Fallscast

Fallscast

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Fallscast episodes

  • Fallscast Episode 144: December 21, 2025

    On this short n’ sweet episode:

    “Falls school district weighing ending open enrollment

    *Scott Ward promotional popcorn

    *Noon Years’ Eve at Cuyahoga Falls Library

    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: “Jingle Bells” by the Singing Dogs (1971)

    18 min
  • Fallscast Episode 143: December 7, 2025

    *New high school walkthrough

    *2026 city budget

    *CFL Merry Makers

    *The Haunted Closet

    *Voting for Parking Meters on Parade

    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 and interstitials composed and performed by Alex Hall.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Fallscast Episode 142: November 16, 2025
    • November 2025 election
    • Solar panels
    • City council’s emergency support to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank. 
    • Donation drive for Peter Maurin Center
    • Megan’s Way Out legislation
    • Gourd & mums collection drive
    • Tree lighting ceremony November 29
    • Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl
    • Parking Meters on Parade
    • ANTIC presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
    • Jingle at the Jenks
    • Stow Players’ production of Miracle on 34th Street.
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas at Goodyear Theater
    • Elf and The Polar Express at the Akron Civic Theatre
    • 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 and interstitials composed and performed by Alex Hall.

      43 min
    • Fallscast Episode 141: October 26, 2025

      Topics include:

      • Firefighters memorial dedication
      • WWII veteran Platoon Sgt Harold Weaver
      • Cuyahoga Falls Middle/High School’s designated staff member to carry a gun on school grounds
      • Mr. Fun’s closing its doors
      • Sense by the Falls closed
      • Curbside leaf pickup
      • Cuyahoga Falls Library Books and Dragons
      • Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad nominated for Newsweek’s Best Christmas Train Rides 2026
      • November ballot
      • New public mural
      • Akron Comicon
      • Bottles and Books
      • **PLEASE NOTE: VERY LITTLE EDITING THIS WEEK. YOUNGER LISTENERS BE WARNED.

        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 and interstitials composed and performed by Alex Hall.

        1 hr 3 min
      • Fallscast Episode 140: September 21, 2025

        An all-new Fallscast this month with discussion about:

        *The Community Forum at the Natatorium

        *Summit County school report cards

        *Falls Fun Fest

        *Cuyahoga Falls Library’s new mascot

        *Halloween

        *And far more about what we’re allowed to discuss.

        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 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 and interstitials composed and performed by Alex Hall.

        Censorship sound courtesy soundjay.com

        43 min
      • Fallscast Episode 139: August 24, 2025

        *A discussion on trans rights

        *Cell phone fires

        *Cuyahoga Falls Collection

        *Mud Brook Trail

        *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 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 and interstitials composed and performed by Alex Hall.

        Interim music: “I am the Walrus” by The Beatles (1967)

        50 min
      • Fallscast Episode 138: August 3, 2025

        This episode’s discussion includes:

        *Fire in Pavilion restroom

        *Naming rights for Falls High Stadium

        *Tuba concert at Quirk Center

        *Akron Pride

        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 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 and interstitial composed and performed by Alex Hall.

        32 min
      • Fallscast Episode 137: July 13, 2025

        On this episode:

        • Around Akron with Blue Green
        • School board considering closing either Preston or Price
        • More work on the Gorge
        • Public comment for 2025 CDBG Annual Action Plan
        • Italian Fest
        • Sharon Moreland Myers’ “Haunted Summit County”
        • Summit County Board of Elections move.
        • Devo documentary on Netflix
        • 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 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 and interstitials composed and performed by Alex Hall.

          Interim music: “Punkrocker” by Teddybears (Ft. Iggy Pop)(2000)

          30 min
        • Fallscast Episode 136: June 22, 2025

          Discussion on:

          • Protests
          • Gordon Ramsey at Lyla’s
          • Missing 62-year-old man at Blossom
          • Overturned kayak near Sheraton
          • Summit Co Environmental Services building demolished
          • Summit Arts Collective Summer Drama Club
          • 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 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 and interstitial composed and performed by Alex Hall.

            Interim music: “Get Up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley & the Wailers (1973)

            45 min
          • Fallscast Episode 135: May 25, 2025

            After a long break and recording platform changes, we return to bring you the latest news and upcoming events:

            • BMV moving to Emidio’s Banquet Center
            • Gorge Dam project
            • May 29 is “Ranger Pam Day” in the Falls.
            • 5th Annual Falls Fire Showdown
            • Summer Reading at Cuyahoga Falls Library
            • Picnic in the Park with the Mobile Rec
            • Riverfront Cruise-ins and Doodle Drive-In cruise-ins.
            • Irish festival
            • $30 Blossom tickets
            • CFSD awarded the TeachArtsOhio grant for its Patchwork Pathways project
            • Derek Brennan’s design chosen for the mural on rear wall of Cuyahoga Valley Art Center.
            • Flix on the Falls
              • June 20: Moana 2
              • July 11: Wicked
              • July 25: The Grinch
              • August 8: Inside Out 2
              • Front Street Live returns to Paddle Park and the Fountain Stage
              • 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 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 and interstitials composed and performed by Alex Hall.

                39 min

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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.