Yesterday’s loss to the Minnesota Twins looks like an inflection point for the Cleveland Guardians’ leadoff hitter, Steven Kwan.
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Ohio high school football scores for Week 9: Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Week 9 high school football scores from Friday around Ohio, as provided by The Associated Press.
Akr. Hoban 46, Central York, Pa. 21
Andover Pymatuning Valley 55, Middlefield Cardinal 0
Anna 28, Ft. Recovery 24
Ansonia 38, Arcanum 8
Archbold 37, Bryan 10
Athens 47, Bidwell River Valley 19
Attica Seneca E. 62, Bucyrus 14
Avon 43, Avon Lake 12
Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 42, Northwood 6
Batavia Clermont NE 49, Fayetteville-Perry 6
Bay (OH) 42, Lakewood 7
Beaver Eastern 71, Crown City S. Gallia 52
Beavercreek 20, Huber Hts. Wayne 17
Bellbrook 28, Day. Oakwood 13
Bellefontaine 23, Urbana 16
Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 48, Spring. NW 0
Bellevue 12, Port Clinton 3
Bellville Clear Fork 44, Caledonia River Valley 7
Belmont Union Local 38, Bellaire 13
Berea-Midpark 44, Elyria 15
Bethel-Tate 35, Blanchester 34
Beverly Ft. Frye 46, Vincent Warren 8
Bishop Fenwick 16, Cin. McNicholas 14
Bishop Hartley 39, Cols. KIPP 26
Bloom-Carroll 28, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 17
Bluffton 45, Harrod Allen E. 13
Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 53, Solon 0
Bridgeport 24, Shadyside 21
Bucyrus Wynford 55, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 8
Burton Berkshire 33, Wickliffe 21
Byesville Meadowbrook 34, Zanesville Maysville 26
Caldwell 40, Hannibal River 7
Can. Glenoak 44, Mansfield 12
Can. McKinley 40, Massillon Jackson 9
Canal Winchester 42, Lancaster 0
Canfield 44, Warren Howland 3
Carlisle 46, Middletown Madison 8
Carrollton 58, Beloit W. Branch 48
Casstown Miami E. 42, Troy Christian 14
Castalia Margaretta 38, Kansas Lakota 7
Cedarville 36, Spring. Cath. Cent. 28
Celina 45, Ottawa-Glandorf 28
Centerburg 59, Howard E. Knox 6
Chagrin Falls 31, Rootstown 24
Chagrin Falls Kenston 14, Mayfield 7
Chardon 41, Willoughby S. 23
Chardon NDCL 45, Elyria Cath. 21
Chesapeake 27, Ironton Rock Hill 14
Chillicothe 36, Greenfield McClain 14
Chillicothe Huntington 40, Frankfort Adena 14
Chillicothe Zane Trace 69, Bainbridge Paint Valley 0
Cin. Anderson 37, Cin. Winton Woods 30
Cin. Clark Montessori 36, Norwood 0
Cin. Country Day 46, Cin. N. College Hill 14
Cin. Elder 28, Indpls Chatard, Ind. 7
Cin. Hills Christian Academy 36, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 21
Cin. Indian Hill 41, Cin. Deer Park 6
Cin. La Salle 35, Louisville 24
Cin. Princeton 35, Fairfield 0
Cin. Taft 45, Cin. Aiken 0
Circleville 56, Baltimore Liberty Union 27
Circleville Logan Elm 40, Albany Alexander 7
Clarksville Clinton-Massie 37, Mt. Orab Western Brown 0
Cle. Hts. 24, Brunswick 21
Cle. VASJ 33, Cle. Benedictine 22
Coldwater 44, Versailles 14
Cols. Beechcroft 22, Cols. Centennial 15
Cols. Bishop Watterson 49, Cin. NW 12
Cols. DeSales 23, Harrison 21
Cols. Franklin Hts. 35, Cols. Bexley 7
Cols. Marion-Franklin 27, Cols. Briggs 14
Cols. Northland 20, Cols. Linden-McKinley 14
Cols. Upper Arlington 42, Dublin Coffman 7
Cols. Whetstone 43, Cols. Mifflin 0
Columbiana Crestview 42, Garrettsville Garfield 20
Columbus Grove 33, Lima Cent. Cath. 25
Conneaut 50, Ashtabula Lakeside 49
Convoy Crestview 33, Spencerville 27
Copley 42, Barberton 12
Covington 35, Milton-Union 21
Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 42, Parma Padua 7
Dalton 51, Doylestown Chippewa 6
Dawson-Bryant 30, Proctorville Fairland 0
Day. Chaminade Julienne 34, Day. Carroll 14
Delaware Buckeye Valley 35, Whitehall-Yearling 3
Delaware Olentangy Berlin 41, Marysville 7
Delphos St John’s 48, Rockford Parkway 13
Dresden Tri-Valley 35, Thornville Sheridan 29, 2OT
E. Liverpool 26, Weir, W.Va. 19
Edgerton 35, Hicksville 12
Elmore Woodmore 38, Tiffin Calvert 31
Euclid 32, Medina 14
Fairfield Christian 32, Sugar Grove Berne Union 12
Fairview 42, Brooklyn 6
Findlay 42, Sylvania Northview 7
Findlay Liberty-Benton 44, Arcadia 6
Franklin 21, Trenton Edgewood 16
Fredericktown 33, Danville 18
Fremont, Ind. 40, Tol. Christian 7
Ft. Loramie 40, Delphos Jefferson 0
Gahanna Cols. Academy 29, Bishop Ready 19
Galion 28, Marion Harding High School 20
Galion Northmor 41, Cardington-Lincoln 28
Gates Mills Gilmour 28, Cle. Rhodes 12
Gates Mills Hawken 49, Painesville Harvey 46
Geneva 35, Madison 7
Genoa 49, Fostoria 7
Germantown Valley View 27, Brookville 7
Gibsonburg 69, Willard 7
Girard 48, Hubbard 20
Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 54, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 0
Goshen 49, Wilmington 21
Granville 52, Zanesville 8
Green 28, Massillon Perry 21
Groveport-Madison 44, Logan 13
Hamilton 14, Middletown 10
Hamilton Badin 28, Kettering Alter 14
Hamilton Ross 9, Monroe 0
Hamler Patrick Henry 47, Swanton 0
Hanoverton United 42, Wellsville 7
Hilliard Darby 29, Thomas Worthington 12
Holland Springfield 45, Tol. Woodward 0
Hudson 42, Macedonia Nordonia 35, 2OT
Hunting Valley University 21, Cols. St. Charles 20
Independence 37, Beachwood 0
Independence, W.Va. 42, Barnesville 21
Ironton 56, Gallipolis Gallia 7
Jamestown Greeneview 28, Spring. Greenon 12
Jeromesville Hillsdale 49, Rittman 13
Kettering Fairmont 10, Springfield 7
Kings Mills Kings 38, Cin. Turpin 26
Kirtland 40, Mantua Crestwood 0
LaGrange Keystone 33, Oberlin Firelands 24
Lancaster Fairfield Union 34, Amanda-Clearcreek 14
Lebanon 42, Cin. Walnut Hills 8
Leipsic 37, Arlington 6
Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 38, Hilliard Bradley 14
Lewisburg Tri-County N. 27, Union City Mississinawa Valley 20
Lewistown Indian Lake 24, St. Paris Graham 21
Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 38, Cin. Sycamore 0
Lima Bath 39, Defiance 21
Lima Shawnee 45, Van Wert 24
Lisbon David Anderson 41, Leetonia 21
London 37, New Carlisle Tecumseh 0
London Madison-Plains 28, S. Charleston SE 27
Lorain Clearview 27, Columbia Station Columbia 21
Loveland 56, Cin. West Clermont 21
Lucas 26, Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 12
Lucasville Valley 41, Cols. Grandview Hts. 8
Lyndhurst Brush 35, Erie, Pa. 7
Malvern 56, Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 16
Manchester 52, Vanlue 0
Maria Stein Marion Local 42, Minster 0
Marietta 34, Point Pleasant, W.Va. 16
Mason 38, Cin. Colerain 21
Massillon Washington 42, Warren Harding 10
McComb 47, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 0
McDermott Scioto NW 59, Waverly 31
McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 46, Dola Hardin Northern 6
Medina Buckeye 35, Rocky River 27
Medina Highland 49, Richfield Revere 7
Mentor 38, Lorain 6
Mentor Lake Cath. 35, Parma Hts. Holy Name 14
Miamisburg 28, Clayton Northmont 14
Milan Edison 27, Vermilion 24
Milford Center Fairbanks 64, N. Lewisburg Triad 12
Mogadore 33, Louisville Aquinas 0
Monroeville 28, Ashland Crestview 26
Montpelier 56, Pioneer N. Central 42
Morral Ridgedale 17, Waynesfield-Goshen 0
Morrow Little Miami 45, Milford (OH) 14
Mt Gilead 28, Loudonville 21
Mt. Victory Ridgemont 42, Cory-Rawson 7
N. Ridgeville 42, Amherst Steele 28
N. Robinson Col. Crawford 46, Upper Sandusky 24
Napoleon 7, Fremont Ross 0
Navarre Fairless 22, Canal Fulton Northwest 21, OT
Nelsonville-York 54, McArthur Vinton County 12
New Lexington 45, Crooksville 6
New Madison Tri-Village 40, Camden Preble Shawnee 7
New Paris National Trail 55, Bradford 0
New Philadelphia 26, Millersburg W. Holmes 21
Newark 35, Reynoldsburg 21
Newark Cath. 28, Hebron Lakewood 14
Newark Licking Valley 58, Mt. Vernon 13
Newcomerstown 38, Strasburg 7
Norton 61, Akr. Springfield 0
Norwalk 31, Sandusky 28
Oak Harbor 60, Maumee 36
Olmsted Falls 42, Grafton Midview 7
Oregon Clay 29, Tol. Whitmer 28
Orrville 35, New Franklin Manchester 28
Painesville Riverside 42, Eastlake North 21
Pandora-Gilboa 41, Ada 6
Pataskala Watkins Memorial 42, Pataskala Licking Hts. 14
Paulding 36, Defiance Tinora 10
Pemberville Eastwood 42, Millbury Lake 7
Peninsula Woodridge 21, Lodi Cloverleaf 15
Perry 35, Chesterland W. Geauga 21
Perrysburg 24, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 3
Philo 31, New Concord John Glenn 13
Pickerington Central 49, Ashville Teays Valley 17
Pickerington North 35, New Albany 7
Piqua 28, Vandalia Butler 23
Plain City Jonathan Alder 35, Spring. Kenton Ridge 33
Pomeroy Meigs 33, Wellston 8
Portsmouth 41, South Point 13
Portsmouth W. 46, Oak Hill 8
Powell Olentangy Liberty 21, Hilliard Davidson 7
Purcell Marian 28, Cin. Summit 7
Racine Southern 40, Stewart Federal Hocking 6
Richmond Edison 35, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 19
Richwood N. Union 48, Spring. Shawnee 14
Salineville Southern 44, Youngs. Valley Christian 35
Sandusky Perkins 41, Huron 6
Sarahsville Shenandoah 32, New Matamoras Frontier 22
Sheffield Brookside 28, Oberlin 27
Shelby 55, Marion Pleasant 10
Sherwood Fairview 37, Haviland Wayne Trace 7
Sidney 31, W. Carrollton 28
Spring. NE 52, Mechanicsburg 26
Springboro 30, Centerville 20
St Clairsville 28, Wintersville Indian Creek 21, OT
St Marys 35, Kenton 26
St. Henry (OH) 20, New Bremen 0
St. Xavier (OH) 41, Cle. St Ignatius 7
Steubenville 36, Erie McDowell, Pa. 13
Steubenville Cath. Cent. 48, Bowerston Conotton Valley 30
Streetsboro 38, Mogadore Field 6
Sugarcreek Garaway 49, Magnolia Sandy Valley 7
Sullivan Black River 48, Wellington 7
Sycamore Mohawk 29, Carey 28, OT
Sylvania Southview 22, Bowling Green 7
Tiffin Columbian 49, Clyde 20
Tipp City Tippecanoe 21, Troy 0
Tol. Cent. Cath. 40, Tol. St. Francis 0
Tol. Ottawa Hills 56, Erie-Mason, Mich. 8
Tontogany Otsego 21, Rossford 6
Toronto 44, Rayland Buckeye 8
Uniontown Lake 20, N. Can. Hoover 14
Van Buren 41, Bloomdale Elmwood 0
W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 25, New Lebanon Dixie 7
W. Chester Lakota W. 38, Cin. Oak Hills 6
W. Jefferson 20, W. Liberty-Salem 7
W. Lafayette Ridgewood 28, Uhrichsville Claymont 7
Wadsworth 50, Stow-Munroe Falls 20
Wapakoneta 41, Elida 10
Warren De La Salle, Mich. 48, Toledo St John’s Jesuit 22
Washington C.H. 43, Hillsboro 21
Waterford 47, Glouster Trimble 0
Waynesville 21, Eaton 17
Westerville S. 29, Canal Winchester Harvest 28, OT
Wheelersburg 56, Minford 6
Williamsburg 49, Lees Creek E. Clinton 0
Williamsport Westfall 53, Piketon 21
Willow Wood Symmes Valley 63, Portsmouth Notre Dame 47
Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 28, Cameron, W.Va. 6
Wooster Triway 28, Can. Cent. Cath. 0
Worthington Kilbourne 34, Westerville N. 17
Xenia 44, Greenville 7
Youngs. Mooney 38, Canfield S. Range 30
Zanesville Rosecrans 30, Millersport 0
Zanesville W. Muskingum 54, Coshocton 14
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In the bottom of the 8th inning, with the Guardians trailing 5-3, David Fry and Brayan Rocchio singled to leadoff an inning against right-handed reliever Luis Garcia. For his career, Garcia has been a very serviceable relief pitcher with a 4.20 ERA. However, he is 39 years old and, as of today, has an ERA of 10.50 and an FIP of 6.12. So, to be clear, while potentially a competent middle reliever, not someone that an all-star hitter hitting leadoff should feel anything less than fully confident to get a hit or a walk.
Enter Steven Kwan. As of today, he has a 67 wRC+. He is having an awful year, no doubt. But, it’s May and he has a career wRC+ of 109. He also has a career 117 wRC+ vs. RHP. He also has a 213 wRC+ for his career in 3-1 counts. And, guess what? Steven Kwan worked a 3-1 count.
NOW enter Tony Arnerich, acting manager of the Guardians yesterday as Stephen Vogt dealt with what I hope is simply a nasty cold (he sounded TERRIBLE in interviews on Saturday). Arnerich put the sacrifice bunt sign on for Steven Kwan. He clarified this was the case after the game, as reported by Cade Cracas of Sports Illustrated on Twitter:
Are you curious how often a team’s leadoff hitter has been asked to lay down a sacrifice bunt in a 3-1 count with his team down 2 runs late in the game and at least one runner in scoring position? Well, I can tell you that from 2023 until yesterday, it did not happen one time. Let’s look further back… oh, ok, in the past decade prior to yesterday, it happened exactly ONE time… for the Chicago Cubs in 2022.
Here’s the thing… I don’t even know that having Kwan bunt was 100% the wrong call. I mean, aside from the fact that I am fundamentally opposed to sacrifice bunts except in situations where one run wins the game and the sacrifice bunt is with no outs to get a runner to third by an offensively-challenged hitter who knows how to execute a bunt, I think I understand why Arnerich decided his best hope was sacrificing Kwan’s chances for a hit and punting things to Chase DeLauter and Jose Ramirez. It’s because Arnerich recognizes that Kwan is nowhere near a 109 wRC+ or 117 wRC+ hitter as he currently exists.
We can’t say “Oh, Arnerich is new to the team, he doesn’t know about good Kwan.” Arnerich has to know these players inside and out, their present and their past and projected future. He knows Kwan has traditionally handled RBI opportunities well and has been very effective in 3-1 counts. If he didn’t know that, well, to be honest, he should be fired for lack of preparation. But, I think he did know that. I think he made the very pragmatic assessment that Kwan was more likely to provide a 67 wRC+ output in that situation which would make advancing the runners to get to actual good hitters a much riskier proposition.
Last night needs to be the flare fired off by the Guardians’ bench coach to the team to say “Hey, it’s time to move Steven Kwan from the leadoff spot.” It’s time to platoon Kwan vs. LHP. It’s time to let Kwan have more room to breath to figure out if he can get back to the hitter he was before June 2025. From June 2025 until now, Kwan has a 77 wRC+. He’s still walking at a good rate and striking out at a low rate. He’s just simply not hitting the ball well at all with a 15.6% hard-hit rate and an average exit velocity of 85 mph, and a 1.4% barrel rate. He is Austin Hedges (well, prior to this season) who strikes out a lot less. And, yes, that is the kind of player you can justify asking to sacrifice bunt to give your actual good hitters a chance to win you the game, even though a sacrifice bunt down two STILL seems insane.
After last night, the Guardians cannot have it both ways. Either Kwan is a leadoff hitter and should be trusted to figure it out and HIT. OR, he is what Arnerich told us last night… a bottom of the order hitter who should only be looking to flip the order over to hitters who can actually imapct the baseball. I know it’s a hard conversation and I know Kwan is a selfless player who volunteered to switch to centerfield to help the team, even having won four consecutive gold gloves in his previous position. You hate showing any lack of confidence in him, Vogter. But, there is absolutely nothing wrong with telling a struggling veteran, “We are taking some pressure off you and batting you 7th for a while. We’d love to have you back in the leadoff spot as soon as possible. We are going to give you more days off to try to fix what’s wrong and work with our supposedly competent hitting staff. We believe in you and this is a chance to take a deep breath and get back to being you.”
Will moving Steven Kwan down in the order solve the Guardians’ hitting issues? Of course not. But, it’s a simple, straight-forward way to try to help solve KWAN’S hitting issues, who remains a key to getting this offense humming. I would immediately install Travis Bazzana as the leadoff hitter and let him, DeLauter and Ramirez do their absolute best to drive pitchers insane for three batters for a while. But, after the message your bench coach sent last night, you simply cannot continue to bat Kwan leadoff and hope things magically change.
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Paint the Town: Sherwin-Williams Opens Massive 36-Story Headquarters in Cleveland – Scioto Post
CLEVELAND, OH — Governor Mike DeWine joined city leaders and executives today to officially cut the ribbon on the new Sherwin-Williams global headquarters, a project that literally changes the skyline of downtown Cleveland.
The grand opening coincides with the company’s 160th anniversary. Founded in Cleveland in 1866, the paint giant is doubling down on its Ohio roots with a sprawling, one-million-square-foot campus.
By the Numbers: A New Hub for Talent
The new headquarters is more than just an office—it is a massive economic engine for Northeast Ohio:
- 36 Stories: The main office tower now stands as a prominent feature of the downtown landscape.
- 3,000+ Employees: The tower will house thousands of workers, bringing consistent foot traffic back to the city center.
- $37.5 Million: The investment committed by JobsOhio to ensure the project stayed in Cleveland.
- 1 Million Square Feet: The total size of the campus, which includes a two-story welcome pavilion and a multi-level parking garage.
“Sherwin-Williams has called Northeast Ohio home for 160 years, and today is a celebration of their longtime commitment to Ohio,” said Governor DeWine during the ceremony. He noted that the state-of-the-art facility is designed to keep Ohio’s “best and brightest” students in the state after they graduate.
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Investing in the Future
The headquarters is the second half of a two-part expansion. In September 2025, Sherwin-Williams opened its Global Research and Development Center in Brecksville, which currently houses 900 employees. Between the two sites and various other operations, the company now employs more than 6,500 Ohioans.
To keep the “talent pipeline” flowing, JobsOhio is also backing the “Create Your Possible” Career Accelerator at Baldwin Wallace University. The program provides mentorship and internships specifically for STEM and business students, creating a direct path from the classroom to a desk in the new 36-story tower.
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Summary
- Tessa DiTirro, an anchor and reporter from Cleveland television station News 5 (WEWS), talked with community members about local concerns, including traffic issues and community events. She lives in West Akron and graduated from Firestone High School and Ohio State University.
- Multiple community events are coming up in Ward 2, including the Ward 2 Baseball Game in July at 7 17 Credit Union Park in downtown Akron and the annual Ward 2 Community Cleanup led by Keep Akron Beautiful at the Patterson Park Community Center on May 9 at 8:30 a.m. Sign up here.
- A community member spoke with Ward 2 Council Member Phil Lombardo about traffic safety concerns on Cuyahoga Street, saying his concerns about crashes have been ignored.
Documenter follow-up questions
- What is the exact criteria that determines the order of house demolition in Akron?
- Ward 2 City Council Member Phil Lombardo started the meeting at 6:01 p.m.
- Ward 10 City Council Member Sharon Connor and Akron Public School Board Member Nathan Jarosz were also present.
- Lombardo said his campaign manager helps to schedule meetings.
- Lombardo said the Ward 2 baseball game will be in July at 7 17 Credit Union Park with $8 seating in line with third base and a free hot dog. The first 1,000 fans will get a free Jose Ramirez bobble head.
- Keep Akron Beautiful is looking for a volunteer for a month to water a flower bed at the corner of Dan Street and Glenwood Avenue in North Hill.
- The annual Ward 2 cleanup is May 9 at 8:30 a.m. at Patterson Park Community Center, led by Keep Akron Beautiful, to make “this place look sparkling despite the orange barrels.”
Channel 5 anchor graduated from Firestone High School
- DiTirro said she graduated from Firestone High School, Akron School for the Arts Visual Art program, and participated in choirs and musicals. She studied TV Broadcasting at Ohio State University and has worked in broadcasting in Wheeling, Cincinnati, Grand Rapids and now in Cleveland since July 2023.
- She said she has long ties to Akron and lives in West Akron, her parents live in West Akron, and she loves Dontino’s in Akron.
- She hosts Good Morning Cleveland on Channel 5 on Saturdays at 8 a.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. Stories come from her listening to residents and reading social media, the Akron Beacon Journal and Signal Akron posts. She works with a photographer and producers to write 90-second to two-minute segments. Lombardo gives her some stories, she said, like the street light outage story.
- She works from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday through Friday and 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekends.
- Lombardo asked if she works on investigative or feel-good reporting
- DiTirro said News 5 has an investigative team that she’ll sometimes pass ideas to. Still, she has the freedom to focus on community stories and accountability pieces as a morning news anchor.
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DiTirro fields questions about news decisions
- A community member asked her to cover the National Night Out against crime on Aug. 4.
- A community member asked what her favorite story has been.
- DiTirro said in 2024, they covered the recycled Cleveland E-Scooters that were refurbished at Summit E-Waste Recycling (the company no longer rehabs scooters), which led to people across the country buying all of them.
- Lombardo asked how hard it is to switch between sad and feel-good stories.
- Ditirro said, “It is tough,” but her producer helps her write a balanced show with smooth transitions.
- A community member asked if she goes to churches and communities that read to children.
- DiTirro said she goes but doesn’t usually make stories out of it.
- A community member asked how community concerns turn into a story.
- DiTirro said she’ll take larger community concerns to a team of producers and executive producers. Stories come from curiosity usually, but timely news such as crime usually takes precedent. She said the E-Scooter story came from curiosity.
- A community member asked her to cover speed tables.
- Connor asked how community members can spread good news.
- She said that community members elevating good news to her helps.
- A community member with Progress Through Preservation said they need more time to find investors to save Firestone Plant #1. She said Tony Troppe hasn’t been given enough time for projects like saving St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in University Park.
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Residents raise concerns about Cuyahoga Street safety, vacant houses
- A community member asked for a plan for Cuyahoga Street and asked why Sackett Avenue has a speed trap trailer.
- Lombardo said it was added after resident requests.
- The community member said his 31 calls have been ignored even after a family was killed on the 1600 block of Cuyahoga Street. He said he’s been asking for help since 2025, and a dead-end road got action before a street with an issue of head-on collisions and deadly speeding issues.
- An Akron Police Department (APD) officer said there were multiple resident complaints on Sackett.
- A community member said they are putting a permanent speed table next to his house on Gorge Boulevard and said people will speed after passing it.
- Lombardo said the maintenance with the rubber tables is too much, but if anybody has concerns about asphalt speed tables, they can speak to the city council on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. during the public comment period.
Issues with vacant houses, potholes also raised to council member
- A community member asked Lombardo about a vacant corner house in the community.
- Lombardo said the house should have come down. He doesn’t know the schedule since about 50 homes are demolished annually, but the city can’t schedule them since fire-damaged homes always take top priority.
- He said when he was riding with the police once and they checked on a vacant house at 857 Gorge Blvd., and when they knocked on the door, they were greeted by a squatter who had removed the condemnation sign.
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- A community member said panhandlers near state Route 8 are getting close to cars.
- An Akron Police Department officer said they need a vendor’s license and may not go beyond the curb, but people shouldn’t pay them because it will be spent on drugs.
- A community member said people could give out “blessing bags” with toiletries and basic needs.
- A community member said kids have been hiding money in hole in a rotted tree in her yard. She asked when the city would remove the tree.
- Lombardo said there isn’t a schedule, but if he gets an address, he can check with the municipal arborist.
- A community member said it can take up to six months to remove a tree.
- A community member asked why the city removes devil strip trees.
- Lombardo said it is usually a disease or sidewalk damage.
- A community member asked who’s liable for damage if a devil strip tree falls on their house.
- Lombardo said that is what home insurance is for.
- A community member said a pothole keeps reopening near North High School on Tallmadge Avenue.
- Lombardo said they are looking for repaving grants in 2027, but it also needs utility work.
May speaker will be Akron Chamber of Commerce president
- Lisa Mansfield from Vantage Aging said the Senior Summit Expo on May 6 at St. George’s Fellowship Hall in Fairlawn will have more than 75 vendor booths.
- Lombardo said Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce President Steve Millard will be the meeting guest in May, WAKR will be at the meeting in June, and University of Akron President R.J. Nemer will be a guest speaker in July or August.
The meeting ended at 6:54 p.m.
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