A few weeks ago I noticed the bulletin board inside of the Village Square Café at Cross Keys. A welcomed addition to the neighborhood it is. Fewer and fewer bulletin boards are in the ‘hood.

Bulletin boards hang in all 15 Acme Fresh Market grocery stores in the Akron area, including two in Stark County, according to Katie Swartz, Acme’s director of marketing.

“It's the people, it's the products that are on the shelves — and the products that aren't, what's getting purchased,” she says. “Oftentimes in grocery stores, you'll have newspapers, community ...