Company to Add Jobs in 2015 WESTLAKE, Ohio (June 22, 2015) – With Cleveland’s unemployment rate still hovering around 7.5 percent, a local company is making plans to continue an expansion it began more than a year ago and will be adding new jobs. The HMC Group (HMC), an accounts receivable services company based in Westlake, Ohio, began expanding its ... Read More »
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Westlake City Council Reviews Heavy Agenda
Lots of building activity in Westlake meant for a busy City Council Meeting on June 18. The meeting included several signage reviews and a discussion on how to proceed with the new Crocker Park Market District. The agenda from the June 18 Council meeting with actions is attached and linked below. Also attached are the approved minutes from the June ... Read More »
Naked Pizza in Westlake
Talk about pizza with no toppings! An employee of a Bassett Road business in Westlake reported a naked male and female outside of a car in the company parking lot on June 20 at 12:22 a.m., report Westlake Police. The vehicle left and was seen to mount a curb and drive briefly on a treelawn on Crocker Rd. before being ... Read More »
Westlake Police: Would-Be Caregiver Scammed for $2950
A 19-year-old Clark Pkwy. woman was hired through an online service on June 6, ostensibly to be a caregiver for a woman’s stepmother, report Westlake Police. The would-be caregiver was sent a $2950 check and told to deposit it and buy a hearing aid for the stepmom. The “employer’s” story then changed and the caregiver wired the money to “Brianna” ... Read More »
Burglaries, Break-ins Reported by Bay Police
Break-ins and burglaries are in the news from the Bay Village Police blotter for this week. On 06/16/2015, at 1726 hrs, a resident in the 25000 block of Lake Rd. called BVPD to report his house had been burglarized. A list of items that were missing was not yet available. Police are investigating. On 06/20/2015, at 0248 hrs, a custodian ... Read More »
Bay Village Kiwanis donate $15,000 for Normandy Elementary playground
The Bay Village Kiwanis Club presented Normandy Elementary School principal Dan Sebring with a $15,000 donation toward the purchase of new playground equipment for the school. The funds were derived from the Bay Village Kiwanis Foundation, along with designated gifts from the family of long-time member Leo Weiland and from the Kiwanis Youth Service Committee. The school has been without ... Read More »
Summertime and the Livin’ is…Busy!
Summer is here and the calendar is filled with things to do. From art fests to summer markets, from community concerts to the totally unique Avon Duck Tape Festival, there is just so much to do now that June’s blue skies have arrived. Here’s a look at some upcoming local highlights you won’t want to miss: Destination, Bay – June ... Read More »
Market Season Kicks Off with Local Stops
One of the joys of summer is the emergence of seasonal farmer’s markets. There are plenty around this year, with two new attractions added to the farmer’s market calendar in Westlake and Avon Lake. In Westlake, Fresh Fork Market, a top quality grocery subscription service to local farms, kicked off its 2015 season with its first weekly stop on the ... Read More »
28th Annual Clifton Arts & Music Fest – June 21
This year’s Clifton Arts & Musicfest will be held on Sat., June 20, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cudell Improvement, Inc. founded the Clifton Arts & Musicfest and proudly presents it annually on Clifton Boulevard in the lakefront Cudell/Edgewater neighborhood on the northwest side of Cleveland. The Clifton Arts and Musicfest was established as a unique celebration combining fine arts ... Read More »
Brio Tuscan Grille – Celebrate Dads & Grads
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