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Their mother, Megan McAfee, got connected with the Little Pink Ribbon Girl Foundation in Stark County.

Henry C. Mack has lived his life in service to his Canton community.

Years of community service have netted Ronald W. Dougherty the Clayton Horn Award for Excellence.

JACKSON TWP.  Melanie Bowles has a drive to help others. Bowles, 29, of Jackson Township, fosters dogs for FREEdom Tails Ohio, a nonprofit rescue created to save animals from breeding situations, including puppy mills. She has been involved with the organization for about three years and dove head-first into volunteering. "It was almost instantly when we received our first foster, I realized how passionate I was about it," she said. She hasn't stopped at fostering. She's also active behind the scenes — answering the rescue's emails, onboarding other foster parents and processing applica...

Nurse practitioner Deb Maxwell was laid off in March when the coronavirus pandemic halted home health visits. The Massillon resident, who has worked as a nurse for eight years including the last three years as a certified nurse practitioner, already had another job lined up to start in June, so she wasn’t too worried about the loss of income.  She worried about the patients, especially those in nursing homes, who needed her. Because of her dedication to her patients, Maxwell has been named one of The Canton Repository’s six Unsung Heroes for 2020. (The Massillon Independent and Canton ...