Neighborhoods

International Institute Brings Cultural Fusion to Better Block

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Story By: Katie Cassaro

The weekend of May 15th marks a groundbreaking day in Akron where local citizens will take over part of the city in North Hill for three days. Can you imagine what that will look like?

Restaurants filling the streets, vacant storefronts decorated with local businesses arts and crafts, along with many other sights to see.

Get ready because your entire view of Akron may change, opening your eyes to a whole new world you might not have known existed.

It’s definitely not a day to miss.

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April 17, 2015
Homelessness

Shelter aims to keep struggling families and pets together

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Homelessness. The numbers, sadly, continue to rise, and Akron is not immune to that increase.

Not having permanent shelter, particularly during the brutal winters this area has experienced during the past two years, has to be disconcerting, to say the very least.

Some families with children and pets risk being separated from one another because many homeless shelters do not accept both men and women — let alone an animal. (more…)

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April 10, 2015