By BOB MOREHEAD Gazette Staff Writer BARBERTON  The city’s long-awaited skateboard park got a step closer July 17. In the committee work session that night, city council advanced legislation hiring Fabrizi Trucking and Paving for this year’s sidewalk program. In addition to walkways on nearly all First Street NE as well as stretches of Ford…

PHOTO BY BOB MOREHEAD John Cominsky presents a $5,000 check to Barberton Community Ministries director Dorothy Sommerville, attended by BACM board member Dave Stephens, Cominsky’s wife, Brittany, and their 1-year-old daughter, Emersyn. By BOB MOREHEAD Gazette Staff Writer A kid who left home to make good came home again to do good. Detroit Lions defensive…

By BOB MOREHEAD Gazette staff writer BARBERTON  An argument at a Snyder Avenue house July 15 culminated in a fire and an arrest. Around 11:30 a.m., a passerby called 911 about a house fire at the address. The first Barberton Fire Department unit on scene quickly realized the blaze was outside and canceled other units,…

The price of The Barberton Gazette will be $1 per issue – still less than a cup of coffee! Residents in the 44203 zip code can enjoy home delivery for $52 per year. Online subscriptions will be $26 per year (.50* per week) We will have more information in the coming weeks about how to…

(picture: David Immler delivering newspapers in 1945 on Brookside Court, Norton, OH.) Every town needs a newspaper. Everyone has a story to tell. A couple of entrepreneurs who grew up here return to their old stomping grounds of Barberton and Norton and they’re embarking on a project that’s unique for the 21st century: they’re opening a…