Daily Wire

The Rocky River Community Chorus will present their spring concert, An Evening with “Tony”, on Sunday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 21750 Detroit Rd., Rocky River. All the selections they are singing were nominated for or won a Tony award through the decades beginning in the 1940s beginning with “Old Devil Moon” from Finian’s Rainbow. From the ‘60s attendees will ... Read More »

Westlake Police arrested a suspect reported to be circulating bogus $20 bills on May 9. They got the call at 2:43 p.m. when a gas station at the corner of Detroit and Dover Ctr reported that they received a counterfeit $20 bill. Soon after, the convenient store across the street reported that they also received a fake $20. In both ... Read More »

A suspicious vehicle reported by a Bay resident on May 10 led to the arrest of one occupant of the purported ‘tree trimming’ truck. On 05/10/2018, at 1740 hrs, a resident in the 400 block of Juneway called BVPD to report a suspicious vehicle in the neighborhood. The caller indicated the truck was driving very slowly through the area, and ... Read More »

On 5/11/18, the City of Westlake received an award from the Department of Defense – Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). This stems from Ptl. Jason Dancy of the Westlake Police Department who had been deployed for the last year as a Major in the Army National Guard. “The Above and Beyond” award recognizes employers at the local ... Read More »

Westview Elementary School in Avon Lake hosted Glow Night last week. The event was a fundraiser sponsored by the Westview PTA and included Escape Rooms, prizes, snacks, glow sticks and taping Westview Elementary School Principal Nick Moore to the wall. Read More »

Students at Learwood Middle School in Avon Lake recently participated in a challenge to increase their daily movement/steps and it really paid off. The school won first place in the 2018 Youth MOVement Contest sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic Regional Health System and the Community West Foundation. Youth MOVement is a fun, motivational contest to help combat youth obesity by encouraging ... Read More »

The Rocky River Middle School Science Olympiad team brought home a gold medal at the 2018 Ohio Science Olympiad State Tournament. Seventh grader Morgan Way and eighth grader Laith Wattar were named state champions in the Mystery Architecture category. They won the gold by building the longest load-bearing cantilever with only materials provided – a piece of paper, a roll ... Read More »

Westlake High School senior Kyle Yu earned the 2018 Varsity National Champion title at the United States Geography Olympiad (USGO) in Arlington, Virginia. It was Kyle’s third time at the USGO. Kyle previously earned a perfect score on a written qualifying exam to participate in the USGO. That score also earned him a spot in the International Geography Bee World ... Read More »

Thanks to the generosity of Ohio Concrete and the careful planning of first grade teacher Stephanie Reddy, first and second grade students at Holy Trinity school participated in a morning of STEM education all their own. On a beautiful morning in early May, Holy Trinity’s youngest students took turns exploring a cement truck followed by constructing their own miniature sailboats ... Read More »

Westlake Porter Public Library’s parking lot will be closed for resealing and striping from 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 26 through 6 a.m. on Tuesday, May 29. There will be no access to the drive-up book drops while the parking lot is closed. The library will be closed on May 27 and 28 in observance of Memorial Day, making it ... Read More »