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Robert Wang Canton Repository Updated Jan. 15, 2026, 3:15 p.m. ET This article has been updated to fix an inaccuracy. …
SARTA offering free transportation to SNAP recipients
Canton Repository Nov. 6, 2025, 12:39 p.m. ET CANTON ‒ The Stark Area Regional Transit Authority is offering free rides to people …
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‘A dignity to being clean.’ Akron nonprofit to bring mobile shower buses to Canton
Robert Wang Canton Repository Oct. 31, 2025, 5:59 a.m. ET CANTON ‒ Robert Ford wanted to bring food to those …
SARTA showcases the new anti-collision bus technology coming soon to Stark County
Robert Wang Canton Repository Sept. 10, 2025Updated Sept. 12, 2025, 2:35 p.m. ET CANTON ‒ The Stark Area Regional Transit Authority will …
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SARTA, businesses and schools support Akron-Canton Foodbank with ‘Stuff the Bus’ effort
Canton Repository Updated April 11, 2025, 3:57 p.m. ET This story has been updated with new information. The Stark Area …
Innis Maggiore Awarded 10 Service Industry Advertising Awards (SIAA)
CANTON, Ohio (March 17, 2025) — Innis Maggiore, the nation’s leading positioning ad agency, today announced that it earned 10 Service …
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SARTA Board of Directors adopts balanced budget for 2025
Prudent spending plan ensures fiscal stability, system’s ability to deliver safe, affordable, reliable public transportation service Stark County residents want, …
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SARTA receives grant to help buy cleaner-energy bus
COLUMBUS – The Stark Area Regional Transit Authority is getting a $531,150 grant to help replace a diesel-powered bus with a new …
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SARTA Board of Trustees approves new three-year labor agreeMENT with afscme local 1880, Pact creates a path to fiscal stability for transit authority
Canton, Ohio – During a special meeting held on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, the Board of Trustees of the Stark …
SARTA unveils details on reduced Proline Plus service. Board to vote on reductions today
CANTON ‒ The Stark Area Regional Transit Authority’s new ProLine Plus service will come with some notable restrictions when it debuts next …