The six bars on the main strip of Highland Square will be back to their normal hours on Friday and Saturday night, a week after five shut down at midnight in what they called a “solidarity close” in response to a June 6 shooting on the block. The late night shooting that wounded three people, reminiscent of a high profile-homicide in similar circumstances in October, was publicly blamed by city officials on people drawn to a Highland Tavern promotion.
Author Archives: Doug Brown
Government Reporter (he/him)
Doug Brown covers all things connected to the government in the city. He strives to hold elected officials and other powerful figures accountable to the community through easily digestible stories about complex issues. Prior to joining Signal Akron, Doug was a communications staffer at the ACLU of Oregon, news reporter for the Portland Mercury, staff writer for Cleveland Scene, and writer for Deadspin.com, among other roles. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hiram College and a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University.
For routine messages, feel free to contact Doug Brown at doug@signalakron.org. If you have privacy concerns and/or want to share sensitive information, you can reach him on the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal (no connection to Signal Akron) under username @dbrown.2010 and encrypted email account db159@proton.me
