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• Portage police agencies looking at combing dispatch services
  

  The city is pondering whether to merge with five dispatch centers in Portage County as a way to share resources and save money.

  
  
  
• Kent Elastomer Wraps Up Its First United Way Campaign
  

  Kent Elastomer Products Inc. recently wrapped up its inaugural United Way campaign, raising more than $4,900 between its Kent headquarters and its facilities in Mogadore and Winesburg, Ohio.

  
  
  
• Two Dogs Died Monday in Cherry Street House Fire
  

  Two dogs perished in a house fire late Monday evening at 327 Cherry St. in Kent, but no humans were injured in the $75,000 blaze.

  
  
  
• Car flips, causes traffic tie-up in Kent
  

  No one was injured, but traffic on S.R. 43 was backed up from River Bend Boulevard in Kent to Ravenna Road in Franklin Township just before 3 p.m. Monday after a car rolled over just north of Theodore Roosevelt High School.

  
  
  
• AMATS Wants More Public Input on Regional Bike Plan
  

  The Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study is still seeking public feedback on its proposed plan for improving the area's bicycle trail network.

  
  
  
• Man who grew marijuana near Roosevelt High in Kent pleads guilty
  

  Record-Courier Staff Report A Kent man caught growing more than 200 marijuana plants in April 2011 at a house not far from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Kent has pleaded guilty to felony marijuana possession.

  
  
  
• Kent, Streetsboro, Ravenna eye joint move to pave way for savings
  

  By Thomas Gallick | Staff Writer Officials in Kent, Ravenna and Streetsboro hope plans to bring an asphalt recycler to the county stick.

  
  
  
• Winter wines and cabs are on tap for sampling
  

  Winter wine tasting. Riverside Wines, 911 N. Mantua St., Kent, hosts a wine tasting from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

  
  
  
• 'Town Meeting' on Fracking Set For Tonight at Kent Church
  

  A "town meeting" to discuss hydraulic fracturing and what citizens of Kent can do to protect their city will be held at 7:30 tonight at Kent United Church of Christ .

  
  
  
• Retired Principal is Newest City Council Member
  

  Retired Theodore Roosevelt High School Principal Roger Sidoti has a new public role: Kent City Council member.

  
  
  
• Progress at The Province
  

  Construction is moving quickly on the new " The Province at Kent " student living community that is rising along South Lincoln Street near the Kent State University campus.

  
  
  
• Drug Task Force, police raid businesses in Streetsboro, Kent
  

  Courtesy of the Portage County Sheriff's Office; Sheriff David Doak and Streetsboro Police Chief Roy Mosley at Twilight Boutique in Streetsboro Feb.

  
  
  
• 16 Kentites Vying for Open Seat on City Council
  

  Kent City Council has a field of 16 applicants from which to choose a successor for the at-large council seat vacated by Erik Valenta.

  
  
  
• Lisa Abraham: Lots of folks take up my Don't Waste Food Challenge
  

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• Kent company gets Washington's attention
  

  A manufacturing plant in Portage County has captured the attention of Washington.

  
  
  
• Free Tax Preparation Service Offered at Kent State
  

  Kent State University volunteers are reaching out to the community by providing a free tax service for low- to moderate-income taxpayers.

  
  
  
• Stow bank manager indicted
  

  A former Charter One Bank branch manager in Stow has been indicted on charges that she stole more than $55,000 from the financial institution.

  
  
  
• Ice Carvers Weather Raging Snowstorm For Their Art
  

  Remember the intensity of Saturday afternoon's snowstorm? Members of the Kent State University and The University of Akron ice carving clubs sure do.

  
  
  
• 10-Year Declining Crime Trend Continues in Kent
  

  A decrease in the crime index and an increase in the Kent Police Department 's clearance rate "reflect a successful year in law enforcement," Chief Michelle Lee said of facts and figures laid out in the department's 2011 Annual Report.

  
  
  
• Kent murder conviction overturned
  

  Staff Writer The murder conviction of a University of Akron student found guilty of beating a 23-year-old Kent State University student to death during a fight in Kent in November 2009 has been overturned by the 11th District Court of Appeals in Warren.