MASSILLON – Democrats have the only contested races in the upcoming May 4 primary election for City Council.
Races in Wards 4 and 6 both place two Democrat candidates against each other for the party nomination, en route to the November general election.
A glance at Massillon Ward 6
Vying to replace City Councilwoman Linda Litman for the open Ward 6 seat are Democrats Joe Herrick and Bob Fothergill. Litman is switching gears, and is the lone candidate for city treasurer in November.
Herrick, 59, is a retired Massillon Police Department captain who said Litman s pending departure from council prompted him to run. I saw an open seat, and thought now is as good of time as any to try, said Herrick, who is making his first bid for public office.
Moving Online Learning from Challenge to Opportunity
The future of higher education means breaking down classroom walls, embracing digital tools and engaging students with creativity and innovation.
By Dr. Mark Lombardi
03/17/21
Necessity is the mother of invention. And within the context of a global pandemic, necessity was the mother of wholesale transformation. The monumental challenges educators overcame in 2020 is astounding. From preschool to grad school, the race to adopt and adapt online learning platforms hit a pace and scale previously unimagined.
Even at Maryville University, where we first launched online degree programs nearly a decade ago and where more than 90 percent of our on-campus students had taken at least one online class before the pandemic, the impact was still felt. We leaned on our faculty and their learning design partners to ensure no student was left behind or lost in the digital shuffle.
Maryville University President Mark Lombardi, PhD, has announced Laraine Davis will serve as vice president for community and government relations, beginning April 15. Davis, a native of St. Louis, alumnus of Maryville and former Wells Fargo Advisors executive, is a highly respected community and government relations professional.
“We are thrilled to have Laraine Davis join the leadership team at Maryville,” said Lombardi. “Laraine has an extensive record of accomplishments and will bring valuable community relationships to the position, as well as a keen understanding of the workforce development and educational needs of businesses and communities in the region. We believe she is an ideal person to align our fundraising goals with our strategic plan to support ambitious growth and innovation.”
The Independent
MASSILLON It s clear that revising a fee for landlords to register residential rental properties in the city will take significantly more time.
Ideas were aplenty when Members of the Health, Welfare and Building Committee met via videoconference for 30 minutes Monday night to mull options to the city s non-owner occupied building registration fee, currently a one-time rate.
In fact, the entire council took part in the special session. Comments were spirited and somewhat lengthy, prompting the committee chairman Councilman Jamie Slutz, R-at large to schedule a second meeting at 5:30 p.m. March 8.
The main topic Monday was to address a proposal presented two weeks ago, raising the city s landlord registration fee to $80 per unit from the current $50. The fee is now a one-time charge, but under the proposal, the $80 payment would be required each year.