Crooked River Reflections: Beyond Our Wildest Dreams September 7, 2021By Arrye Rosser for TDS Imagine the river in Cuyahoga Valley back in the 1970s. Detergent bubbles clogged...Columns·4 mins read·438 views
Gorge Metro Park Offers Visitors a Unique Geological Sanctuary August 23, 2021By Susan Pappas for TDS Though the entrance to Gorge Metro Park sits just off a bustling Front...CulturefeaturedParks & Rec·4 mins read·987 views
Crooked River Reflections | Removing the Brecksville Dams July 27, 2020by Arrye Rosser Imagination. Hope. Perseverance. The collective effort to restore the Cuyahoga River has taught me that...Columns·3 mins read·1530 views
Crooked River Reflections | Growing Up in Everett September 2, 2019by Arrye Rosser, Cuyahoga Valley National Park In 1926, Helyn Fielder and Evelyn Harris began first grade in...Columnsfeatured·1 min read·687 views
Crooked River Reflections | Unexpected Adventures August 19, 2019by Arrye Rosser, Cuyahoga Valley National Park Lately I’ve been fishing in local archives, casting around for clues...Columnsfeatured·1 min read·117 views
Reflect | Lighting a New Fire July 8, 2019by Arrye Rosser In early 2017, students from Akron, Cleveland, and Kent contributed their ideas for how Northeast...featuredReflect·1 min read·150 views
‘Some river!’ The Cuyahoga River, 1969—present June 3, 2019by Rosalie Murphy “Almost every great city has a river,” the story on Page 41 of Time Magazine...featuredUnderstand·6 mins read·642 views
It’s now safe to eat most fish from the Cuyahoga River June 3, 2019by Aja Hannah After testing the fish for PCBs and mercury, the Ohio EPA has deemed most fish...featuredUnderstand·6 mins read·368 views
River recreation advocates see hope in kayaks, inner tubes, breweries June 3, 2019by Rosalie Murphy Editor’s note (June 4): The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that one person was swept...featuredUnderstand·5 mins read·784 views
Akron’s Sewer Project, Explained April 1, 2019by Emily Dressler You may know it as the CSO project or, more simply, “the sewer project.” Maybe...featuredUnderstand·15 mins read·2620 views
“We only know Native history through street signs and statues in Akron.” The creators of the city’s newest holiday want to change that. October 3, 2018By Rosalie Murphy Students from the Northern Cheyenne Nation and Akron’s Lippman School marked Akron’s first-ever North American...City of AkronCulturefeaturedLocal history·5 mins read·477 views