Aurora News

In an attempt to bring the salaries of the mayor and Aurora City Council more in line with neighboring communities, the city's finance committee has recommended that all those positions be increased by 2.5 percent a year from 2016 to 2019.

A group of Solon Star swimmers from Chagrin Falls, Solon, Bainbridge and Aurora will attend the "Swim Fort Lauderdale International Classic" meet June 20-23, which attracts top swimmers from all over the U.S. and abroad.

Showing their support for the Justice for Aliza awareness campaign were this group of family and friends.

The Portage County Safe Communities coalition will host the annual "Click it or Ticket" kick off at Aurora Farms Premium Outlets on South Chillicothe Road/S.R. 43 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Rotek Inc. in Aurora notified all of its striking union employees Friday that the company will begin searching for permanent replacements if those on strike do not return to work by the end of the day Wednesday.

The Solon, Aurora and Twinsburg Chambers of Commerce will present the 6th annual 3Chamber Business to Business Show from 4-7 p.m. May 16 at Signature of Solon, 39000 Signature Drive.

Aurora, OH: Category 7/Class F cables feature even more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise than CAT6, and is designed specifically for Gigabit Ethernet applications .

In the event of an emergency that requires more service equipment and manpower than the city has, Tallmadge will be better able to find help now that it has joined a group of other Summit and Portage county communities.

Giant Eagle Market District will host a job fair Saturday at the Solon Community to fill as many as 450 jobs at the new store in Solon.

The 'Blue House' at 1019 North Summit St. is adjacent to Aurora House in Toledo's Vistula Historic District, a neighborhood in the National Register of Historic Places.

Theft from car: A Robinhood Drive resident reported April 29 someone entered his vehicle overnight and took about $58 in cash and coins.

They had owned a dark cherry oak piano for 40 years and taken it with them to California and back, but when longtime Aurora residents Kumar Kunchal and his wife Morag recently moved to Florida, they reluctantly had to leave the instrument behind.

The Aurora Library will celebrate Children's Book Week May 13-19. Anyone who checks out three children's books during that week will be eligible to enter a prize drawing for the award-winning picture book "This is Not My Hat" by Jon Klassen.

At its April 23 meeting, the landmark commission discussed suggestions for possible revisions to the city's sign code.

A Dayton woman who was part of a failed theft from Aurora Farms Premium Outlets in June 2012 recently was sentenced to three weeks in the Portage County Jail, placed on probation and fined.

EDITOR For several years, the Aurora Fire Department has received voter-approved tax revenue to enhance its operations.

Portage County voters did something they haven't done since President Eisenhower was in the White House: They passed a levy for additional funding for the Portage County Health Department.

"The officers of the PCTEA are making these recommendation for the May 7 primary instead of our executive director who could have a conflict of interest due to his having a family member that works for the Kent City Schools.

The Dream Factory of Northeast Ohio is selling baskets of annuals to celebrate Mother's Day.

Aurora Community Theatre. 115 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora. Seeking eight principles and five to seven ensemble members ages 19 and up for Jonathan Larson's "Rent." 6-10 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 7-8 by appointment.