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Cuyahoga Falls Picks up New Councilwoman, Football Coach; Superintendent Lands Contract Extension: News Roundup
It's been a newsy week in Cuyahoga Falls. Here are the biggest stories that broke in the city and local school system.
Council swears in new member
Cuyahoga Falls City Council has selected Arden Barnhart, 56, to fill the Ward 3 seat recently vacated by her husband Ken.
Members of the Summit County Republican Central Committee for Ward 3 handpicked Arden to fill the post on Tuesday, reports the Falls News-Press.
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She will be sworn into office at Council's May 28 meeting.
Cuyahoga Falls High selects new coach
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Cuyahoga Falls High School has named Sean Flaherty as its new head football coach, reports the Akron Beacon Journal.
Flaherty, 33, is a Stow High School and Walsh University graduate who has worked the last seven years as an assistant coach at Wadsworth.
This is Flaherty's first time taking the helm as head coach.
He replaces Mike Miller who resigned after the 2012 season to become a unit principal at Cuyahoga Falls High School.
Four more years: Contract extension approved for Superintendent
On Monday, the Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education voted 4-0 to extend Superintendent Todd Nichols' contract by four years.
The deal will run from Aug. 1 2014 through July 31, 2018, according to the school district's website.
Nichols earns an annual salary of $120,000.
He did not receive a raise.
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