The Akron Municipal Court was recently awarded a $195,000 grant from the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Technology Grant Fund. The Court will use the dollars to install a new integrated case management system (CMS). These grant dollars will cover the initial cost associated with data conversion and CMS deployment for the system. The software will manage the Akron Municipal … [Read more...]
Three area attractions named to new Ohio Holiday Lights Trail
Just in time for the holiday season, TourismOhio has launched the Holiday Lights Trail on “Ohio.org/Holidays,” featuring three Greater Akron venues: Deck The Hall at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, 37th annual Akron Children’s Hospital Holiday Tree Festival and Christmas in Peninsula. “The Ohio Holiday Lights Trail is a fantastic way to help travelers find outstanding light … [Read more...]
Application open for Tuesday Musical’s 2017 Scholarship Competition
Tuesday Musical is accepting on-line applications starting Jan. 1 through Feb. 1 for its 2017 Scholarship Competition. Open to college and university music performance and/or music education majors who are Ohio residents or who are enrolled at an Ohio academic institution, the competition will take place March 25 in Guzzetta Hall at The University of Akron’s … [Read more...]
The Gage Brothers win audiences with infectious Americana music
As I pulled up to Ben Gage’s North Hill home to sit in on a Gage Brothers rehearsal, I was excited. I’d seen them perform a couple of weeks before at their JamTurtle TV recording session, and I was eager to get to know the guys behind the music. The evening at David Sullivan’s JamTurtle TV had been special. The small basement studio was packed with fans and loved ones who … [Read more...]
Great flood of 1913 drowns Midwest
The storm of the century was 100 years ago. Only it was more like the storm of the Millennium. The resulting flood waters caused one of the most widespread natural disasters in our nation's history and turned the streets of our great Midwestern cities into the Canals of Venice for five days and nights. Hurricane Katrina [2005]; Hurricane Irene [2011]; and Super-storm Sandy … [Read more...]
Community Job Club gains national focus
There is a storm a brewing in Northeast Ohio. It doesn't involve high wind or rain. It involves people. People, who are losing hope, people who thought they'd never be in this kind of situation, people who thought they had made it. They are the middle class -- educated, professionals, often over 45. They have master's degrees, and they are executives, architects, IT … [Read more...]
