Earlier this month, the Kent City Council voted on a proposed extension to the hike and bike trail that will cover areas ranging from Longcoy Elementary to Roosevelt High School. The vote was unanimous,...
It’s a new semester at Kent State and with that means new students and new bikes.The new bikeshare system provided by VeoRide came to Kent in May but it’s drawing a lot of attention in the first weeks...
The Summit Street Improvement Project, first projected to be completed by December 2017, will now finish during the summer of 2018.“The bulk of the work will be done sooner, but there are a lot of small...
Summit Street Opens For Two Lane Traffic from KentWired.com on Vimeo.After months of construction, Kent’s East Summit Street is once again open to two-way and two-lane traffic.According to Kent City...
South Lincoln Street will remain closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day starting Nov. 9 through 20 due to gas line replacements.Dominion East Ohio Gas is replacing the lines in preparation for the upcoming...
Richard Mulhall and Ian Klein
• September 20, 2015
Major construction on the Summit Street Improvement Project will not begin until spring 2016.The two-year, estimated $17.5 million Summit Street: Building a Better Way project was expected to begin this...
South Lincoln Street was reduced to one lane of traffic Wednesday and will continue to operate with traffic flaggers until Thursday.The city of Kent is collaborating with Kent State to remove water and...
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...
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,...
When Mark Wentz, born and raised in Kent, saw a competition to design bike racks specifically for his hometown, he realized he had a chance to save people’s bikes from being stolen, just like his were.“Throughout...
