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Deborah Putnam, treasurer for the Bay Village City School District, has notified the Bay Village Board of Education that she intends to retire at the end of this academic year. Board members reluctantly accepted her notice of resignation at their Monday, January 13 meeting. “It has been a truly rewarding experience,” said Putnam, who is completing 25 years of ... Read More »
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Westlake’s Dan Keenan Honored as Superintendent of the Year
Honored as the 2014 Ohio Superintendent of the Year by the Buckeye Association of School Administrators, the night belonged to Westlake Supt. of Schools Dr. Dan Keenan, Jr. at ceremonies held in the rotunda of the new Westlake High School Monday. But it was a line from Dr. Keenan’s father, Dr. Daniel J. Keenan, Sr., that offered the most important ... Read More »
WESTLAKE CITY SCHOOLS LEADERSHIP 2014
At its Jan. 6 organizational meeting, the Westlake Board of Education welcomed a new member and made changes to its leadership for 2014. John Finucane was sworn in for a new four-year term that expires Dec. 31, 2017. Finucane graduated from john Carroll University with a BSBA in management and earned his MBA from Baldwin Wallace University. He is the ... Read More »
Mercy limits hospital visitation response to flu season
Due to the severity of the respiratory influenza season, for the safety and health of our patients, associates and community members, Mercy has made several temporary changes to the hospital visitation policy, effective immediately. Children under the age of 12 are discouraged from visiting Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain and Mercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin. Visitors are discouraged from ... Read More »
Lee Burneson Students Earn National Math Honors
Lee Burneson Middle School in Westlake placed fifth in Ohio out of 48 schools in the American Mathematics Competition (AMC 8), a national math competition designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem-solving skills. The middle school also was one of 16 schools to earn the School Merit Roll Distinction for its team score – the highest in the ... Read More »
Avon Lake Wrestling: Making Winners for Life
One of this winter’s sports season’s success stories is the Avon Lake wrestling team. Anchored by a core of underclassmen, the Shoremen quietly spent the offseason training with the newly recharged Avon Lake Wrestling Club. Now they are seeing success in the regular season. The Shoremen have won two tournaments this winter – at Eastlake North and the Len Pariano ... Read More »
Prevent Exposure to Carbon Monoxide this Winter
Often called the “silent killer”, carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and tasteless gas that kills hundreds and hospitalizes thousands of people in the United States every year. Stephen Sayles, MD, emergency medicine physician at Richard E. Jacobs Health Center, says that although it can happen at any time, there is a greater risk for carbon monoxide poisoning in the ... Read More »
Lorain County Receives Nearly $3 Million in Third Frontier Grants
State Senator Gayle Manning (R–North Ridgeville) today announced the Ohio Controlling Board has authorized the release of $2,737,016 in Ohio Third Frontier grants to two projects in Lorain County. As part of its Great Lakes Innovation and Development Enterprise (GLIDE), Lorain County Community College (LCCC) will receive $350,000 to advance its Edison Incubator Services. GLIDE is a public-private partnership housed ... Read More »
CUYAHOGA COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER, DAVE GREENSPAN ANNOUNCES ANNOUNCES 2014 TOWN HALL MEETING SCHEDULE
Westlake, OH January 3, 2014 – Dave Greenspan, Cuyahoga County Councilmember representing District 1, announced today that he will be hosting a series of Town Hall Meetings in 2014. The Councilmember believes that a Town Hall Meeting format of information exchange is a very beneficial means of communicating valuable information between constituents and elected officials. “Over the past two ... Read More »