1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1018+ words) Beginning this week, developers who want to build a home in Akron will be able to use off-the-shelf plans that already meet the city’s approval for construction. The Made in Akron designs, announced last fall, are intended to make it…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (482+ words) Chase Pitre wanted a better way to support his family. He’s a husband-to-be and the father of a 2-year old. So he signed up for Stark State College’s commercial driver’s license program. Upon completing the five-week course, Pitre was hired at…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (476+ words) The grounds at Cascade Village are better maintained since the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority acquired the complex in April, resident Jeanne Parker said. “The maintenance girls, they are phenomenal,” said Parker, 69, who has lived here for 11 years. For other residents,…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (737+ words) The following item is a written record of the Housing Appeals Board meeting from Aug. 20, compiled by Akron Documenter Jessica Rice. It is not a reported story. Documenters are residents who are trained to observe and document local government meetings....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (213+ words) The following item is a written record of the Akron Planning Commission meeting from Aug. 14, compiled by Akron Documenter Dreama Whitfield. It is not a reported story. Documenters are residents who are trained to observe and document local government meetings....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (292+ words) Akron Dreams, an initiative that will give first-time homebuyers up to $7,500 toward the purchase of an Akron home, launched Tuesday, city officials said at a joint press conference with East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp., which will administer the program. Mayor…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (367+ words) Summit County property owners have just more than a week to challenge new property valuations sent out in July. The deadline for “informal reviews” is Aug. 27. All virtual appointments are booked via the Summit County Fiscal Office website. Owners can…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (945+ words) When the first Akron Pride Festival was held at Hardesty Park in 2017, about 6,000 people showed up, no small feat for a new festival. Now in its 10th year, festival organizers expect 50,000 people to attend Saturday’s celebration. “It’s very different than any…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (699+ words) When Mary Hospodarsky was about 10 years old, she said, she figured out she could use coupons to buy Klondike bars, her father’s favorites, for $1 apiece. If she sold them for $2 each, she said, she would make a profit — and still…...