Week in Review: Courthouse Saga Continues, Council Says 'No' to Chickens

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• News break of the week: PARTA broke ground on its $26 million transit center. We had it first, and we're the only place you can .
• The Kent courthouse debate continued, when at an open forum Monday. We've run every day this week.
• columnist David Foster captured with his camera.
• columnist Bob Burford detailed the delight that is hometown artist Ashley Brooke Toussant before her show at the .
• A proposal to build a large apartment complex on South Lincoln Street gathered momentum this week. Both and the agreed to move forward with an overlay district that will pave the way for the project. We were the only news outlet to have that information for our readers the morning after the decision.
• Wednesday we learned one chapter of the courthouse saga had ended. .
• columnist Elaine Hullihen shines her this week. His sculptures truly are thought provoking.
• Find our coverage of this week pun free.
• Our coverage of the Bowman Breakfast posted just hours after the event with and .