Environment Archives - Signal Akron

Playground equipment in Prentiss Park in Kenmore on Sept.14 sits next to a field used for football and baseball.

Kenmore’s Prentiss Park updates begin using Akron Parks Challenge grant, more funds needed

by Akron Documenters June 19, 2026June 18, 2026

Prentiss Park and surrounding recreational areas are being redesigned with expanded amenities, though funding gaps may delay completion.

Ellet residents raised concerns about mopeds and all-terrain vehicles driven by teenages illegally along High Grove Boulevard. The 1.5-mile road runs from Mogadore Road to S. Canton Road and part of it runs near Ellet Community Learn Center.

Off-road vehicles, gunshots, other nuisances are top concerns for Ellet residents

by Akron Documenters June 11, 2026June 12, 2026

This graphic shows a cross section of normal brain and one affected by Alzheimer's disease. The affected brain shows enlarged ventricles in a part of the brain called the Hippocampus. Atrophy of the cerebral cortex is also a sign of Alzheimer's.

Black, Hispanic communities have higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, expert says

by Akron Documenters April 29, 2026April 28, 2026

Fairlawn Service Director Ernie Staten discusses the project to remove the top of the earthen dam on Schocalog Run in Fairlawn March 27, 2026.

News

Schocalog Run dam removal in Fairlawn to help with stormwater runoff

by Ken Evans April 17, 2026April 17, 2026

This decaying dam on the Little Cuyahoga river in Middlebury will be coming down as part of $2.6 million restoration project recently approved by Akron City Council. The federal funding will improve flow of the River in four different parts along its path through Akron.

Akron’s Little Cuyahoga River to see dam removals, riverbank restoration

by Ken Evans and Akron Documenters March 2, 2026April 8, 2026

Trees fill the devil strip on Woodward Avenue in Akron's North Hill neighborhood.

How Akron is adding more than 2,000 trees to its urban canopy

by Akron Documenters and Meagan Rodgers November 19, 2025November 19, 2025

Hartense Pryear (center), listens to speakers in favor of a proposed waste management site.

Supporters, opponents of proposed waste transfer station in East Akron overflow council chambers

by Reegan Davis Saunders October 4, 2024October 20, 2024

Glass collected at the City of Akron's facility on Triplett Boulevard.

Explainers, Government, Health

Recycling glass in Akron? Some of the drop-off locations have changed.

by Susan Zake September 20, 2024October 20, 2024

Akron firefighters continue to pour water onto a chemical fire at SMB Products on Rosemary Boulevard in East Akron.

Akron safety leaders looking at possible improvements after chemical fire evacuation

by Arielle Kass September 14, 2024October 20, 2024

Smoke from a chemical fire at 1081 Rosemary Blvd.

Hours after East Akron chemical fire, evacuation lifted

by Signal Akron September 5, 2024October 20, 2024

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