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Kent, OH In celebration of National Comic Day, Main Street Kent has designated Saturday, May 3rd, as "Super Saturday" in downtown Kent.

Fox's long-running singing competition American Idol is slowly drawing to its annually anticlimactic conclusion .

The Portage Trail Walkers will hike at 9 a.m. Saturday at the South Chagrin Reservation.

The Kent American Legion Post 496 held its 7th annual Law & Order recognition ceremony Saturday at the Legion hall, and several people were recognized for their outstanding dedication to their departments and to the community.

Making connections between existing disparate trails is a big part of Portage Parks District Executive Director Christine Craycroft's vision for the northwest portion of Portage County, including Aurora, Streetsboro and Kent.

The green flash that you see out of the corner of your eye on the Kent State University campus is not an alien pod or an insect on steroids.

When William Dormaier joined the Army in 1943, he was 35 years old and just married.

Trinity Lutheran Church will host a spaghetti dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday.

Kindergarten "Registration Night" will be held at 7:00 p.m. April 30 at Davey, Holden, Longcoy, and Walls Elementary Schools.

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Applications are now available for an open position on the Kent Board of Education.

The 67th annual show will take place April 26 at 7:30 p.m. and April 27 at 2 p.m. at the Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium, 2300 Fourth St., with the theme "Harmony for All Seasons."

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A baby shower organized by a Kent State University vice president was to have been held in the university library, on the right, but has now been moved off campus.

Kelley Ribs will offer ribs and chicken for sale Friday and Saturday at Kent Floral Co., 1109 S. Water St. in Kent.

Work started Wednesday on projects in the Kent, Streetsboro and Ravenna area that resulted in various lane restrictions for road resurfacing.

Starting today Route 43 between the northern Kent corporation limit and the southern Streetsboro corporation limit will have various lane restrictions for roadway resurfacing.

Rootstown resident and Kent therapist Stacy Simera was named 2014 Social Worker of the Year by region 2 of the Ohio chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

GATEWAY NEWS EDITOR Making connections between existing trails is a big part of Portage Park District Executive Director Christine Craycroft's vision for the northwest portion of Portage County, including Aurora, Streetsboro and Kent.

But for those inside, Kent's Portage County Municipal Court is a safer, brighter, tidier and more efficient place to work.