Barberton News

The Barberton Area Jaycees proudly present the 57th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival held Friday - Sunday, May 17 - 19, 2013 in Downtown Barberton at Lake Anna Park brought to you in part by the Barberton Herald.

Norton City Council President Don Nicolard said he is prepared to make another trip to Columbus to express discontent with legislation that would take more money out of the city's budget, he said at Council's May 13 meeting.

The Akron Rotary Camp for Children with Special Needs is in the midst of a major $3.5 million makeover.

At 3:30 p.m. May 17, the Summit County Sheriff's Office arrested Richard W. Remmy Jr in connection to the robbery of the PNC Bank located at 3379 Manchester Road in Coventry Township.

Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said Judge Amy Corrigall-Jones sentenced Ricky D. Boykins, 33, of Akron, to 10 years in prison.

A day filled with fun, family-oriented activities is in store when you venture to the 57th annual Cherry Blossom Festival being held at Lake Anna Park in Barberton, Ohio on Friday, May 17, Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19.

May 6 was the Summit County Board of Elections' filing deadline for Independent or nonpartisan candidates for races in Barberton and Stow municipal courts.

Patti Cleary, superintendent of Barberton Schools, celebrates the news that according to a levy committee canvass, the Barberton school levy passed on Tuesday.

BARBERTON: A $3 million, 8.45-mill levy passed for Barberton City School District Tuesday night as residents voted in favor of Issue 3 by 54 percent of the vote.

More than 300 students will be recognized as graduates of South Arkansas Community College on May 10 during Spring Commencement at the El Dorado Conference Center.

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Friday, April 26 7:24 p.m. - 100 block Mills St., William Sloan, 33, 335 Oak St., Wadsworth, charged with disorderly conduct with persistence.

From 8 a.m. Friday until early Monday morning, sheriff's deputies and a Barberton police K-9 were busy busting meth labs across Summit County, according to the Summit County Sheriff.

For Rita Patrick, 86, a resident of Doylestown Health Care Center, it would include polka music, polka dancing, Barberton chicken, Hungarian and Slovenian sausage from Al's Quality Meats, some cupcakes and, of course, family and friends.

Abdul AlGhamdi, from Saudi Arabia, serves a sample of Saudi coffee, a blend of lightly roasted coffee beans and cardamom, to C.J. Stumpf, during a roundtable with International students from the University of Akron and two social studies classes at Barberton High School on Friday.

David E. Geiger, 51, of Media, a longtime newspaper advertising executive who spent several years at The Inquirer, died Friday, April 19, of a liver ailment brought on by an herbal supplement.

Township trustees at the April 17 meeting approved a $57,550 contract with Bennett Construction for asbestos removal and demolition of seven structures in the township.

After failing twice to pass a 5.99-mill levy and bond issue, Coventry Local School District is asking voters a third time to approve this issue.

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BARBERTON: Lake 8 Movie Theater in downtown Barberton will reopen Friday under the leadership of Neighborhood Development Services and operator Great Oaks Cinema of Wadsworth.