2+ week, 5+ day ago   (247+ words) In a world where it seems like everything is moving a mile a minute, it’s easy to let reading fall by the wayside. When that happens, it’s hard to know how to get yourself out of a slump. This month’s…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (880+ words) On one skateboard, a wide-eyed smile stretches across the deck. Another features a woman whose elongated neck is adorned with necklaces made from costume jewelry, complementing her animal-print clothing. “I’ve always really thought it was funny to just draw really…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (464+ words) Constance Fromagerie & Café’s interior is doused in baby pink. Rosette floral carvings bump out from the ivory wall behind the register and a pleated, sage green couch curls around the corner by the window. In the middle is an ovoid…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (406+ words) Between the butter chicken and the chicken tikka masala, it’s not unusual for visitors to Akron’s Saffron Patch in the Valley to have their usual orders ready for the waiter. Tucked into a residential, shopping, restaurant and office complex in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (901+ words) One Akron parent gives her kids two-hour blocks of screen time at home — one when they finish their homework and one before bed. Another limits her kids’ time on technology to three hours per day while they’re at home. And…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (492+ words) When Signal Akron caught up with Lock 15 Brewing Co. owner Joe Karpinski on Aug. 6, the timing was fortuitous. The date, give or take a couple of days, marked the Cascade Valley brewery’s eighth anniversary. “I didn’t even realize that until…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (476+ words) On West Market Street on the edge of Highland Square, next door to Rockne’s at Merriman Road, sits Frank’s Place On Market. The small neighborhood restaurant with the U-shaped bar is known for both its smiling servers and seasoned burgers....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (590+ words) Diners at Papa Joe’s Iacomini’s in the Merriman Valley don’t just come for the chicken marsala, steak and lasagna. Fans of the establishment know the family behind the name, too, and many dined at the early iterations of the restaurants…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (654+ words) When Roxanne Crook notices her students beginning to chat among themselves, tap their pencils or lean back in their chairs, she knows it’s time to refocus their attention. The first grade teacher at Akron Public Schools‘ Crouse Community Learning Center…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (720+ words) Shirley and Jack DeCheco opened their original Firestone Park pizzeria just a few houses down from Jack’s childhood home. The space, a small, brick building at the corner of South Main Street and East Ralston Avenue, was originally split between…...