Mel Mohler

Local History

• “Kenmore’s 1896 Lawndale Schoolhouse building may get new life,” February 5, 2026
• “Slovak J Club continues to move Akron’s Slovak heritage forward, one fish fry at a time,” Signal Akron, Dec. 7, 2025.
• “Highland Hill building now houses coffee cart, Akorn Vintage in West Hill,” Signal Akron, Oct. 13, 2025.
• “Akron’s John Brown Monument rededicated, may soon reopen to the public,” Signal Akron, Sept. 29, 2025.
• “East Akron Labor Day parade, 50th edition, kicks off Monday on South Arlington Street,” Signal Akron, August 28, 2025.
• “Historic St. Paul’s Church in Akron’s University Park, built in 1884, at risk of demolition,” Signal Akron, July 7, 2025.
• “Neighborhood Development in the Twenty-First Century,” in Akron at 200: A Bicentennial History, edited by David Lieberth and Jon Miller, 407-419. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, 2025.
• “Celebration of Akron Firestone Stadium’s 100th year to take place June 14,” Signal Akron, June 12, 2025, contributor.
• “May their memory be a blessing: Akron’s Jewish cemeteries endure,” Signal Akron, May 29, 2025.
• “West Side Neighbors: A Model of Integrated Living in West Akron, 1967-1990.” Digital exhibition created for The University of Akron Archives and Special Collections, April 2025.
• “Former VFW hall on Copley Road was the original Weathervane Playhouse,” Signal Akron, Feb. 10, 2025.
• “The Great Blizzard of 1978: What Do You Remember?” Ohio Genealogy News, Winter 2023.
• Green Book Cleveland, researched and wrote three entries (Check-Inn-Lunch, Dunagan’s Service Station, and Green Turtle Cafe) for the Green Book Cleveland project, Fall 2023.
• “Pen Pals and Postcards: Uncovering a Centenarian’s Life Story,” January 2023.
• “Flock of Sheep Continue to Tell the Story of Akron,” The Devil Strip, September 2021.
• “New Statue and Oral History Project Commemorate Akron’s Rubber Industry Workers,” The Devil Strip, August 2021.