Summit County opened its new $2.96 million animal shelter Tuesday, six years after a national group rapped the county for poor treatment of animals and recommended a new pound. ''The journey leading up to this opening has not been an easy one,'' County Executive Russ Pry admitted as he welcomed the public into the building. The facility, a converted warehouse at 250 Opportunity Parkway in Akron, doesn't compare to the former, cramped shelter that sat in the shadow of the state Route 8 bridge...
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