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Annual hall of fame plea has deadline of March 31

Three months after Jeff Talbert conducted a virtual listening tour to hear from residents, the Canton City Schools superintendent was back on tour answering their questions about the district’s sweeping restructuring proposal. Talbert spent more than five hours during five virtual community meetings over the past two weeks fielding questions about the Design for Excellence plan, which restructures each of the district’s 22 school buildings in an effort to reduce the number of buildings and amount of staff to match declining enrollment while giving students more educational opportunities. ...

Feb. 18 meeting KEY ACTION Plans for re-adding aspects of the Rocket Center were discussed. The project was down-sized last spring, because of the uncertainty of Rover funding and on-set of COVID-19.  Recently the Board began discussing the possibility of re-adding the original entrance, the second story of the anticipated medical facility, and a scaled down version of the swimming pool area.  On Thursday the Board voted unanimously to re-bid these additions. Superintendent Todd Herman guestimates that the plans will cost around $200,000 for the proposed $3 million of possible constructio...

New and existing students can take a free class with Stark State College this spring. The college is offering free tuition for any of its eight-week classes that begin March 22. Students can save as much as $720, which is the equivalent of four credit hours or one class. The free tuition offer does not cover the cost of fees or books. Robyn Steinmetz, director of marketing and communications for Stark State, said the free class is intended to help those students whose education was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and those who may have lost their jobs due to the pandemic and need help ...

The Independent McKenzie Dalton was on a mission to start a nonprofit to help teens and young adults, but the onset of the pandemic slowed her momentum. The single mom kept going, and when she saw an ad for a contest sponsored by Pop-Tarts pop up on her Facebook page, she thought it could be the boost she needed to bring "Community in the Works" to fruition. Still, Dalton was skeptical that she would win. It was a week before the contest ended and she figured tons of people had already submitted an entry.  To her surprise, she learned earlier this year she won a $2,500 grant as part of th...