Lisa Scalfaro

Kent

Photojournalist and Photo Editor at Record-Courier

Photographer at Akron Beacon Journal

Saturday Night Live enthusiast.

Articles

Summit County's Turning Point program gives drug offenders a second chance

2 weeks ago | beaconjournal.com | Lisa Scalfaro

Lisa ScalfaroTurning Point Program, Summit County's drug court program, meets once a month to celebrate accomplishments and learn from setbacks. Judge Joy Malek Oldfield leads the meeting in her Akron courtroom on April 15. Lisa Scalfaro, Akron Beacon JournalTurning Point Program, Summit County's drug court program, meets once a month to celebrate accomplishments and learn from setbacks. Rodney Fitch and Jennifer Calton both were recognized for at least six months sobriety on April 15.
Photos: Inside Akron Design & Costume

3 weeks ago | beaconjournal.com | Lisa Scalfaro

Lisa ScalfaroDeborah Meredith, owner of Akron Design & Costume, at her Coventry storage space on May 14. Lisa Scalfaro, Akron Beacon JournalDeborah Meredith, owner of Akron Design & Costume, at her Coventry storage space on May 14. Meredith made mascots and head pieces for stage. Lisa Scalfaro, Akron Beacon JournalDeborah Meredith, owner of Akron Design & Costume, at her Coventry storage space on May 14. Meredith with a fish and strawberry, one of her first costumes that started her business.
Photos: Ferguson bench trial closings and verdict.

4 weeks ago | record-courier.com | Lisa Scalfaro

Lisa ScalfaroPortage County Prosecutor Connie Lewandowski watches as Steven Ferguson is led out of the courtroom in handcuffs after a guilty verdict. Steven Ferguson closings and a verdict from a bench trial with Judge Laurie Pittman in Ravenna on May 8. Lisa Scalfaro, Akron Beacon JournalConnie Lewandowski delivers closing arguments. Steven Ferguson closings and a verdict from a bench trial with Judge Laurie Pittman in Ravenna on May 8.
Doctor for a Day at NEOMED for state representatives

1 month ago | beaconjournal.com | Lisa Scalfaro

Lisa ScalfaroState Rep. Heidi Workman gives chest compressions to a dummy patient with State Rep. Dr. Kellie Deeter holding the bag-valve mask. NEOMED’s Doctor for a Day program on May 5 has elected officials spend the day as a medical student. Lisa Scalfaro, Akron Beacon JournalDr. Frank Beck leads the hands-on session of a patient with oral disease related to substance abuse. NEOMED’s Doctor for a Day program on May 5 has elected officials spend the day as a medical student.
Kent State May 4 Remembrance

1 month ago | beaconjournal.com | Lisa Scalfaro

Lisa ScalfaroKent State remembers the 55th anniversary of the shootings on May 4, 1970. The ceremony was held on the Commons next to the Victory Bell. Lisa Scalfaro, Akron Beacon JournalKent State remembers the 55th anniversary of the shootings on May 4, 1970. The pagoda, where the National Guard started shooting at the top of the hill at Taylor Hall. Lisa Scalfaro, Akron Beacon JournalKent State remembers the 55th anniversary of the shootings on May 4, 1970.
Photos: GSNEO new STEM center, Peninsula, tour.

1 month ago | beaconjournal.com | Lisa Scalfaro

Lisa ScalfaroMeredyth Daley, Kathy Moock, two of three lead donors and namesakes for aspects of the area, Girl Scouts of the USA, CEO Bonnie Barczykowski and Congresswoman Emilia Sykes in the center, along with supporters of Girl Scouts of North East Ohio. GSNEO new STEM center, Vivian von Gruenigen, MD STEM Center of Excellence, tour at Camp Ledgewood in Peninsula on May 2.
3 new restaurants opened in Greater Akron in April. See photos of their dishes

1 month ago | beaconjournal.com | Jeff Lange |Lisa Scalfaro

Customers place orders at touch pad kiosks at honeygrow on Monday, April 28, 2025, in Montrose, Ohio. Jeff Lange, Akron Beacon JournalCustomers place orders at touch pad kiosks at honeygrow on Monday, April 28, 2025, in Montrose, Ohio. Jeff Lange, Akron Beacon JournalAn order of spicy garlic stir fry, right, and sesame garlic stir fry costs under $30 at honeygrow on Monday, April 28, 2025, in Montrose, Ohio.
Photos: Water Rescue Training on the Cuyahoga River

1 month ago | record-courier.com | Lisa Scalfaro

Lisa ScalfaroJerry Richert, a corporate trainer with Dive Rescue International, led swift water rescue training with fire fighters and medics from multiple departments in different counties on the Cuyahoga River at Tannery Park in Kent on April 30.
Photos: Verdict in Derek Ransome-Fromby trial read in court.

1 month ago | beaconjournal.com | Lisa Scalfaro

Lisa ScalfaroDerek Ransom-Fromby, with one of his attorneys Jonathan Sinn, listens as he is found not guilty on all counts for the shooting and killing Jae’Vierre Greer in Judge Kelly McLaughlin’s Akron courtroom on April 21. Lisa Scalfaro, Akron Beacon JournalJudge Kelly McLaughlin receives the verdict forms. Derek Ransom-Fromby is found not guilty on all counts for the 2023 shooting and killing Jae’Vierre Greer on April 21.
Photos: Good Friday Way of the Cross

1 month ago | record-courier.com | Lisa Scalfaro

Lisa ScalfaroKennae Jacoby carries the cross over the Main Street Bridge. Members of several Kent churches met at First Christian Church for a Kent Ecumenical Good Friday Way of the Cross on April 18. Lisa Scalfaro, Akron Beacon JournalPastor Nathan Howe, of United Methodist Church, leads the group with a statement of purpose and call to worship. Members of several Kent churches met at First Christian Church for a Kent Ecumenical Good Friday Way of the Cross on April 18.