Arielle Kass

Akron

Reporter at Signal Akron

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Articles

Akron-Canton airport has ambitious plans for more direct flights by 2027

1 week ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

The Akron-Canton Airport, which already has more than twice as many nonstop destinations as it did before the coronavirus pandemic, expects to add even more in the coming months. Four carriers will operate 24 direct flights beginning this fall, said Ren Camacho, the airport’s president and CEO. Camacho expects existing carriers to add two or three more destinations that will be announced before the end of this year.
On Wednesday, an Akron company seeks environmental permit

1 week ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

Alterra Energy, a local company that transforms plastics into synthetic oil, is asking the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for a permit to allow work to continue and to affirm limits on the emissions it can produce. Meanwhile, The Big Love Network — a group that opposes environmental racism in Akron — has voiced concerns about emissions the Alterra plant produces.
Akron chemicals research office to be sold in Goodyear deal

2 weeks ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has agreed to sell the majority of its chemical business, including an Akron research office, to a capital management company for $650 million. The sale marks the latest piece of business the Akron-based company is selling off as part of its Goodyear Forward plan.
What you need to know about FirstEnergy’s rate increase request

3 weeks ago | signalcleveland.org | Arielle Kass

FirstEnergy has asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to increase its base rate, the fixed monthly fee the electricity provider charges regardless of how much energy users consume. The request has gotten pushback from the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC), which says the utility should instead reduce its rates — or at least not raise them as much as FirstEnergy is asking.
What you need to know about FirstEnergy’s rate increase request

3 weeks ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

FirstEnergy has asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to increase its base rate, the fixed monthly fee the electricity provider charges regardless of how much energy users consume. The request has gotten pushback from the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC), which says the utility should instead reduce its rates — or at least not raise them as much as FirstEnergy is asking.
Inside the $200K payout to APS superintendent

1 month ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

Why we wrote this article: After the Akron Board of Education decided to give Superintendent Michael Robinson $200,000 to resign, we checked in with board members and outside experts to see if they thought it was a good use of taxpayer money. Ousted Akron Public Schools’ Superintendent Michael Robinson is walking away from the district with $200,000 following his April 28 resignation.
A glimpse into Mary Outley's leadership style in Akron schools

1 month ago | signalakron.org | Andrew Keiper |Arielle Kass

Mary Outley isn’t in the business of pointing fingers or assigning blame for Akron Public Schools’ recent troubles. Instead, the district’s new superintendent is focused on collaboration. Outley’s first task? Tuesday’s pre-scheduled internal leadership retreat with top administrators. “We want to move forward,” Outley, a graduate of Buchtel High School, said late Monday night.
New Akron schools superintendent believes 'This must be my time'

1 month ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

Mary Outley, then the interim superintendent of Akron Public Schools, spent part of Monday in the Litchfield Community Learning Center classroom of her sorority sister, Morgan Greene. By evening, they switched roles. Outley sat with the Akron Board of Education in her first full meeting as the school district’s two-time, interim leader. And Greene supported her by donning red in honor of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Akron creators, collectors brace for tariffs on video games, comics

1 month ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

Mark Roberts raised more than three times his Kickstarter to print The Keeyp in 2022, a board game where players build a dungeon and escape from it. The Fairlawn resident has printed several 600-copy batches since that initial run and recently took steps to make sure The Keeyp was permanently available. Roberts’ efforts are now on hold — his printer is based in China, and with U.S. tariffs on that country increasing production costs, he no longer knows what the price of printing might be.
Rita Dove excited to be immortalized as an Akron bobblehead

1 month ago | signalakron.org | Arielle Kass

Rita Dove was a majorette at Buchtel High School, so the Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. poet laureate knows football. She’s a fan of basketball. Baseball? Well, she’s watched “A League of Their Own.”“I threw out a ball at a softball game once, which didn’t go well,” Dove said with a laugh.