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BGNN COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD FOR AUGUST 2023
Barberton Change for Change, 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 at the Ignite Brewing Company, 600 W Tuscarawas Ave., in Downtown Barberton. Join Mayor Judge to support the Diamond Sports Little League. Email items to [email protected].
Read MoreMEET THE BGNN TEAM Luke Riffle, 9-year-old meteorologist
About Luke Riffle Barberton Gazette & Norton News meteorologist Luke Riffle, 9, is in the fourth grade at Barberton Intermediate School. “I have been interested in weather since I was 4 years old,” he said. “I did my first weather video when I was 4. I have been on Cleveland 19 News with Jeff Tanchak…
Read MoreCOURT NEWS Ohio Rep. Bob Young pleads not guilty in misdemeanor case
PHOTO BY BOB MOREHEAD | BGNN Ohio Representative Bob Young, his attorney John Greven and visiting Judge Edward O’Farrell take their seats during Young’s arraignment Aug. 4. By BOB MOREHEAD Gazette Staff Writer BARBERTON Barberton Municipal Court had the rare spectacle of arraigning a sitting state representative Aug. 4. Bob Young, 41, the second-term Republicanlawmaker…
Read MorePOLICE BLOTTER Barberton, Norton crime reports week of July 30
Reports are gathered from police reports available to the public. Barberton Sunday, July 30 • A Franklin Avenue man was cited for allegedly playing his music too loudly around 9:30 p.m. Police say they could hear it several houses away. • A Hazelwood Street woman who has called several times about a man violating a…
Read MoreGrant gives Barbertonians half-off deal on wastewater treatment plant upgrades
BOB MOREHEAD | BGNN One of the plant’s clarifier pools, shown in August 2022, is among the pending recipients of improvements in this phase of the Barberton Waste Water Treatment Facility’s renovations. By BOB MOREHEAD Gazette Staff Writer BARBERTON The Magic City has one of 90 projects statewide getting a slice of $135 million…
Read MoreStudents stock up on school supplies at Magics Ready to Learn event
PHOTOS BY HEATHER IMMLER | BGNN PHOTO BY BOB MOREHEAD | BGNN Families collecting free school supplies meet the owners of the Magic City’s new hometown newspaper. By BOB MOREHEAD Gazette Staff Writer Word got out, people believed, and the Aug. 5 school supply giveaway at Barberton High School had a steady flow of families…
Read MoreMeat Loaf tribute band to play benefit show Aug. 19 in downtown Barberton
COURTESY PHOTO Westside Steve Simmons and Kearsten Kopf recreate Meat Loaf’s greatest hits with Paradise. By BOB MOREHEAD Gazette Staff Writer A block of Tuscarawas Avenue will close Aug. 19 and fill with Jim Steinman’s 1970s operatic crescendos as Paradise takes the stage to Rock Cancer. Paradise is The Easy Street Band’s latest tribute project,…
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BARBERTON BOARD OF EDUCATION Treasurer’s contract renewed
BY BOB MOREHEAD Gazette Staff Writer Barberton schools treasurer Craig McKendry stays on the job after the school board renewed his contract July 31 at its regular Board of Education meeting for another three years. McKendry had been operating under a one-year extension. “We did that to break apart the treasurer and the superintendent,” board…
Read MorePOLICE BLOTTER Barberton, Norton crime reports week of July 23
Barberton Reports are gathered from police reports available to the public. Sunday, July 23 • Police were investigating a theft at an E Ford Avenue address. • Police got a call that a man was standing in the middle of First Street Northeast and E Park Avenue, looking around. Officers found him and he said…
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