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Week in Review: Zumbathon Video Proves Pretty Popular, Hoover High Gets Recognition & More

Take a minute to catch up on some North Canton news you might have missed this week

1. interviewed three artists who will be at this weekend's arts and music festival. Find all three Q&As here:

2. It was a very bloggy week on North Canton Patch. We introduced two new bloggers this week who will write about environmental issues and food. They are:

  • (here's her latest blog about fracking)
  • Meegan (here's her latest blog — an introduction with a )

And we hosted some blogs by and , who are writing from Wallace, WV, as they complete a missions trip through .

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3. Our went "viral." Well, kind of? We had 80-some Facebook recommendations for this video as of Friday afternoon, and , family and community director at the (where the Zumbathon took place) let us know that she's been seeing it all over Facebook. That's what we like to hear!

4. Another popular update this week was the news about being one of Newsweek's top high schools in America. Think you know the reason why? !

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5. handled two chases in one week — one on foot and one person who fled from them on a motorcycle. for all the info.


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