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The Cuyahoga Falls Mothers of Twins Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2 at Grandview United Methodist Church, 2315 Phelps Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. The club will be having a Welcome Back Dinner, so attendees should bring a dish to share....  Read Story.

Due to the Labor Day holiday, sanitation collection will be delayed for Cuyahoga Falls and Silver Lake customers. In Cuyahoga Falls, trash collection will happen one day later for all customers during the week of Sept. 6 through 11.During the week of...  Read Story.

Cuyahoga Falls City Hall and Silver Lake Village Hall will be closed Monday, Sept. 6, in observance of the Labor Day...  Read Story.

The Record Publishing Co. offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 6 in observance of the Labor Day holiday and will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept....  Read Story.

Please note the newspaper's holiday deadlines Due to the Labor Day holiday, advertising and editorial deadlines have been changed for the Sept. 5 Cuyahoga Falls News-Press. For the Sept. 5 edition, the deadline to place a classified ad is Sept. 2, at 3...  Read Story.

Cuyahoga Falls News-Press Editor Phil Keren will host “Coffee with the Editor” on July 12 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Cuyahoga Falls Library, 2015 Third St. Readers are invited to stop by and offer story ideas. The meeting has...  Read Story.

Play ball! Vintage teams play in annual Akron Cup Eight Vintage Base Ball clubs came to Akron's Stan Hywet Hall for the annual Akron Cup July 18. The all-day event featured the eight "club nines," which play base ball (historically correct spelling) as...  Read Story.

Cuyahoga Falls City Council will be on its summer recess in August. Council will next meet in committees on Sept. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Natatorium, 2345 Fourth...  Read Story.

Kent Blues Festival returns for two nights in downtown by Matt Fredmonsky Record-Courier staff writer The success of last year's inaugural Kent Blues Fest brings two nights of live blues bands back to downtown Kent July 23 and 24. The event is similar...  Read Story.

Theater brings musical 'Suburb' to the stage by April Helms Special Products Editor Eight actors gathered at Western Reserve Playhouse, battling the summer heat as they practiced the music and some of the staging for a musical based on the peculiar...  Read Story.

Theater putting together lively 'Zombie Prom' by April Helms Special Products Editor The auditorium at the Aurora High School was a hive of activity as the cast and crew of Aurora Community Theatre's "Zombie Prom" worked to put the final touches of the...  Read Story.

Downtown@Dusk helps usher in summer The Wanda Hunt Band opened the 2010 Downtown@Dusk summer concert series at the Akron Art Museum on June 24. The evening featured the band, family activities, and a short arts lecture. The concert series continues...  Read Story.

'Shrew'ish tale opens new Shakespeare season by April Helms Special Products Editor Ohio Shakespeare Festival is bringing back "The Taming of the Shrew" for its ninth season at the Lagoon area at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens July 8 through 24. The...  Read Story.

Hower House shows stitches through time by April Helms Special Products Editor Embroiderers, knitters, quilters and other fans of needlecraft can find many examples of stitchery in Hower House's summer exhibit, "Pieces of Life: Quilts and Needle Arts...  Read Story.

Become a fan of the News-Press on facebook Are you a fan of the Cuyahoga Falls News-Press? Then why not make it official by "liking" our page on Facebook? The social networking site is the latest way that you can access all the news, sports,...  Read Story.

Kent State fashion museum celebrates silver anniversary by April Helms Special Products Editor Many things can happen in 25 years. When the Kent State University Museum opened on Sept. 27, 1985, it started out with 4,000 costumes, 1,000 pieces of art...  Read Story.

Starting on June 14, work will start on repairs to the storm sewer along the southbound lanes of State Route 8 near the Second Street off ramp, said Falls Service Director Valerie Wax Carr. Although through traffic will be maintained, southbound traffic...  Read Story.

Display shows extraordinary aspects behind common items by April Helms Special Products Editor "Hey April! Come look at this!" I had brought two of my younger cousins, Dominic, 13, and Lauren, 10, to the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland May 29,...  Read Story.

Upcoming June, July and August events in Northeast...  Read Story.

2010 Summer Camps General interest Twinsburg Youth Summer Camp 2010 Where: Twinsburg Community Center and area parks When: Weekly sessions, June 1 through Aug. 10, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Age: Entering first grade through sixth...  Read Story.