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HealthSpan & Mercy Health: Creating a Healthier Community
Ohio’s largest healthcare system, Mercy Health, will transition approximately 13,000 employees and their dependents to HealthSpan’s self-funded health benefits management starting January. Employees from Toledo and Lorain will be offered customized benefits created in partnership by Mercy Health and HealthSpan (formerly Kaiser Permanente). The plan is designed to keep small health problems from becoming bigger. It will save money and ... Read More »
Heroin Drives Shoplifter to Crime
North Olmsted Police arrested a shoplifter last week who said his heroin habit drove drove him to crime. The scene unfolded on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at approximately 16:19 hours, when two North Olmsted patrolmen responded to the Home Depot located at Great Northern for a male shoplifter being detained. Dispatch informed that the male has several outstanding warrants for theft. ... Read More »
Westlake Police: Right Guy, Wrong House, Bad Night
Taking a guy home to the wrong house meant a bad night for a pair of Westlake teens last week. One drunken 17-year-old Westlake girl tried to drive a drunken 17-year-old Westlake boy home on Sept. 21 at 1:20 a.m. They ended up at the wrong house on the right street and woke up the residents by trying to enter. ... Read More »
UH Avon Fitness Center Wins Awards
The Fitness Center at University Hospitals Avon Health Center has been named the “Best of Lorain County” in the Fitness Center category for the 5th consecutive year. Additionally, the center received first place in the Medical Fitness Association’s 2014 Program Innovation Awards. The “Best of Lorain County” awards, sponsored by puLse, Lorain County’s magazine, celebrate the people, places and organizations ... Read More »
North Coast Health Celebration of Caring Raises $145,000
More than 300 people turned out for North Coast Health’s annual Celebration of Caring gala on Thursday, August 28, at LaCentre in Westlake. Over $145,000 was raised through the event, which represents ten percent of the organization’s operating budget and will be used to continue the life-saving care that North Coast Health provides to the medically underserved. “We are touched ... Read More »
FYI: Opera spotlights Handel’s Alcina
The FYI: Opera program on Wednesday, October 8, features four talented voices from three countries, who will present an enticing menu of music created by George Frideric Handel almost three centuries ago. David Bamberger, Artistic Director of the Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater, will narrate the convoluted tale of love that Handel’s music relates and Music Director John Simmons ... Read More »
Fall Fun at Westlake Rec Center
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 »
Connecting for Kids at Porter Library
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: “See Something? Say Something”
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 »