AKRONWard 4 meetingAKRON: Russel Neal, the Ward 4 councilman, will have a ward meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lawton Street Community Center, 1225 Lawton St.Crystal Jones and Susan Voglesang of Akron Neighborhood Trust will discuss the effort to turn the new community learning centers into vital hubs in the community. An Akron school board member will attend to talk about the operating levy on the Nov. 8 ballot.Adoption informationAKRON: Summit County Children Services will sponsor a free foster care and adoption information meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Goodyear Branch Library, 60 Goodyear Blvd.Learn about the process, costs and available support.For additional information about the meeting, call 330-379-1994.BOSTON TOWNSHIPRoad closingBOSTON TWP.: The Summit County engineer’s office will close a portion of Boston Mills Road between Olde Route 8 and Riverview Road from 8 a.m. Monday to 3 p.m. Oct. 7 for a culvert replacement and other drainage work.All work is weather dependent. Detour routes will be posted for motorists.CAMPAIGN TRAILSummit DD signsAKRON: Members of the public who wish to show their support for the Summit County Board of Developmental Disabilities and for Issue 25, which will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot, can pick up yard signs today and Saturday at several locations.Volunteers from the Friends of the Summit DD will distribute the free signs from 3 to 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at these sites:• Summit DD Akron Center, 636 W. Exchange St.• Barberton Center: 501 W. Hopocan Ave.• Tallmadge Center, 630 North Ave.Signs can also be obtained by calling 330-634-8672 on weekdays.Issue 25 is a 4.5-mill renewal levy. For additional information, go to www.voteforsummitdd.org.Issue 2 debateWOOSTER: The Coalition for the Support of Business and Jobs, a nonpartisan group affiliated with the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce, will host a debate on statewide ballot Issue 2 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wooster High School’s performing arts center.The event is free.Issue 2 deals with Senate Bill 5, which would put limits on the collective bargaining rights of public union employees. A “no” vote on Issue 2 would repeal the bill.Joseph Hegedus, an attorney with the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, will speak in opposition of Issue 2. Robert Tscholl, an attorney from North Canton, will speak in favor.The format will consist of a series of prepared questions, followed by written questions from the audience.GREENCorridor studyGREEN: A contract for planning and transportation engineering services that was to focus on the Massillon Road central corridor will now include other nearby segments.Planning Director Wayne Wiethe told city council on Tuesday that the contract will include a study of Graybill Road as well as land for potential development off Corporate Woods Parkway and Corporate Woods Circle.Council is expected to vote Oct. 11 on a request for $220,000 in new funding for a $269,500 contract with Bird Houk, an architectural, engineering, planning, urban design and economics group in Gahanna, to provide transportation, engineering and planning services for Massillon Road from state Route 619 to Greensburg Road. The group also will help update the city’s long-range land-use plan.Wiethe said the contract balance would come from funds within the Planning Department budget and the corridor someday could be the center of Green. He said there is a lot of land available for development along the corridor and nearby areas.Theft allegationGREEN: An office manager at a Green automotive business has been arrested for allegedly stealing from the company over a three-year period. Heather Koontz, 41, of Canton, was charged with theft and theft from the elderly by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly stealing more than $100,000 from S & S Car Care on Mayfair Road.Koontz was booked into the Summit County Jail.‘Bulldog Dash’ setGREEN: Green Primary PTA will hold the first “Green Bulldog Dash” — a 5K run and a 1-mile fun run — at 8 a.m. Sunday at Green Memorial Stadium, behind the high school.The runs are designed to promote the health and wellness of students and their families.Proceeds from the entry fees, which will be $15 to $35, will be used to purchase playground and gym equipment for Greenwood Early Learning Center and Green Primary School.For additional details and to register, go to www.greenbulldogdash.com.PLAIN SCHOOLSBudget approvedPLAIN TWP.: The Plain Local Board of Education approved appropriations for the 2011-12 school year totaling nearly $116 million at its meeting Wednesday night.Treasurer Kathy Jordan said the district recently completed the second phase of refinancing the 2003 bond issue, saving district taxpayers over $5 million in interest payback over the remaining life of the bond.The largest fund appropriation this year is the bond fund in the amount of $56.2 million.Superintendent Brent May presented the board with a state report card, which highlighted Plain’s “Excellent with Distinction” rating — the highest academic rating the district has ever received.SUMMIT COUNTYSuspect identifiedAKRON: The Summit County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect in the Nov. 28 robbery of the Burger King on Manchester Road in Coventry Township.Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Eric D. Jones Jr., 20, of Akron.A masked man walked up to the drive-through window at 9:30 p.m., grabbed an employee by the hair and demanded money. The worker handed over some cash and the suspect fled on foot.Jones has not been located by law enforcement officials. Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts should call the sheriff’s office at 330-643-2181 or Summit County Crimestoppers at 330-434-COPS (2677).The investigation is ongoing and additional suspects might face charges, authorities said.Ohio Edison rebateAKRON: Summit County will receive a $73,069 rebate from Ohio Edison Co. for four lighting projects, the county announced Thursday.The county will receive the money early next year.“The cash rebate is greatly appreciated and will be used to support additional energy efficiency projects within county government-owned facilities,” county Executive Russ Pry said in a prepared statement.He estimated that the county expects to save about $200,000 a year by completing lighting projects.WASHINGTON, D.C.Carrier honoredWASHINGTON: An Ohio letter carrier who has helped save the lives of three people over two decades was honored Thursday for his most recent heroism.The National Association of Letter Carriers gave Keith McVey, a 30-year post office veteran from Barberton, its 2011 National Hero of the Year award for his third life-saving act.“It certainly was a super honor to be given the award as the national hero of the year,” McVey, 55, said by phone after an awards luncheon at a Capitol Hill hotel. “It’s been a great week, just awesome.”Last year, while delivering mail, he performed CPR on an unconscious man on the side of the road in Akron, earning him the award.He said then that after three life-saving opportunities he thinks “a little divine intervention” might be at work.Three years ago, he pulled a drowning girl from Nesmith Lake.Nearly 20 years ago, a teenager tried to take his life by jumping off a bridge on a snowy day. McVey, unable to stop him from jumping, covered the teen with blankets and helped keep him alive until an ambulance arrived.— Associated Press