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• 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.
  
  
• Six Roosevelt Students Participate in Filming of PBS Show
  ... Chesser and Connor Thomas were part of the studio audience. Hudson High School student Maddie Medkeff - who comes to Kent every school day to participate in Roosevelt's marketing class - was one of seven attendees chosen to participate in the ...
  
  
• Del Fuegos bring their reunion tour to Northeast Ohio for two shows
  ... , 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland (in ballroom). Tickets: $20. Call 216-383-1124. When: 8 p.m. Friday, March 2. Where: Kent Stage , 175 E. Main St., Kent. Tickets: $20.50. Call 330-677-5005. "For me, it was all about wanting my sons to check it out," ...
  
  
• Portage police agencies looking at combing dispatch services
  ... save money. City Council initially considered Feb. 13 legislation that, if passed, would allow the city to group with Kent State University, Portage County Sheriff's Department and the cities of Streetsboro, Ravenna and Kent and apply for a grant ...
  
  
• Kenneth J. Henry of Kent, Ohio
  Kenneth James Henry, 88, of Kent, Ohio, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Mr. Henry was a longtime resident of Hempfield Township, where he was a member of the building committee at Harrold Zion Lutheran Church and performed in numerous church cantatas.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Colonial Machine Co. Celebrating 65 Successful Years in Kent
  Colonial Machine Co. in Kent is celebrating 65 years of growth and change, starting with a humble basement machine shop on North Water Street that evolved into today's 30,000-square-foot high-tech manufacturing facility at the corner of Mogadore Road and Cherry Street.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• VIDEO: Kent house hits the road
  Inch by inch, a 110-year-old Kent home was moved from 128 S. Willow St. to a temporary spot across the street Monday.
  
  
• Frederick faces challenge from Battaglia in Portage Dem primary
  ... outside agencies when money has been lean in recent years. She resisted building a new county municipal courthouse in Kent until she made up her own mind that it was needed and that the change would not adversely affect businesses in the area. She ...
  
  
• Millions now manage aging parents' care from afar
  ... Those questions would be hard enough if Bryner's aging parent lived across town in Portland, Ore., but she is in Kent, Ohio. The stress of caregiving seems magnified by each of the more than 2,000 miles that separate them. "I feel like I'm being ...
  
  
• AMATS Wants More Public Input on Regional Bike Plan
  ... the area's bicycle trail network. Krista Beniston, AMATS planning coordinator, conducted public meetings last week in Kent and Hudson to gather input and comments on the agency's draft Regional Bike Plan and to promote the upcoming debut of the ...
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Krainess advances to district tournament
  ... a two-game total of 641 to advance to district play, which is scheduled to take place Feb. 25 at Twin Star Lanes in Kent. Krainess was one of the of the top four kids not on qualifying teams to advance. By Posting to this site, you agree to our ...
  
  
• Basketball for Kent's Beckett
  Kent Patrolman Dave Marino, at top, and Lt. Craig Peeps of the Kent Fire Department, above, warm up for the "Hoops with Heroes" fundraiser at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Kent on Saturday
  
  
• AlphaMicron, Inc. Launches the E-TintA AX-10 LCD Motorcycle Visor Inserts
  ... info, please visit our News & Press page online. ABOUT ALPHAMICRON AlphaMicron Inc. is a high tech company located in Kent, Ohio, specializing in research, development, and production of multiple liquid crystal applications for the military and ...
  
  
• Kent House With a History is Ready to Roll
  Kent State University will preserve one of the oldest houses along the new University Esplanade extension by literally moving it several lots south of its current location at 128 S. Willow St., at the corner of Erie Street.
  
  
• AlphaMicron, Inc. Launches the E-Tint AX-10 LCD Motorcycle Visor Inserts
  ... info, please visit our News & Press page online . ABOUT ALPHAMICRON AlphaMicron Inc. is a high tech company located in Kent, Ohio, specializing in research, development, and production of multiple liquid crystal applications for the military and ...
  
  
• Poetry: Another Type of Conversation
  ... reads an opening poem. Other than that, each night has a life of its own. This long-running event began in 1984 at Kent's legendary Brady's Cafe (a place of "anarchists and angels. You'd find anyone in there," Ragain said) where 100 people turned ...