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ASM Global will continue to manage the Canton Memorial Civic Center for the next five years under a new city contract.

Council has approved new contracts with two employee unions that include a 3% pay raise, $500 vaccine incentive and $1,000 essential worker bonus.

City Council has agreed to levy a special assessment on the Hall of Fame Village's Center for Excellence to finance energy-efficient improvements.

 upgraded this summer in school zones and high-traffic areas. Canton City Council on Monday unanimously authorized the work, which will be entirely funded by a $750,000 Ohio Department of Transportation grant. The city's Engineering Department applied for the grant and has been working with ODOT to identify the improvement areas, according to Public Service Director John Highman. ODOT will manage the construction. New countdown pedestrian signals and improved pavement markings will be added to 22 intersections along Tuscarawas Street W and 28 intersections in school zones. Another 17 inters...

CANTON  Drivers of electric and hybrid vehicles soon will have two fast-charging sites to choose from in Canton.  Two Greenlots stations in the parking lot of Stadium Park are expected to go live in about two weeks and complete a project that includes two ChargePoint stations in a parking lot along Tuscarawas Street E. The ChargePoint stations off Tuscarawas Street east of Walnut Avenue NE already are usable. An American Electric Power initiative and the increasing popularity of electric vehicles drove Canton to install the DC fast chargers. A $300,000 AEP grant covered the cost of ins...