Annual event taking place Dec. 19 on Wiltshire Road, growing each year
AKRON — The longest nights of the year are not as dark anymore thanks to a grassroots effort in one West Akron neighborhood. The annual lighting of the luminaries along Wiltshire Road will take place Dec. 19 at 5:30 p.m.
Ann Manby, a lifelong Akronite, said she always admired the luminaries that line Castle Boulevard on Christmas Eve, and when she bought her West Akron home 10 years ago, she wished her neighborhood had a similar tradition.
The dark days of winter during the COVID-19 pandemic intensified the desire of Manby, her wife and daughter to spread joy around the neighborhood…