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• Historical clothing collection a window to past
  

  For three days last week, Jean Druesedow sifted and sorted through gowns, garments and other items in the Wayne County Historical Museum's clothing and textile collection.

  
  
  
• Parking at Proposed Dunkin' Donuts Big Concern for Zoning Board, Neighbor
  

  A proposed, two-story Dunkin' Donuts is one step closer to opening on the site of a former gas station across from the Kent State University front campus.

  
  
  
• Kent gets $1 Million for AMETEK Site Remediation
  

  Kent will get a little more than $1 million in Clean Ohio money to clean up the AMETEK site on Lake Street after the firm finishes its relocation downtown .

  
  
  
• Building Permits: Skullz Awning; Jimmy John's Move
  

  The relocation of Jimmy John's to the former Spin-More Records space in the Kent Stage has approval from Kent's building department.

  
  
  
• DATA: Number of Parking Tickets Up Slightly
  

  More little yellow envelopes are being stuffed under car wiper blades in Kent this year compared with last year.

  
  
  
• Ritchie's 5K to honor memory of locals
  

  While the 19th annual Running Ritchies Tallmadge Memorial 5K will be the same race as in years past, this year's event will help participants honor the memory of two locals for the first time.

  
  
  
• Plum Creek shines at Cuyahoga River Day events in Kent
  

  By Britni Williams | Staff Writer Residents and environmentalists came together Saturday to celebrate the Cuyahoga River and showcase the restoration of the Plum Creek area during Kent's Cuyahoga River Day.

  
  
  
• Best Patio in Kent at Water Street Tavern
  

  Kent Patch readers have spoken, and their favorite outdoor patio in Kent is at Water Street Tavern.

  
  
  
• Snapshot: Color Returns to Adop-A-Spots Downtown
  

  It's planting season for the Adopt-A-Spot flower beds sprinkled throughout downtown Kent.

  
  
  
• River Day Means Dedication for Plum Creek Work
  

  Friends of the Crooked River and Co-sponsor Appalachian Outfitters are organizing the line-up of events for the 22nd Annual RiverDay to be held Saturday across northeast Ohio.A A River Day aims to raise awareness among everyday citizens concerning the importance of the role that a "free-flowing" Cuyahoga River plays in their everyday lives and to ... (more)

  
  
  
• Naked Woman 'Dangerous to Self, Others' Takes Police Departments on Chase to Bedford
  

  A Kent woman took police officers from Stow, Kent and Macedonia on a chase after police say she threatened to harm her child and another relative.

  
  
  
• Kent State Profs Bike to Work for Bike Month
  

  Kent State University College of Nursing professors Peggy Doheny, Ph.D., and Ann Jacobson, Ph.D., will ride their bicycles to work on Friday, May 18, to mark National Bike to Work Day.

  
  
  
• Student housing eyed for 20 acres near Dix Stadium
  

  A North Carolina developer has applied for zoning changes for a 20-acre tract of land in Franklin Township in order to build a new student apartment complex across from Dix Stadium east of the Kent State University campus.

  
  
  
• Entertainment District Goes to Columbus for Approval
  

  All that's left now is for officials in Columbus to give it the OK and downtown Kent will get a new entertainment district - complete with four new liquor permits.

  
  
  
• Pick the Best Patio in Kent: Reader's Choice
  

  This week you get to vote on the best patio in Kent, and we've got a few great options to choose from.

  
  
  
• Kent Fairmount development is honored as project of the year
  

  Record-Courier Staff Report Fairmount Properties' College Town Kent project, a $30 million public-private development, was awarded Mixed-use Project of the Year by the Northern Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties at their recent Annual Awards of Excellence.

  
  
  
• Summer is Construction Season at Kent State
  

  Each summer construction ramps up at Kent State University 's eight campuses. The projects are more often than not inconspicuous, but this year Kent State will get a facelift to reconstruct its entrances on two sides of the main campus.

  
  
  
• Wanted: Bird Bloggers in Kent
  

  Seriously, my favorite radio station is any public radio station and I often pester the editors with re-enactments of the stories I hear.A So when WCPN featured The Cleveland Natural History Museum's Harvey Webster A in a show all about birding I was inspired to reach out to you directly.A In the program, Webster mentioned the Audubon Society 's ... (more)

  
  
  
• Burbick: 'Acorn Corner' Fully Occupied
  

  An independent book store was the last tenant to be revealed Tuesday as part of the Franklin Hotel restoration in downtown Kent.

  
  
  
• S.R. 43 in Kent continues traffic woes
  

  Commuters headed southbound into Kent via North Mantua Street should expect a little extra congestion, and a traffic ticket if they turn left onto the Fairchild Avenue Bridge, throughout the summer construction season.