On September 21, Mayor Horrigan held a press conference to launch a glass drop off recycling program throughout the City of Akron. The purple recycling bins will be available in five locations: Diamond Crystal Ballfield (2175 Edwin Ave.), Akron’s Dog Park (499 Memorial Parkway), Behind Spaghetti Warehouse (510 S. Main), Goodyear Heights Metroparks (1950 Eastwood Ave.), and Goodpark Golf Course (530 Nome Ave.). The city will accept all clean food and beverage glass bottles in the recycling bins. Glass will NOT be accepted in curbside recycling carts.
There were 49 professional licenses issued in Summit County in the week ending Sep. 23, 2023, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.
On September 12, Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan and Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett jointly announced Mylett’s retirement from policing and departure from the Akron Police Department, effective January 1, 2024. After a national search and public engagement process, Mylett joined the Department in August of 2021. As Chief of the Akron Police Department, Mylett commands the Department’s 454 officers and supervisors, 51 Reserve officers, and 96 civilians (including dispatch personnel) that serve Akron’s nearly 200,000 citizens.
There were 52 professional licenses issued in Summit County in the week ending Sep. 16, 2023, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.
The City of Akron, in coordination with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), invites the public to provide comments regarding the proposed rehabilitation of the Bowery Street bridge in Downtown Akron. The Bowery Street bridge spans over the Ohio Canal and Cascade Parking Plaza. The project includes partial bridge deck replacement, and replacement of the existing sidewalks, parapet, and fencing. Additional work includes bridge approach and abutment replacement.
On September 6, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and the U.S. Department of Commerce hosted a CHIPS and Science Act Grant Opportunities Webinar. The webinar provided local elected officials, community leaders, educational institutions, and small businesses a technical understanding of how the CHIPS and Science Act will be implemented, and its benefits and opportunities for Ohio's 13th Congressional District.
There were 37 professional licenses issued in Summit County in the week ending Sep. 9, 2023, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.
There are 5,559 professional licenses expiring in Summit County during the fourth quarter of 2023 in Ohio, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.
This morning, August 30 at 5am, a group of 5 from the Akron Fire Department joined others from Cuyahoga Falls Fire and Green Fire as they departed to Leesville, Louisiana to answer an Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) call for help. The crew of 13 is traveling to Leesville to help man their fire stations while the crews from Leesville are combatting wildfires across Louisiana.
U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) issued a statement today after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the first 10 drugs covered under Medicare Part D selected for price negotiation.
There were 62 professional licenses issued in Summit County in the week ending Sep. 2, 2023, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System.