where a growing share […]
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Construction at Dr. Bob’s House highlights Akron’s 12-step legacy
It all began with a meeting in Akron in 1935 between two men struggling with alcoholism. Bill Wilson, a New York businessman, met with Dr. Robert Smith, an Akron surgeon known as Dr. Bob, at 855 Ardmore Ave. in Highland Square. Their conversation helped lay the foundation for Alcoholics Anonymous,...
Medina County Gazette
Medina ribbon cuttings celebrate four business openings
MEDINA — Four Medina businesses held ribbon-cuttings Friday to mark the opening of three shops and a gym’s new location. The city, Main Street Medina, and the Medina Chamber of Commerce organized ribbon-cuttings for EarthWise Pet, Hive Strength Co., Thrifty Miss and Curve Collective. Mayor Jim Shields congratulated the business owners and presented city proclamations. State Rep. Sean Hutson also attended and presented proclamations on behalf of the Ohio House of Representatives.
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Historic Akron Soap Company building converted into 53 new apartments
An 1893 soap factory that later made cereal and paint, and an attached 1919 warehouse, have been transformed into 53 apartments close to downtown Akron. The $14 million soap factory project represents the first time that Oriana House, a community corrections and behavioral health agency, has moved into market-rate housing. The decision to do so came after the group acquired the old factory at 243 Furnace St., about a half mile northeast of Luigi’s and less than a mile from downtown.
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Nightly Closures Hit Akron’s Central Interchange Starting Monday for Bridge Work
Nightly closures at Akron’s Central Interchange start Monday, Nov. 16, as crews install an Interstate 77 pedestrian bridge, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced in a news release reported by the Akron Beacon Journal. The closures run in three phases through Saturday morning, Nov. 21, each with a signed detour, ODOT said. In the first […]
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Summit County Lands $2 Million Federal Grant to Upgrade 36 Akron-Area Signals
Summit County will upgrade traffic signals at 36 intersections on the corridor between North Revere Road and downtown Akron with a $2 million federal street-safety grant, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes that the Akron Beacon Journal reported on Friday. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the money […]
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Akron Schools Spokeswoman Sues District in Federal Court, Alleging Bias
Akron Public Schools’ own spokesperson is suing the district in federal court. Stacey Hodoh, the district’s director of strategic communication, media, community relations and outreach since 2024, filed a lawsuit Nov. 12 in U.S. District Court alleging discrimination and retaliation, and she is also suing Superintendent Mary Outley for retaliation and defamation, according to the […]