Area News
Cominsky youth football camp ‘here to stay’
PHOTOS BY RANDY FORST Retired NFL player John Cominsky runs a youth football camp each summer with Coach Tony Gotto, his staff and players. By RANDY FORST BGNN sports editor Barberton athletics has long been blessed with alumni who return to the community to contribute to the Magic youth. Coaches Tony Gotto, Ken Rector, Jack…
Read MoreFamily brings Magic City to 95-year-old’s birthday
PHOTOS PROVIDED A younger Donald Bowers, who grew up in Barberton. PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA McCUNE | BGNN Donald Bowers is surrounded by family members and friends who celebrated his 95th birthday with a Barberton-themed birthday party recognizing the North Canton resident’s roots. He even received a special presentation from Barberton Mayor William Judge. By CHRISTINA…
Read MoreONCE A PANTHER – ALWAYS A PANTHER Class of 1944 member recognized at alumni banquet
PHOTO BY CHRISTINA McCUNE | BGNN Dorothy Magno poses with two of her grandchildren and fellow Norton alums, Nicholas Milich and Dr. Lindsay Milich. Magno was the oldest NHS graduate at the Norton Alumni Association banquet. Alumni from many different classes fill Norton High School Commons for the 104th annual Banquet and Meeting. Norton grad…
Read MoreJeep Davis 5K for fun, tribute and a good cause
PHOTOS PROVIDED Melanie Nichols Vinay runs next to Gavin Krska at Saturday’s Jeep Davis 5K in Barberton. She poses at the Jeep Davis statue outside of the Barberton Public Library. PHOTO BY RANDY FORST Ann Hutchison, director of the Barberton Public Library, participated in the annual Jeep Davis 5K July 19. By RANDY FORST BGNN…
Read MoreNorton’s Veterans Memorial Park symbol of ‘town’s shared values’
PHOTOS BY BOB MOREHEAD | BGNN Jill Jordan Burke delivers the national anthem at the dedication of Norton’s Veterans Memorial Park. Marine Corps veteran Ken Bramen rings a bell for each Nortonite killed in military service. Retired Army Maj. Gen. Jim Hodge, a 1973 Norton High School graduate, pauses at the bronze battlefield cross monument…
Read MoreLetters from the War – Barberton Marine sacrificed life in World War II
1st Lt. Thomas Haynes Johnson was killed in action during a Marine assault on Japanese positions at Cape Gloucester, on New Britain island, in the South Pacific. Lt. Thomas Johnson wrote 82 letters home while he was on active duty in the Marines. One of Lt. Johnson’s fellow soldiers snapped this photo of him as…
Read MoreTraveling Tuskegee Airmen memorial visits Barberton
From left, Dia Thomas, Reference Librarian; Frederick Gisentaner, Security Officer; Joshua Brickner, Fiscal Officer; John Collver, Celtic Club; Jim Collver, Celtic Club President; Ann Hutchison, Library Director; and Gretchen Quinn, Reference Services Manager, at the Barberton Public Library with a traveling display honoring the Tuskegee Airmen. The banner will be at MAPS in July. BARBERTON …
Read MoreBCDC helping businesses for 40 years
PHOTOS BY HEATHER IMMLER | BGNN Board members of the nonprofit Barberton Community Development Corporation were given a tour of the warehouse space at the Seiberling Complex, 345 15th St., which houses more than a dozen businesses. BCDC celebrates 40 years of helping businesses in and around Barberton. This bulk system is used by Continental…
Read More‘We Are All Magics’ mural unveiled at BIS
Gionni Harwell, 10, poses May 24 with a section of the mural he painted at Barberton Intermediate School as part of the “We Are All Magics” project, which included working with artist Dara Harper. PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA McCUNE | BGNN Lucy Collier, third-grader, points to a butterfly she painted on the “We Are All Magics”…
Read MoreLocals look forward to ‘Superbowl of radio’
By BOB MOREHEAD BGNN senior staff writer/KA8LYJ Every summer, amateur radio operators all over the world unplug their gear, take it outside, and try to log as many contacts as they can over a 24-hour period using their own power. This year, Amateur Radio Field Day is June 28-29 and local hams are setting up…
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