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Ever wonder what you can do to make a better community? It’s easy! Just follow the lead from this story from Jim Farrell, a resident of a Westlake senior facility who wanted to go to the Clague Park fireworks the 4th of July with two friends: “My two friends, Ellie Schramm and Anna Mae Stockard and myself wanted to go ... Read More »

The 5th annual Westlake-Bay Village Rotary Art Festival will take place on Saturday, July 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the grounds between Westlake Porter Public Library and the Westlake Elementary School. Attendees will be able to shop at over 70 artist booths while enjoying live music and food trucks. The event is free to the public, and ... Read More »

Our country’s colors were proudly displayed by a Westlake Police Dept. Color Guard at the annual Fourth of July parade hosted by the city last Friday. Crowds lined the street as the parade made its way down Hilliard Blvd. from Lee Burneson Middle School to Clague Park. Once at the park, events of the day included a patriotic speech from ... Read More »

This year, residents and visitors attending the Discover Aviation Airplane & Car Show can explore a special exhibit that includes a P-51C Mustang and a mobile movie theater inside a 53-foot trailer. The theater has a panoramic screen that is housed in a climate-controlled semi-trailer with expandable sides, ensuring accessibility to all comfortably, accommodating 30 visitors for each showing. This ... Read More »

Bay Village Bay Days 2025 Fun For the Whole Family! Join us for the 2025 Annual Bay Days in Bay Village! During the four day carnival, July 2-5, catch up with family and friends, enjoy thrilling rides, fuel up with delicious food, listen to local music and celebrate 4th of July with stunning fireworks on July 5. Open daily from ... Read More »

Retired Avon Lake teacher continues lifelong learning at LCCC Kathy Leopold has stories to tell. She attended the 1968 summer Olympics and the 1970 World Cup. She traveled by herself to a village in Taiwan in 1977 to visit her parents. And all she had to find her way was a photo of the house they lived in. She survived ... Read More »

The Cleveland Guardians are one of Major League Baseball’s most successful franchises. Year after year they finish close to the top, making the playoffs and giving fans plenty of thrills. Competing in a so-called “small market” against teams with massive payrolls (think Yankees and Dodgers, who have a $200 million tab), the Guardians pull it off year after year. What ... Read More »

The City of Westlake has a Revolutionary War connection within Evergreen Cemetery located at 29535 Center Ridge Road. At rest in the cemetery are the remains of six Revolutionary War veterans – men who battled the British 250 years ago to establish American independence. After the war, they made their way west to the area known as the Western Reserve ... Read More »

All the high drama going on in the world today isn’t just happening on Wall Street or Washington, DC. A much more enjoyable form of drama is on stage in our local high school auditoriums and performing arts centers where casts and crew have been wowing audiences with incredible productions. Bay High Drama closed their spring musical production of The ... Read More »

The greatest calling….. by  Leigh Keeton City of Elyria Parks and Rec supervisor and LCCC women’s basketball coach Brandon Lawler uses his journey through life and faith to positively impact those around him One wrong decision. That’s all Brandon Lawler says it would have taken for his life to have turned out drastically different. Today, Lawler is the Parks and ... Read More »