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Barberton officials are in early discussions of possibly buying the ex-FirstMerit Building downtown and moving some or all city offices there.

Greg Prunty, owner of Greg’s Towing and Barberton Speedway, died Sunday.

The Chippewa Lake Water Ski Show Team is Ohio’s only competitive water ski show team.

At-Large Councilman Thomas “Bebe” Heitic has spent a few weeks floating the idea of across-the-board raises to the mayor, finance director and law director; they haven’t had a bump in pay for many years. His idea would be to hike all three to $109,000 and then link their raises with the bargaining units from then on.

Reminiscent of the toilet paper shortage, photos of empty shelves are taking the Internet by storm, but this time infant formula is the culprit.

The owner of each and every one, he added, was poised to receive a letter.

Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Joy Malek Oldfield is scheduled to sentence Deel Friday, June 10 at 8:30am.

“It has been investigated and does not appear to be mine-related and will be repaired shortly,” Barberton service director Todd Shreve said May 27.

This was with good reason as this year’s celebration recognized the sacrifices of two very special Barbertonians.