This article is part of a series on local businesses. Bruce Hill is a strong believer in bringing families together to enjoy ice cream. Not only is the business he owns, Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream in Stow, a community gathering place for families, baseball teams and even pets, it is also a place that caters to people who are allergic or intolerant of dairy or added sugar. … [Read more...]
Summit County partners with local agencies for rent, mortgage assistance program
Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro and Summit County Council approved a measure that will offer mortgage and rental assistance for residents in need. The recently passed legislation authorized $6.5 million in federal CARES Act, TANF and Title XX funds for Summit County CARES, a mortgage and rental assistance program coordinated between Summit County Department of … [Read more...]
Akron Soul Train discussion examines burdens, weight of words
Akron Soul Train will host an interactive discussion derived from the residency work of Akron artist Shani Richards, Thursday, July 9, at 7 p.m. on Akron Soul Train’s Facebook page. Her exhibit, “United,” opened March 5 and subsequently the show closed a week later due to COVID-19. Richards, a trained metalsmith, created 100 pendant necklaces of racial and ethnic … [Read more...]
Akron NAACP convenes local organizations for Juneteenth Get Out The Vote kickoff
On Friday, June 19, the Akron NAACP will convene community partners to consolidate resources and networks to Get Out The Vote for the November election. The primary goal of AkronVotes2020 is to develop a community-wide strategy to register, educate, inform and transport voters for the 2020 Presidential Election. As the Secretary of State and state legislators consider … [Read more...]
Purpose Driven Therapy pursues new model for patient rehabilitation
Life is better lived with purpose. Many of us feel lost and unmotivated when no longer able to do the activities we love. The teams that work within the traditional medical systems care deeply, but some feel they are sometimes not able to follow a patient through the full cycle of recovery after a life impacting or chronic health event. The patients get care until … [Read more...]
Area runners, organizations band together for community, common fitness goal
When the first two races of the Akron Children’s Hospital Akron Marathon Race Series, the National Interstate 8k & 1 Mile and the Goodyear Half Marathon & 10k were canceled, key members of the Akron running community rallied together to ensure those focusing on their fitness goals had an outlet to continue their race training—and the Akron Running Project was … [Read more...]
Ms. Julie’s Kitchen serves up vegan, locally sourced cuisine with community connections
Ms. Julie’s passion for her community and the future of sustainable food come through in everything she makes at her aptly-named restaurant, Ms. Julie’s Kitchen. The way Ms. Julie talks about a fresh ripe tomato off the vine makes your mouth water for one of her sandwiches, which will certainly have slices of the sweet and salty gems that she picked as recently as five minutes … [Read more...]
Diamond Kites announce new EP, livestream release show May 23
Akron band Diamond Kites announces a new EP, titled “Working Life,” featuring three songs recorded before the pandemic and finished during the quarantine. The EP will be released Friday, May 22 on all digital platforms, with a livestream release show Saturday, May 23, at 8 p.m., on the group’s Facebook page (facebook.com/diamondkites). The show is sponsored by Central … [Read more...]
Akron Civic Theatre was born out of 1918 flu pandemic, plans to survive COVID-19
The fear of an invisible enemy stalked all of humanity during the 1918 flu pandemic, and Akron was not spared. Only after killing between 25 and 50 million people worldwide did the enemy seem to disappear, but the fear still lingered for years among residents as many businesses, especially those in the entertainment and service industry, struggled to survive. In 1919, an … [Read more...]
Local parks and a history in social distancing
It’s put into the air when a person with an infection of the lungs or throat coughs, speaks or sings. People nearby may breathe it in and become infected. Sounds like COVID-19, but actually it’s a description of tuberculosis, better known as TB, the leading killer during the 1800s and a top killer well into the 1900s. But the disease could have also had a hand in helping to … [Read more...]
