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Renovations close youth fishing area in Portage Lakes
PORTAGE LAKES, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division (ODNR) of Wildlife has announced the closure of the youth fishing area in Portage Lakes for renovations. SUBSCRIBE: Get the day's top headlines sent to your inbox each weekday morning with the free 3News to GO! newsletter. They...
Parasson’s Italian Restaurant to close two locations, reopen one
Parasson’s Italian Restaurant is set to consolidate its three locations, reopening the dining room at its Akron location at 959 E. Waterloo Road June 3, while simultaneously closing its Barberton location at 234 Wooster Road and its Stow location at 3983 Darrow Road. The Akron location was chosen to...
Our favorite bites: Beacon Journal food writers rank their Top 10 restaurants
Maybe we go there all the time. Maybe we don’t go there nearly as often as we’d like. Either way, we go. And, boy, do we enjoy. The Beacon Journal’s food writers were asked to name their 10 favorite local restaurants. With all the dining options in Northeast Ohio, it was no easy task, but we rose to the challenge.
Hudson's Hop Tree Brewing the latest casualty in string of local craft brewery closures
Hudson's Hop Tree Brewing has closed, the Akron Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau (ASCVB) said on Facebook Tuesday. Hop Tree also has handwritten "CLOSED" signs on its front doors at 1297 Hudson Gate Drive and is marked by Google as "permanently closed." The account for the business's website, hoptreebrewing.com, has expired, according to...
Area Happenings: Cookout Cruise-In, Swiss Steak dinner, Music on Main and 'Murder at Gatsby Gala'
Community Cookout and Cruise-In Car Show, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Walnut Hills Retirement Community, 4748 Olde Pump St., Walnut Creek. For more information, call Jodi Dean at 330-893-3200, Ext. 1310. "Murder at Gatsby’s Gala," 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Mariola Italian. Tickets are $50. Join the Wayne County Performing Arts Council at its interactive murder mystery....
Highland Square Film Festival celebrates seven years of local moviemakers Saturday
Highland Square will be abuzz with movie lovers Saturday at the neighborhood’s annual film festival. Now in its seventh year, this weekend’s Highland Square Film Festival will showcase 23 films, many of them made by Akron residents. The Highland Square Neighborhood Association started the festival in 2017 as...
Stirling, intimate fine-dining restaurant, set to open in Akron
AKRON, Ohio – David Glenny didn’t rush into a restaurant project. As he served and mixed drinks, he had time to think about what he wanted to do. Glenny founded Bricco in 2003. He had half a dozen Briccos for 15 years and sold them about five years ago.
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Brunswick Optimist Club Fishing Derby rescheduled for May 18
BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- The announcement of a yearlong lake dredging project at North Park late last year put the fate of this year’s Brunswick Optimist Club Fishing Derby –- traditionally held at the North Park lake -- in question. Organizers rallied, however, to relocate the annual event to...
Handel’s churns up limited-time ice cream flavor
Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream has churned up a favor for May − carrot cake. The new flavor joins the high-quality, made-from-scratch options created by founder Alice Handel in 1945. Handel's Homemade Ice Cream has nearby stores at 3107 Lincoln Way E in Perry Township; 7212 Fulton Drive NW...
Stan Hywet Founders’ Day weekend June 7-9
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens will honor the 89th anniversary of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous at its Gate Lodge during Founders’ Day Weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. running from June 7 through June 9 at 714 N. Portage Path in Akron. Each day will include complimentary...
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