As a child, Greg Brumbaugh made holiday visits to Chapel Hill Mall to see not just Santa Claus, but also a big-time Akron celebrity, Archie the Talking Snowman. “I remember him scaring the crap out of ...

The former Chapel Hill Mall, located in Akron between Brittain Road, Buchholzer Boulevard, and Howe and Independence avenues, has been transformed into a business park now owned by Industrial ...

AKRON, Ohio -- Cincinnati-based Macy's announced the closing of two stores in Northeast Ohio this spring. Today many shoppers are especially upset over the closing of the Chapel Hill Mall location.

Akron has a big, newly expanded manufacturer. What it doesn’t have is any significant space left at its once defunct Chapel Hill Mall, which is now a full industrial park, as that manufacturer has ...

Archie the Talking Snowman has been a beloved or feared holiday tradition for countless generations of Greater Akron residents. And now the giant snowman that once towered over children at the former ...

AKRON, Ohio -- What once filled two floors, the merchandise at Macy’s in Chapel Hill had been squeezed into a fraction of its vast space. Most of the clothing racks were gone, the jewelry cases were ...

Brianna Cherner, owner of The Soap and Shine, pipes green soap onto four dozen bars decorated with rainbows for a child’s birthday party. Cherner made the move from corporate life to her own retail ...

As Akron celebrates its bicentennial in 2025, we’re looking back at two centuries of headlines. Visit BeaconJournal.com every Sunday morning throughout the bicentennial year for a look back at the ...