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Arts
New Holiday Decorations Go Up Downtown
New decorations are adorning downtown Kent as an expansion of the annual Holiday Lights program thanks to Main Street Kent and a handful of donors. Decorative skylines, wreaths and g...
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Patch's House & Home
Homes May Need Maintenance After Recent Storms, Power Outages
With the recent storms that hit the Northern Ohio area, thousands of homeowners were dealing with fallen trees, downed power lines and power outages. However, homeowners are also fin...
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Patch's House & Home
"Help! The Kids Don't Want It." or, Learning About Antiques Before You Sell Them
Are you moving, down-sizing? Or perhaps moving Aunt Winifred into assisted living? Maybe you've been named Executor of an estate. Anyway, you’ve got stuff to sell. What are you goin...
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Schools
9 Houses Left to Demo for Esplanade
Following a fire and vandalism at two vacant houses owned by Kent State University officials there are working to expedite the demolition of nine remaining vacant properties in the neighb...
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Police & Fire
UPDATE: Fire Destroys Vacant Kent State Esplanade House
An early morning fire destroyed a vacant house on South Lincoln Street right next to the Kent State University campus today. The Kent Fire Department responded at 5:23 a.m. to the ca...
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The Neighborhood Files
15 Kent Properties Going to Sheriff's Sale in November
Fifteen properties with a Kent address are going to a sheriff's sale in November, according to the Portage County Sheriff's Office. Take a look at the list and see if any of them are...
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Business
Dunkin' Donuts Adds Landscaping to East Main Site
The owner of Kent's forthcoming Dunkin' Donuts has added landscaping elements to the restaurant's East Main Street property at the request of the Kent Planning Commission. The commis...
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Government
Esplanade Lowers Tax Revenue for Kent Schools, City
Thousands of dollars in property tax revenue that normally would go to Kent City Schools, the city of Kent and Portage County has been or will be taken off the table by Kent State Univers...
