I bet many of you never realized that until last Monday, April 6, there wasn’t a single brick and mortar bank or financial institution Ward 8. I know some of you are thinking that can’t be right, but if you look at the actual boundaries of the ward, it’s true. That changed last Monday at 10:00am, as 7/17 Credit Union opened their first Akron…
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I don’t know about you, but I love good Mexican food, especially when it’s prepared from family recipes. If you haven’t made it to Don Jose Mexican Cusine in the Merriman Valley, you’re missing out! They’re at 1562 Akron-Peninsula Road in the plaza at the bottom of Portage Trail Extension. Carlos Henandez runs the restaurant…
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Like clockwork, it’s time to review Mayor Malik's Operating Budget for 2026. Council just received the proposed $784.8M budget last Monday, which is a decrease of $13.8M from 2025, and we begin budget hearings starting Tuesday 3/17. I sit on the the Budget and Finance committee and have been studying the proposal that will cut about 35 full…
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As our nation prepares to celebrates its 250th anniversary, Keep Akron Beautiful( KAB) is doing their part, and you can help! This April, thousands of volunteers will take part in Clean Up Akron Month, Keep Akron Beautiful's largest volunteer initiative of the year. It's also part of Keep America Beautiful's annual Great American…
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