Warren Bickel, whose addiction research and products helped put Roanoke, Virginia’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on the map, died on Sept. 28, some four months after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
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A week after the storm, relief supplies are rolling in and people are cleaning up.
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North High School opened its doors Sunday evening to the public, welcoming all who were curious about the state of the 93-year-old original building. In a classroom utilized daily by pre-kindergarten students, tubs catch rusty water leaking from above in pipes. The cause of the leak, said Principal Chuck Morrison, is a rundown HVAC system. […]
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Members of the Northern Cheyenne nation, drumming and dressed in regalia, led the ninth annual Portage Path Walk Sunday in Akron. The one-kilometer trek started across the street from the Portage Path Community Learning Center and ended at the John Brown House on Diagonal Road.
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After a long search, University Hospitals has hired a pediatrician who specializes in child abuse and neglect. The position is supposed to be part of the Child Protection Team that was launched after high-profile child deaths and amid reports that more children were dying in Cuyahoga County than in other counties in Ohio.
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Over the last few months, more than 300 mostly Akron-area and Northeast Ohio residents helped identify positive actions they thought would most likely bring about improvement in the community.
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Wednesday Adams is an orange-and-white rescue cat who works and lives at Dirty River Bicycle Works, a retail and repair shop in Akron’s Northside District. Since leaving a farm owned by friends of the store’s owner, Ryan Adams, this furry, four-legged feline has gained favor from employees and customers.
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Cleveland City Council Member Charles Slife raised concerns that council’s public comment sign-up process allows for “organized lobbying.”
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Mayor Justin Bibb’s office is looking fresher and brighter. The city has been renovating the corridors and rooms that the mayor and his staff use on the second floor of City Hall.
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Sherry McCutcheon, a paraprofessional in CMSD, said many of her colleagues work multiple jobs to make ends meet.
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