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Help is coming for the long-awaited project to remove the Gorge Dam on the Cuyahoga River in Summit County.

CUYAHOGA FALLS — Cuyahoga Falls City Council approved the environmental remediation of lead-contaminated soil in a residential development at its Nov. 14 meeting. The legislation accepts an Environmental Protection Remediation Fund grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency of $200,000 to remediate a wetlands area in the Preserve at Salt Creek Run development located west

The Gorge Dam has been a site to behold in Cuyahoga Falls since 1911, but many believe the time has come to remove the man-made structure from nature.

Listen • 4:03 The Akron Civic Theater is undergoing a significant makeover. But the $8.5 million worth of capital improvements isn’t only focused on the inside of the building. The Civic is hoping to have a bigger impact on the neighborhood around it. Downtown Akron’s Main Street is undergoing a transformation. The city has wrapped up a major street reconstruction project along several blocks, including the one where Akron Civic Theater is located. The long-vacant buildings next to the Civic are part of a major redevelopment project, and the Civic itself is doing its...