Akron Digest
August 22, 2025

Good Morning, Akron!

This week in "Awards you don't want to win": Akron's Municipal Courthouse took 6th place for Ugliest Public Building in the country. I never really noticed it before, but now I get it. From some angles, it looks like a parking garage that got a promotion. From others, it's Akron's tallest filing cabinet. Turn your head sideways and you get concrete lasagna.

We joke because we love. If you work there, thanks for keeping the city running—you're the only reason the place has any warmth at all.

On to prettier things. Let’s dive into this week’s issue.

🗞️ The Digest

When Your City Hall Doesn't Live in Your City

The city of Green has a problem that sounds like a postal punchline: their own city hall's mailing address says it's in Uniontown. The airport? North Canton. Popular restaurants like Twisted Olive? Also North Canton, apparently, even though you could literally walk there from downtown Green.

After decades of this addressing chaos, Mayor Rocco Yeargin has had enough. Green is now part of a congressional push to force the U.S. Postal Service to give communities like theirs their own zip codes, because sometimes you have to go all the way to Washington to fix something as basic as "where do I live?"

The fallout isn't just annoying—it's expensive. Green lost $614,000 in unpaid taxes in 2023 alone because businesses didn't realize they were actually located in Green. Emergency responders get confused about where to go, and one physical therapist worked in Green for two years without knowing they weren't in Uniontown.

The Postal Service thinks this is all unnecessary drama, but when your fastest-growing city in Summit County can't even get mail delivered to the right municipal identity, maybe a little chaos is worth it.

Mansion Dreams, Fixer-Upper Reality

The historic 1912 Highland Square Mansion that we highlighted last week sold for $185,000 at auction last Friday—a steep drop from its one time $687,000 asking price. The six-minute auction drew about 30 people for the 5,128-square-foot home that's missing parts of its second floor. It now needs extensive repairs before anyone can legally move in. Hopefully the undisclosed winner of the auction can breathe some new life into the old home.

🔥 Top 5 Events This Week

Here is our list of hand-picked events around the area:

📌 Everything Else Worth Knowing

Some bonus picks from us:

🎬️🎥 Akron Weekend Movie Action

Nightlight Theatre

Note: This is a partial list of movies at the Nightlight. Visit any of the links below for a full list.

• Went Up the Hill
  “In this chilling ghost story, a recently deceased woman haunts her estranged son Jack (Dacre Montgomery of Stranger Things) and her grieving widow Jill (Vicky Krieps of Phantom Thread and Corsage). When the woman’s spirit inhabits the survivors, the living must grapple with the destruction she left behind while fighting for their own survival. A Toronto International Film Festival premiere.”

  Rotten Tomatoes: 74%

  Showtimes

• Ne Zha 2
  “After a catastrophic event leaves their bodies destroyed, Ne Zha and Ao Bing are granted a fragile second chance at life. As tensions rise between the dragon clans and celestial forces, the two must undergo a series of perilous trials that will test their bond, challenge their identities, and decide the fate of both mortals and immortals.”

  Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

  Showtimes

• Shin Godzilla
  “When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.”

  Rotten Tomatoes: 87%

  Showtimes

Highland Theatre

• Weapons
  “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.” (Rotten Tomatoes)

  Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

  Showtimes

Weather

Today

80 🌡️ 59 | ⛅️ | 4% 🌧️

Saturday

80 🌡️ 62 | ☀️ | 25% 🌧️

Sunday

78 🌡️ 54 | 🌦️ | 2% 🌧️

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