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Community is focus of ‘Light up Akron!’

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Community is the focus of the annual ‘Light Up Akron!” event set for this Saturday, December 9.  The community is coming together to celebrate the holiday season with music, food, opportunities to find that special gift for loved ones and for those you may never meet but who need a little something to bring them cheer, a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and Lights.  Organizers hope the community will light up their homes, adding to lights already on Main Street and in Russell Park.

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GCC’s Forum Players present: The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse

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In Larissa FastHorse’s hilariously funny satirical play, positive intentions collide with absurd assumptions. As a terminally “woke” teacher, Logan, a high school drama teacher/ actor, enlists the help of some interesting characters: Caden, an elementary school history teacher (frustrated, inspiring Playwright and Actor). Jaxton, a yoga practitioner/actor (politically correct to a fault), and Alicia, a simplistic actress (who has a knack for being painfully honest), scrambles to create a school pageant for children that somehow celebrates Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month, or do they? Find out when you join us on the journey that is The Thanksgiving Play,

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#OneAkron is theme for new school year

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#OneAkron, a theme designated for the new 2023-24 academic school year, was clear and present at the opening of Akron Central School last week. While Akron School’s five music teachers performed a rousing instrumental rendition of Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” faculty and staff members gathered in the Edward Allen Auditorium on Friday, September 1, for the start of the first of two jam-packed Superintendent’s Conference Days. Interim Superintendent of Schools, Mrs.Andrea Kersten, welcomed back those employees who enjoyed a summer recess and thanked those staff members who had been active all summer long preparing for the new schoolyear. She

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The Bugler August 10

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Dean’s List 176 students from Genesee Community College have been named to Dean’s List. Students honored on the Dean’s List have maintained full or part-time enrollment and earned a quality point index of 3.50 to 3.74.  Among those students are: Anne Baer of Akron; Zachary Blew and Kyle Sage of Basom; Stephen Burton and Aaron Birkby of Corfu; and Gretchen Czelusta of Alden Genesee Community College serves over 6,000 students per semester through more than 70 academic programs and certificates, including the new Marketing and Social Media concentration within the Business Administration program, and the new Nanotechnology degree with ECC.

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Horror Comedy filming underway in Akron

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A Horror Comedy, co-written by the award-winning writing duo of Tyler Cheman and Akron native Kristen Skeet and directed by Skeet, is currently being filmed in Akron and other areas in Western New York from August 4 into September, including Market on Main and the lower level of the Village Hall in early September. “Slasher Days of Summer” is slated for release in March 2024

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