Fall has arrived and the Westlake Recreation Department is ready to go. Three special events are on the calendar so stop on in and register before the leaves fall and you are left holding the rake! First up is our 2nd annual Spooktacular Scarecrow Contest. For $20 you will receive the wood frame and straw. The rest is up to ... Read More »
Helping Awkward Preteen Kids Make Friends Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 7:00 – 8:30 pm Westlake Porter Public Library, Porter Room Jamie Hughes, MA, SLP, KIDnections Group, will share practical ideas for helping your preteen make friends. This will be an interactive discussion targeted at parents of preteens ages 9 to 12. Hughes will also be providing resources you can tap ... Read More »
Bay Police report that alert residents can contribute to keeping the community safe by reporting suspicious activities. On Sept. 24 at 10:44 a.m., a male resident on Salem Drive reported two white males walking around the neighborhood. They appeared to be looking at houses in an unusual way. The resident gave a very good description of the two and said ... Read More »
Whoever said it is safer to drink at home probably didn’t have mobile homes in mind. Rocky River Police responded to I-90 after Cleveland Police reported they were chasing a mobile home which was being operated by a driver believed to be intoxicated on Sept. 24 near midnight. Officers located the vehicle and attempted to stop it as they pursued ... Read More »
A North Olmsted Shoplifter’s story offers a great message on how to ruin your life with one trip to Home Depot. You might call it a case of “‘Paying It Foward’ Gone Wrong! Here’s the storyline: On 09/15/14 at approximately 1612 hours, two North Olmsted Police Officers were dispatched to Home Depot, 26241 Brookpark Rd., in reference to a male ... Read More »
Fairview Park Police received numerous calls of a vehicle flipped over on I-480 west bound near the 8 mile marker on Sept. 15 at 2304 hours. Upon arrival police found a 2007 Toyota flipped on its roof, having slid over 500 feet. The driver was a pregnant 34 year old N Ridgeville woman who suffered non-incapacitating injuries in the collision. ... Read More »
Dover Intermediate School K-Kids assembled more than 200 bags filled with a variety of toiletries to donate to St. Patrick’s Hunger Center in Cleveland. About 2,000 sample-sized and hotel toiletries were collected by DIS K-Kids, Westlake Kiwanis and St. Ladislas parish in Westlake. Thirty-eight students met after school to assemble the bags with the help of the Westlake High ... Read More »
Dover, Hilliard and Holly Lane Elementary Schools joined Dover Intermediate School in “planting” pinwheels on their front lawns in celebration of International Day of Peace 2014 on Sept. 21. Pinwheels are labeled with students’ names and were created in art classes. The pinwheels are meant to create a visual public statement about peace. Read More »
With a 35-0 win over visiting Lakewood last Friday night, the Avon High football team moved to 4-0 this season. The Eagles will face their toughest test of the year this Friday. They travel to Midview to take on the Middies, also 4-0. In the OHSAA Div. II regional standing, Midview is ranked 1st in Region 4 while Avon is ... Read More »
Construction of a new church building at St. Raphael Parish will not stop the celebration of the 10th Annual Blessing of the Pets on Thursday, October 2 at 6:30 p.m. on the front lawn of the church in Bay Village. The event was first held in 2005 to commemorate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals. ... Read More »
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