Maintaining infrastructure is not just about superhighway bridges and airport landing strips.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The city of Akron, Ohio, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer system to reduce or eliminate sewage overflows that have long polluted the Cuyahoga River and its tributaries, the Justice Department, U.S.

By The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Mar. 27--Hale Farm and Village will present a look at what life was like for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad in 1852. Tours depart every 20 minutes from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday and again on Saturday.

By The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Mar. 13--Alcatraz will be in the weekend spotlight in the Cuyahoga Valley. Ranger Rich Weideman will present an in-depth look at Alcatraz, also known as The Rock and America's Devil Island. The 12-acre prison in San Francisco was called "Hellcatraz" by the media.

By Rick Armon, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Nov. 23--The construction equipment along South Main Street is gone -- for now. But workers will be back on the road near Interstate 277 next year to continue a multiyear, $18 million face lift that stretches from Akron to Green.