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KentStater

Kent City Council sees face-off in Tuesday’s election

Brittany Rees November 1, 2015

While the rest of the candidates for Tuesday’s Kent City Council election are running unopposed, Ward 1’s incumbent councilman Garret Ferrara is facing off against local designer Kenneth McGregor.According...

Kent citizens discuss marijuana legalization, stray cats at city council meeting

Elizabeth Randolph May 26, 2015

Kent citizens spoke to City Council at a public hearing before the council meeting Wednesday about public opinion on the legalization of marijuana and stray cats in the city.Kent State chemical physics...

Kent City Council introduces new zoning language

Brittany Zvcisk April 17, 2015

Kent City Council introduces new zoning language from KentWired.com on Vimeo.

Kent City Council looks at city hall relocation, purchases College Avenue homes for police station

Julia Adkins March 7, 2015

With the sale of Kent City Hall, the need to look for a temporary location was a main topic of the night at the Kent City Council meeting on March 4.After the approval of a $2.4 million sale of Kent City...

Kent City Council considers changing its charter

TV2 March 5, 2015

Kent City Council considers changing its charter from KentWired.com on Vimeo.

A map of the city of Kent with roads to be repaired highlighted in yellow.

City begins road repaving in residential areas

Alicia Balog October 23, 2014

Kent residents may want to add five or 10 minutes to their travel time for the next few weeks as the city has started repairing 15 roads in local residential neighborhoods.Jim Bowling, Kent superintendent...

Photo illustration by Chelsae Ketchum

Party registration program off to slow start

Mariam Makatsaria October 20, 2014

Seven months after Kent City Council voted to approve a party registration program, only 14 hosts have utilized the program and noise complaints have decreased only slightly.“During my 18 years of work...

City Council approves purchase of East College Avenue properties, addresses Ebola precautions in Kent

Joanna Kamvouris October 15, 2014

City Council approves purchase of East College Avenue properties, addresses Ebola precautions in KentKent City Council met Wednesday evening to approve the purchase of properties on East College Avenue...

City Council approves adding pocket park to downtown Kent

Celia Fernandez October 13, 2014

RPA DailyStory2 Haberman from Alyssa Haberman on Vimeo.The Community Development Committee of the Kent City Council voted 8-0 to begin plans for a pocket park between Bar145 and The Landmark Building,...

Confiscating East College Avenue properties

City takes properties near campus to build new police station

The Kent Stater Staff Report October 5, 2014

Kent City Council is poised to take the last four of 12 houses on East College Avenue, which the city needs to build the new police station, scheduled to be completed by spring 2017. Kent Mayor Jerry...

Our View: Town and Ow, not Town and Gown

DKS Editors October 1, 2014

In July, Kent City Council began the process of eminent domain on several houses on College Street. Eminent domain is the “right of the government to take private property for public use,” according...

Steve Mileski, a property manager for several pieces of locations on Summit Street in Kent, talks with Kent City Council on Sept. 17 about possible emminent domain cases against him.

Kent City Council considers eminent domain on four College Avenue homes

Alicia Balog September 17, 2014

The Kent City Council debated the issue of taking four private properties on College Avenue needed for the new police station at Wednesday’s council meeting.The council passed the first of three readings...