Lee Burneson Middle School Language Arts teacher Deb Schrembeck’s eighth graders raised $350 from an academic haunted house for the Alzheimer’s Association. A 30-member student Unity Committee spent a month designing activities using four classrooms – math, science, Language Arts and U.S. studies – to produce a haunted house. The math room invited students to solve a math problem and ... Read More »
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Lorain County Honors ‘Women of Achievement’
Twenty-one women are being honored during the Women of Achievement (WOA) Luncheon, sponsored by the Elyria YWCA with support of the Lorain County Chamber of Commerce on November 12 at DeLuca’s Place in the Park. Last year, the Elyria YWCA resurrected the Women of Achievement Luncheon and Award Ceremony as part of its yearlong celebration of the Elyria YWCA’s 100 ... Read More »
Bay Girls are ‘On the Run’
Girls from two Bay Village Girls on the Run sites, Westerly Elementary and St. Raphael School, will be participating in the Girls on the Run 5k on Nov. 16 at Lock 3 in Akron. More than 600 girls in 3rd through 8th grade in Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit Counties have been participants in the fall season of Girls ... Read More »
Rocky River Police: Leaf Blower Gone with the Wind
A Glendale Drive resident reports blowing leaves with his leaf blower. He took a break to answer a phone call and left his blower on the front lawn. He looked out and saw a female exit from a white panel van and steal his blower and take off in the van which was being driven by another individual. Rocky River ... Read More »
Rocky River Man Indicted for Rape of Two Teenage Girls
Keith Papalko, 57, of Rocky River, has been indicted for sexual assaulting two teenage girls, ages 15 and 17, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty announced today. The Grand Jury charged Papalko with three counts of Rape, three counts of Kidnapping, four counts of Gross Sexual Imposition, one count of Complicity and one count of Disseminating Matter Harmful to Juveniles. ... Read More »
Ohio Supreme Court Allows Fairview Hospital Helipad
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wed., Nov. 5, that Fairview Hospital may build a helipad on the roof of a new building. In the ruling, the Court states, “Under the current version of the Cleveland zoning ordinances, a helipad is a permitted accessory use for a hospital in a Local Retail Business District. We therefore reverse the judgment of the ... Read More »
NOVEMBER EVENTS AT WESTLAKE PORTER PUBLIC LIBRARY
(Westlake) Following is Westlake Porter Public Library’s November, 2014 calendar of events: Saturdays, November 1 & 29 (10:30-11 a.m.) Mother Goose on the Loose!—An interactive storytime featuring simple books, rhymes, songs and movement. For ages birth-3 with an adult caregiver. Saturday, November 1 (1-2 p.m.) Look & Feel Your Best Through Color—Image expert and author Dawn Waldrop will teach ... Read More »
Bay Village Police Lead in $526K Fraud Bust
In June of 2010, a Bay Village resident reported her checking account number had been compromised and utilized on a number of fabricated checks. Those fabricated checks were cashed at local banks by various individuals for a total of $43,000. Bay Village Police Department began an extensive investigation which exposed a much larger fraud enterprise. Bay Village Police worked cooperatively ... Read More »
Westlake Police: Driver Alters Plates with Magic Marker
Altering your license plates with magic marker will not magically keep you out of trouble! Westlake Police stopped a driver last week who had use Magic Marker to change the expiration date on his license plate. This becomes patently obvious once you are stopped for a traffic violation. The 30-year-old Oberlin man found this out on Oct. 26 at 10:29 ... Read More »
Delinquent Juvenile Arrested in Fairview
A Fairview Park police officer observed a juvenile riding a bike in the 19700 block of Lorain Rd. While inhaling something from an aerosol can on Oct. 27. A stop was made of the 15 year old North Olmsted resident. A total of three aerosol cans were found on the youth and confiscated. He initially gave a false name to ... Read More »
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