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Mike and Ashley Kaisk and their children Max, 8, and Madison 4, at the ribbon cutting March 18 for the couple’s new venture Downtown Event Center. Mayor William Judge and Tina Ludwig, who is a member of Main Street Barberton and school board member, were among local officials at the ceremony. By CHRISTINA McCUNE BGNN…

BARBERTON  Magical Theatre Company, Northeast Ohio’s professional resident and touring theatre for young audiences and families, closes the season May 2-10 with “Mercy Watson to the Rescue,” a funny adaptation of the popular children’s book by Newberry Medal-winning author Kate DiCamillo. Buttered toast! Mercy Watson isn’t just a pig – she’s a porcine wonder who…

PHOTOS PROVIDED Connie Anger, longtime Barberton City Schools kitchen manager, retired from Barberton Primary School kitchen this year. She loved her students and staff and had fun with her crew at Halloween and other special occasions.  By CHRISTINA McCUNE BGNN managing editor BARBERTON  They were called Hollywood Squares. To clarify, not the popular game show…

Justice J. Oney, 24, has been charged in the shooting.   By BOB MOREHEAD BGNN senior staff writer BARBERTON  A domestic dispute early in the morning April 14 left a Canton man dead on an East Side sidewalk, police say. Police got a call of gunshots around E Paige Avenue and Third Street NE around…

PHOTO BY KURT IMMLER | BGNN By BOB MOREHEAD BGNN senior staff writer BARBERTON  Investigators are trying to find out what caused a fire that claimed the life of a 43-year-old city woman April 14 in a Second Street NW building. Crews were called at 9:50 a.m. and arrived within three minutes. Helping Barberton firefighters…

PHOTOS BY KURT IMMLER | BGNN By BOB MOREHEAD | BGNN senior staff writer BARBERTON A 21-year-old man was killed April 15 as a large tree fell on a house on Second Street NW. The Barberton Fire Department got the call at 11:16 a.m. and forced their way in, finding Noah Hall, 21, dead under…

Debbie Miller has fashioned her own trash cart for litter pickup. Main Street Barberton has regular cleanup mornings second Saturday of each month.  By EMILY CANNING-DEAN BGNN staff writer AKRON  A little over two years ago, Debbie Miller said she rarely noticed trash on the side of the road, but after picking up nearly 1…

PHOTO BY KATHERYN SEIBERLING A motorist overturned his vehicle April 3 along W Hopocan Avenue near Rally’s. When first responders arrived he refused treatment and reportedly threatened Barberton police officers with a knife, head-butted one officer and continued to resist at the jail. Nathaniel James Foster, 40, was charged with assault on a police officer…