Portage Lakes News

Chocolate, wine tastings, live music and children's activities await visitors to the inaugural Taste of Green Festival May 25-27 along Town Park Boulevard and at the Green High School Memorial Stadium.

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Parents of students in Coventry Local Schools are being credited for giving Issue No.

A file photo of a double-crested cormorant flies away from her nest on an island in the West Reservoir in the Portage Lakes.

Green city officials announced more than 30 lane miles will be repaved in Green this construction season.

Officials gathered April 24 for a drill on closing the Iron Channel gate separating the East Reservoir and West Reservoir near Edge Park.

The 64th class of practical nursing students at the Portage Lakes Career Center recently held a luncheon in honor of Mary Ann Cosgarea, licensed practical nurse program coordinator, who is retiring after 26 years of overseeing the program.

The historic Glendale Steps were treated to a spring cleanup April 27 by volunteers with the Preservation Alliance of Greater Akron.

There is little question that largemouth bass fishing is a major sport in Ohio. Thousands of anglers seek these green and white fighters and spend plenty of money and time on everything from bass boats to fish locators.

Apparently my information regarding the threat of closing the Portage Lakes Fitness Center was incorrect, specifically the cash flow progression, although the basic premise remains the same ["Plans for Portage Lakes Fitness Center questioned," April 18, 2013]. The Coventry Local School District directly receives all the revenue from the Portage ... (more)

On April 20, residents of Lake Shore Highlands in Coventry collected more than 92 bags of leaves from roadside ditches in their neighborhood.

Volunteers braved wind and light snow April 20 to clean up and beautify areas around Nimisila Reservoir during the 19th annual effort organized by the Portage Lakes Advisory Council.

On April 11, Coventry Local Schools officials held a third community meeting to inform voters about a combined 5.99-mill levy and bond issue appearing on the May 7 Primary/Special Election ballot.

The Green Friends of the Library commissioned "A Celebration of Life," a mixed media wall sculpture and painting by Green artist Abbigail Schermesser, a memorial to former Green Branch student assistant Laura Easterday.

I would like to add my thoughts to the ongoing controversy re: the latest attempt by the Coventry Schools Board [of Education] to pass yet another tax onto the already overburdened, taxed-out citizens of Coventry Township.