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Magics QB remembered 60 years after death during homecoming week
Barberton High School’s seniors on the 1964 Magics football team. Barberton senior Ken Sennett was a standout quarterback and young man who passed away suddenly during football season in 1964 from a health issue. The news of his death sent shock waves across the city, state and even the country. By RANDY FORST BGNN sports…
Read MoreBarberton man busted in Cleveland street takeover
John Alan Dietrich By BOB MOREHEAD BGNN senior staff writer A 20-year-old Barberton man is among those arrested for a Cleveland street takeover. John Alan Dietrich was indicted Oct. 11 for aggravated rioting, disrupting public service, inducing panic, arson and criminal damaging related to a Sept. 15 takeover of the intersection of W 25th Street…
Read MoreBARBERTON FOOTBALL 1964: A season of triumph, despair comes to end
ARCHIE STRIMMEL (This is part of a weekly series that will continue through football season.) By RANDY FORST BGNN sports editor NOV. 6 BARBERTON 21, CANTON LINCOLN 14 Beacon Journal Prediction: Magics win final game of season for Ken Sennett Beacon record: 8-1 It wasn’t a masterpiece, but they still came up with the win.…
Read MoreBHS Football 1964: As season nears end, Magics run over Griffins
(This is part of a weekly series that will continue through football season. Read the complete series at www.thebarbertongazette.com.) By RANDY FORST BGNN sports editor OCT. 30 BARBERTON 40, BUCHTEL 6 Akron Beacon Journal prediction: Maybe hard but Magics will regroup. Pick Magics Beacon record 7-1 Everyone was curious about how the Magics would react…
Read MoreBARBERTON’S WALK OF FAME Community, tragedy tie 2024 inductees
PHOTO BY BOB MOREHEAD | BGNN Robert Martin stands next to the replica paver, leaning on his own. By BOB MOREHEAD BGNN senior staff writer Improving their home and/or bringing something good out of something bad were the factors that tied together the 2024 class of Barberton’s Walk of Fame, inducted Sept. 27. Inspired by…
Read More‘We Are All Magics’: Arts grant brings kids’ Magic City heritage to life
PHOTOS BY BARBERTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL Barberton Intermediate School students fill in the outline on the school mural. By BOB MOREHEAD BGNN senior staff writer BARBERTON Earlier this year, Barberton Intermediate School landed a $26,500 grant for an ambitious art project and it’s taking shape, the school board learned at its Sept. 11 meeting. The project…
Read MoreNorton Historical Society presents personal story of Casa Del Mar manager
NORTON Following on its Historic Day Out in Loyal Oak, the well-attended Annual Corn Roast, and a visual and musical celebration of the Norton Band Program’s centenary, the Norton Historical Society is pleased to announce its upcoming programs. The organization’s Oct. 17 and Nov. 21 Thursday meetings will feature the fascinating personal stories of local…
Read More‘Tuck Everlasting’ opens for two weekends in Barberton
PHOTOS PROVIDED Morgan Lehman, 11, a Highland Middle School sixth-grade student, plays Winnie Foster in Magical Theatre Company’s production of “Tuck Everlasting.” The show runs Oct. 11-20 at 565 W Tuscarawas Ave., Barberton. BGNN staff report BARBERTON An 11-year-old professional actress from Medina is performing alongside the adult actors this weekend and next as “Tuck…
Read MoreBenchmark: Troop 7110 to award first female Eagle Scout
PHOTO BY BOB MOREHEAD | BGNN Eagle Scout candidate Marguerite Martin and Barberton Fire Chief Stephen Ionno join the department’s duty section in welcoming the new benches at Station No. 1. By BOB MOREHEAD BGNN senior staff writer BARBERTON In 2017, the Boy Scouts of America started accepting girls in all its programs. Longtime Barberton…
Read More14-year-old Creston girl killed in single-vehicle crash
BGNN staff report CANAAN TWP. A 14-year-old Creston girl was killed in a single-vehicle crash along Canaan Center Road near E Sterling Road at 4:14 p.m. Oct. 4, according to a news release from the Wooster post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Preliminary investigation revealed a 2007 Honda Civic, operated by a 17-year-old, was…
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