A downtown Kent bar owner filed a complaint Dec. 15 in the Ohio Court of Claims against Kent State and one of its student-run magazines, Fusion.Matthew Guska, one of the co-owners of 157 Lounge on S. Water...
Half of a gyro, two quarters glued to the sidewalk and three broken glass bottles were the only things members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. didn’t pick up during their Main Street cleanup efforts...
Kent residents can golf their way between 18 downtown businesses Saturday during the annual Putt Around Downtown event.Tickets to the Main Street Kent-sponsored event cost $15 per person, or $50 for a...
Warm weather greeted the 'Round Town Music Festival on Friday in downtown Kent.Hosted by the Crooked River Arts Fine Arts Council, festival featured 38 acts at over 30 venues in many downtown businesses.“(The...
On most days, the streets of downtown Kent are a hub for the community. Students mill about the entrances to bars and coffee shops, chatting with their friends. The occasional skateboarder or cyclist whizzes...
When the city of Kent installed 225 parking meters downtown in 2015, they did so to support Kent’s downtown businesses. However, some of those businesses don’t agree that the meters are serving their...
The landscape of Downtown Kent has been shifting for years, metamorphosing dive bars into empty lots and other streets into blocky retail strips. Its identity, to those who have watched it change, however,...
The 22nd annual Kent Heritage Fest is set to take over Downtown Kent Saturday.The Kent Heritage Fest — the largest annual family-friendly event held in Downtown Kent — begins at 9 a.m. Saturday morning...
Kent's Newdle Bar closed for an hour today to deal with a heating and cooling problem in the restaurant.A manager at the restaurant, Jackie (who declined to give her last name), came in to open the restaurant...
This Thursday, the Dan Smith Community Park is set to open after just over a year of construction.The park is named in honor of former City of Kent director of economic development, Dan Smith, who passed...
Like many Kent State students, junior communication studies major Tara Barone frequents the bars in downtown Kent often. One of the many highlights from her nights out are the live music and free food...
For Bar 145 in downtown Kent, "(Kent State's) Welcome Weekend is like a holiday," said Marena Toth, the front-of-house manger at the establishment.This is no exception to the student population that attends...
