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Week in Review: Homeowners Stay Put, Entertainment District, Guns in Bars and More

Each Saturday Kent Patch reviews the week's big headlines

As school years end and summer approaches, the pace of life in Kent has started to slow down somewhat.

It may have been a slower week, but this week was still packed with news. Here's a look at the big headlines on Kent Patch this week:

  • Two homeowners near Kent State University have watched as the university buys up land around them. .
  • Kent officials are considering the creation of  for new restaurants coming downtown.
  • Our guest Viewfinder columnist Amanda Woolf highlighted the River Day 2011 events .
  • Businesses and workers in Kent Monday.
  • We said from Stanton Middle School this year, on Tuesday.
  • News Break of the Week: Kent State student when he pulled her from the Cuyahoga River this week.
  • on North Lincoln Street.
  • We also broke the news about at a cost of $1.2 million.
  • Monday after one year off.
  • Owners of some of Kent's bars talked about the , and .
  • We also talked to Kent Police Chief Michelle Lee to get .

That's just a quick recap of the big stories. Don't forget about our Announcements page, Events calendar, Local Voices blogs, and our newly revamped "Places" business directory listing for more Kent news and information.

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