Fallscast

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Fallscast episodes

  • Fallscast Episode 153: November 1, 2026

    On our pre-election/daylight savings episode:

    *The tragedy of Sharon Dorn

    *RiverLoop grand opening

    *Data center and solar farm discussion in city council 

    *Falls Free Press famous on TikTok

    *Draco, the newest dog in the K-9 unit

    *Super Ninja World moved into former State Road Mr. Fun building.

    *Downtown Tree lighting ceremony & drone show, November 28 at 6pm

    *Hudson Ballet Conservatory presents the Nutcracker at Cuyahoga Falls Library

    *Ballet Theatre of Ohio to perform the Nutcracker at the Akron Civic Theater

    *ANTIC will perform ‘The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,” at the Quirk Cultural Center

    *CFHS Fall Play is “Puffs: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic”

    Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

    Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

    Interim music: “Autumn” by Atlas Audio, courtesy Pixabay.

    Your Pal Bones clip via TikTok

    1 hr 2 min
  • Fallscast Episode 152: October 4, 2026
    • Early Voting starts Tuesday
    • Mysterious Uber Eats delivery
    • Crosby
    • Hand, foot, and mouth disease
    • New Preston Learning Center
    • Lyla’s on Kitchen Nightmares
    • Klein’s pharmacy no longer filling prescriptions 
    • Bike Champion program 
    • Energy Expo
    • Books & Dragons
    • Fall curbside leaf pickup
      • Downtown Trick-or-treat on Front Street, Oct 11
      • Nightmare on Front Street, Oct 17
      • Quirk-O-Ween, Oct 23
      • Citywide TOT, Oct 31, 6-8
      • Halloween light tour
      • Evil Dead the Musical at Akron Civic
      • Ohio Shakespeare Festival presents Rocky Horror Show this Oct
      • Akron Independent Horror Short Film Festival at Akron Civic
      • Akron Comicon
      • And SO MUCH MORE…

        Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

        Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

        Your Pal Bones clip via TikTok

        1 hr 4 min
      • Fallscast Interview: The Graveyard by Squared Circle

        On this episode Bart sits down with Ryan Dockery, owner and operator of The Graveyard by Squared Circle on a new resale shop on Portage Trail.

        Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

        Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

        22 min
      • Fallscast Episode 151: July 29, 2026
        • Watch out for the Wienermobile!
        • Recent Air Quality Index
        • Akron officers drop off man near home where he broke into home and assaulted family
        • Schwebels closing
        • A NEW 5.5 mil levy for the CFCSD on the ballot in November
        • High school was awarded grant from the American Endowment Foundation in support of expanding their Fresh Farm Garden program
        • Black Tiger Family Center Supply Drive
        • Change in Ohio Revised Code 9.66
        • National Night Out  
        • Brigadoon at the Porthouse Theatre through Aug 9.
        • Millennial Theater Project presents Sister Act at the Akron Civic Theater
        • The final Flix on the Falls for the season is The Goonies
        • Nepali Fest
        • Funeral for a clown
        • Wandering Aesthetics presents Monster Farm
        • The Northeast Ohio Tuba Euphonium Ensemble
        • **PLEASE NOTE: VERY LITTLE EDITING THIS WEEK. YOUNGER LISTENERS BE WARNED (Also, can somebody explain to me how to set the Explicit tag in wordpress now after all these changes?)

          Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

          Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

          Interim music: “Oscar Mayer Wiener Jingle”

          55 min
        • Fallscast Episode 150: June 14, 2026
          • City council approved contract with LiveEO
          • Fatal shooting on Friday on Aspen Place.
          • Jordan Gazafy sentenced to 140 months in prison  with another 10 years of supervised release and $162,500 in restitution. 
          • Graham Road Sheetz officially open
          • Portage Towers up for sale
          • Pride on Portage
          • Cuyahoga Falls Community Band shows
          • Keser Barn summer concert series
          • July 4th festivities
          • Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

            Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

            Interim music: “Summer in Ohio” from The Last Five Years, performed by Anna Kendrick

            50 min
          • Fallscast Episode 149: May 17, 2026
            • Noisy Oyster Pub shooting
            • Issue #5
            • Summer reading program at Cuyahoga Falls Library
            • Chicken lovers strikes again
            • Mr. Gregory’s students win 2nd place in All-American Soap Box Derby engineering design challenge.
            • 2026 Veteran Banner Program
            • Smoke on the water, Saturday June 20
            • Memorial Day Parade, May 25
            • Irish Festival, June 12-14
            • Parks & Rec Picnic in the Park
            • Mobile rec
            • CFHS student Mayya Sharma won Ohio’s 13th District Congressional Art Competition 
            • Murder Mystery Dinner at Bluebird Event Center, June 9
            • Comedy night at the Jenks, Fri June 5, 8pm
            • Flix on the Falls
              • June 26: Jaws
              • July 10: Lilo & Stitch (live-action)
              • July 24: Jurassic World: Rebirth
              • July 31: Goonies
              • Howard the Duck at the Nightlight
              • Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

                Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

                Interim music: “Rockin’ Robin” by Bobby Day (1958)

                50 min
              • Fallscast Episode 148: April 19, 2026
                • Mayor Walters’ State of the City address
                • Police beat Fire Department in Battle of the Badges
                • Gorge Dam cleanup
                • ReWorks Recycling Days
                • Cuyahoga Falls Fest
                • Safety Town
                • ANTIC presents Dorothy in Wonderland
                • Arsenic & Old Lace at Weathervane Playhouse
                • Rubber Duck fest/art walk/dush dash next week
                • Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

                  Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

                  Interim music: “This Hell” by Rina Sawayama (2022)

                  “I Like to Move It” performed by Mike.

                  48 min
                • Fallscast Episode 147: March 22, 2026
                  • Bigfoot sightings
                  • Increased police presence at middle/high school
                  • Death of 2-year-old Falls girl caused by power seats in now-recalled Hyundai Pallisade.
                  • 70th annual Egg Dash
                  • Cuyahoga Falls Library Levy Issue #5
                  • Biker Easter Bunny
                  • All-City Art Walk
                  • Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

                    Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

                    32 min
                  • Fallscast Interview: The Haunted Closet

                    On this episode Bart sits down with Megan, Chris, and Amanda, owners of The Haunted Closet on Portage Trail.

                    Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

                    Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

                    17 min
                  • Fallscast Episode 146: February 15, 2026

                    In addition to deciphering to meaning of 6 7, we dig into more news than we can chew:

                    • Information on parking ban during week of January 24
                    • Front Street construction between Broad & Sackett
                    • Quirk center reopens after repairs
                    • Old high school pipes froze
                    • Congratulations Diana Colavecchio on retirement. Mary Spaugy has taken her position of Community Development Director
                    • Portage Crossing sold
                    • Missing man at Brandywine Falls, Michael Vangelas, found dead 
                    • Dewitt Fifth grader Brayden Heiner got to be Mayor for a Day
                    • Child predator Spencer Kearney arrested 
                    • Website impersonating Summit County Fiscal Office
                    • St Patrick’s Day downtown pub crawl March 14
                    • Paint & Sip at Tiki Underground Feb 26
                    • Jenks born again Saturday, March 7
                    • Bat out of Hell musical one right only at the Akron Civic, March 29
                    • Devo’s Mutate, Don’t Stagnate tour coming to the Civic June 3
                    • PUZZLES PUZZLES PUZZLES PUZZLES PUZZLES PUZZLES!!!!!
                    • Thank you for listening. We are always in the market for article submissions and suggestions for podcast interviews. If you are interested in volunteering with on The Falls Free Press or the Fallscast, or are a musician wishing to showcase your music on the podcast, drop us a line on facebook or at [email protected]. If you enjoyed the show, be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts to let others know to listen.

                      Fallscast theme composed and performed by Alex Hall.

                      Interim music: “Waiting on the Sun” by the Doors (1968)

                      39 min

                    About Fallscast

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                    The Falls Free Press reporters and staff hold a weekly round table discussion about the news in and around Cuyahoga Falls, detailing the facts and their opinions on the topics.