Bay Village’s commitment to the arts, a legacy championed by local families, recently took a modern turn as a hometown filmmaking team raced against the clock for one of the world’s most intense creative competitions: the 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP). Lee McLaughlin, the Executive Producer and Team Leader for his crew, Screamworks, led his team through the whirlwind weekend ... Read More »
By Walter Topp A Bay Village nonprofit organization is offering to split the cost of new shade trees with Bay residents to help restore the city’s vanishing tree canopy. The citizen-led Bay Village Tree Conservancy will arrange for the delivery and planting of new canopy-scale trees at a greatly reduced cost to Bay homeowners through the Conservancy’s Win-Win program. By ... Read More »
A Parent’s Guide to Big Decisions with Kevin Mecchella Introductory Remarks by Superintendent Scot Prebles. An interactive conversation for parents and grandparents. Wednesday, October 15 from 7-8 p.m. at Bay Middle School Library, 27725 Wolf Road. Free and open to all Bay Village Residents. Parenting in the digital age is overwhelming. Phones. social media and a never-ending afterschool schedule often ... Read More »
Manhunt Suspends Westlake School Activities 2 Adults Arrested – 4 Firearms Recovered On Saturday 9/27/25 at about 3:45AM, WPD officers on patrol spotted 3 males walking along the 27000 block of Hilliard Bl. Each were dressed in all black and had on gloves and masks concealing their faces. Knowing that neighboring cities recently had armed men prowling through citizens’ cars ... Read More »
West Shore Career-Technical District hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week for its new MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) Lab and Welding Program at its home in Lakewood High. These two programs are housed at the Lakewood High School training center and will be able to serve an additional 96 West Shore Career-Tech students from Lakewood, Bay Village, Rocky River and Westlake. West ... Read More »
Bay Gridders Fall Short Against Buckeye The Bay High football team proved they can play with the best last Friday night. But just fell short against visiting Buckeye, 34-28. The teams entered the game at 2-0 each in the Cleveland West Conference. But Bay slipped to 3-2 overall with the loss. Bay was paced by Charlie Rodgers, who picked up ... Read More »
More Trouble for this Guy On 9/6/25 at about 10:45PM, a concerned citizen called WPD to report that a black sedan was weaving through all 3 lanes of traffic on I90 W/B in the area of Columbia. Officers also witnessed the Lincoln drive over the lane lines. The car was stopped in Avon by the Westlake officers. The driver appeared ... Read More »
Kids of all ages enjoyed the Annual City of Bay Village Touch-a-Truck last Saturday, September 6 at the Bay Village Fire and Police Station lots. Visitors were able to sit in a fire truck, turn on police lights, stand in a front-end loader, learned valuable safety information and parents were even able to have an opportunity to ask some questions. ... Read More »
The Bay Village Tree Conservancy, By Walter Topp Conservation organizations, local governments, and concerned property owners across the United States are working to preserve and restore tree canopies in their communities. Made up of the spreading branches of the tallest trees, healthy tree canopies can lower summertime temperatures, reduce flooding, limit air pollution, dampen noise, and provide habitat for insects, ... Read More »
Lions, tigers and bears are not welcome, but household animals and their families are invited to the 19th Annual Blessing of the Pets on Sunday, October 5 from 1:30-2:00 p.m. on the front lawn of St. Raphael Church in Bay Village. Individual blessings will be given to each animal. Dog and cat treats and give-aways from Hot Diggity Dog Pet ... Read More »
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