Fairlawn-Bath News Digest: Summit Council Divides Bath, Revere Teachers Contemplate Next Move in Contract Fracas and More.

Here’s a roundup of news and features to help you start the week caught up with what's been going on in local news.

Revere Teachers Protest Contract -- Revere will begin the school year with unrest between teachers and school officials. Teachers and their supporters showed up last week at a school board meeting to protest the board's decision to impose a contract. Officials say state law gives them no choice in the matter. Teachers say they believe the contract was rescinded and are discussing options -- including legal ones. Read the full story here.

Summit Council Splits Bath District -- Bath residents were dealt a disappointing blow on Monday when Summit County Council voted to split the township into two council districts and pair them with Cuyahoga Falls and Akron. The vote was passed as an emergency over the objections of Bath officials and residents, who say their interests will be overshadowed over the larger urban areas. Read the full story here.

Fairlawn and Bath Elections -- Local candidates and issues will be covered here in the run-up to the November general election, and once those stories run, they'll be posted on our very own Fairlawn-Bath Elections Facebook page. Check out what we have so far here, and keep an eye out for candidate profiles, issue stories and post your own candidate events for your neighbors to see.

Green Goddess vs. Weeds --  All this water has sprouted all kinds of things, including weeds that look like they've been given some sort of super-growing potion. Sarah Vradenburg offers some tips at fighting off the pesky unwanted plants here. Also, look for a video here soon of our Green Goddess offering tips for what do as fall approaches. 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall -- All this weekend hundreds filed past a three-quarter scale replica of the war monument at in Fairlawn. If you didn't get to go, check out our Viewfinder by Sam Verbulecz, and all the neat photos and videos posted by Patch users here and here.

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