Official newspaper of the Akron Central School District, Town of Newstead, and Village of Akron
Two Akron Central School District residents have announced “write-in” campaigns for Board of Education seats in next week’s election. Steven Tedesco and Josh Garverick spoke during public comment time at Tuesday’s Board of Education, citing their reasons they decided to run.
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A $34,730,650.00 proposed 2022-2023 Akron Central School budget and candidates for three Board of Education seats will be presented at a public hearing on May 10, and will come before district voters on May 17, 2022
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Akron Central Music Department is excited to present the 2022 “Pop Goes the Movies” themed concerts on April 2, 2022. It was April of 2019 when the they last presented their Cabaret Concerts for friends and family in the school’s performance gymnasium. With pandemic restrictions lifted, the popular concerts return as the gymnasium is transformed into a nightclub with the glamour of Hollywood with lights, round tables, beverages and snacks. The event will be a soundtrack of theatrical favorites and pop music.
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Akron Central School Board members expressed support of the Erie-Niagara School Superintendent’s Association request to New York Governor Hochul “to move schools from the emergency phase of COVID-19 to a new phase when the presence of a virus no longer disrupts the normal operations of our schools,” during their Board meeting on February 9.
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Bursting with originality, “The Theory of Relativity” comes to the Edward Allen Auditorium stage for the first time next week.
Read moreThe 2021-22 Winter sport season is quickly winding down with some teams having completed their league championship meet. Selected Tiger Athletes of the Week are two Tigersharks, Shea Masse from the girls team and Aiden Polkowski from the boys, who excelled at the Niagara-Orleans League Championships, bringing home the blue ribbon and league patch.
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Section VI will move to all-digital ticketing through GoFan for the upcoming winter post season championships. All tickets for Section VI Championship events at neutral sites will need to be purchased on-line ahead of time at: https://gofan.co/SectionVI.
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Superintendent of Schools Patrick McCabe posted a letter to the Akron Central School website Friday afternoon, announcing that the Erie County Department of Health has determined that the Akron Central School District may implement “Test to Stay,” subject to the approval and compliance with the requirements of the ECDOH.
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The Community is invited to attend the Community Christmas Tree Lighting, now scheduled for Saturday, December 18, 2021, in the Gazebo in Russell Park. Akron Elementary Choir, under the direction of Kim Stachowski, will offer festive holiday songs in the Gazebo at 3:30 p.m. Deputy Mayor Darrin Folger and wife Lynn Folger will light the tree with help from Santa and Mrs. Claus as well as Superintendent of Akron Central Schools Patrick McCabe, at 4 p.m. There will not be a Light up Akron parade this year. Main Street businesses open until 8.
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Some activities will continue as planned, despite cancellation of much of “Light of Akron” due to a forecast of potentially dangerous winds. Updates from the Akron Chamber of Commerce indicate that Akron First United Methodist Church will still hold their cookie sale Saturday morning as well as their drive-through spaghetti dinner and basket raffle. The Chamber also reports that Akron Merchants have decided they want to continue with Moonlight Shopping. They will still be open until 8 p.m. Saturday evening. The Village of Akron Public Safety Team cancelled all “Light up Akron” activities planned December 11, 2021 due to the
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