Bay Village’s St. Raphael Church family smiled through the raindrops Sunday afternoon as ground was broken for the new church after the 12:30 Mass. “What a truly amazing and exciting time for our Parish and our history,” said Fr. Timothy Gareau, Pastor. “We move forward in hope, enthusiasm, and humility in what God can accomplish through us!” Church pews and ... Read More »
The drowning death of Medina man Peter Radke, 42, two weeks ago at Huntington Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks in Bay Village brought tragedy to summer’s start. A spokesman for the Cleveland Metroparks reports that beaches were open at Huntington Reservation in Bay Village Sat., May 31 when Radke drowned. Radke helped get an endangered 14-year old girl to safety. ... Read More »
A suspect armed with a small black semi-automatic handgun tried to take a motorist’s radar detector on June 10 at 10:10PM, report Westlake Police. The Vermillion man had stopped for the signal on Columbia Rd. at Hilliard Blvd. when the suspect leaned in the open passenger window and grabbed at the detector. The driver then hit the gas and the ... Read More »
Wins with birdie on Tour-record, 11th playoff hole It’s ironic that last week’s Cleveland Open held at Lakewood Country Club in Westlake co-incided with the 70th anniversary of Word War II’s climactic event, the Normandy Invasion. Both will go down as The Longest Day. Especially the Cleveland Open. It saw Sunday’s final round morph into an 11-hole, record breaking playoff ... Read More »
Lee Burneson Middle School eighth graders Alex Rujawitz, Audrey Lyle and Rachael Kaiser are the 2014 winners of the Jon Thompson Civil War Poetry Contest sponsored by the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable. The three were honored at a dinner on May 14 at Cleveland’s Judson Manor, where they read their winning entries –poetic interpretations of “The Widow,” a painting showing ... Read More »
The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) has announced 10 finalists in its DiscoverDesign.org National High School Architecture Competition. Westlake, OH student, Cal Craven of Westlake High School is among the finalists who submitted design projects to redesign their high school athletic pavilions to promote healthy lifestyles. Cal is sponsored by teacher Scott Kutz. A jury team of 35 architects, engineers and ... Read More »
When Dennis Sullivan’s seventh-graders learned that they had won the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pasta for Pennies contest at the school, they made a startling request. The students asked that the Olive Garden lunch they had won for their classroom is donated to the Ronald McDonald House, a home-away-from home for families of children being treated at Cleveland-area hospitals. Lunch ... Read More »
Students from the Holly Lane Service Club have been able to pair the latest fashion and crafting craze among kids, Rainbow Loom® bracelets, with a great cause. The Club recently donated the $122 it earned by selling “Bracelets 4 Autism” to local nonprofit Connecting for Kids. The popular blue and white bracelets were sold to Holly Lane students during April ... Read More »
Stephen Riley, a Life Scout of troup #338 in Avon Lake has made the residents very happy. Stephen decided that he would build 2 raised planting beds for Bradley Bay. This was Stephen’s Eagle project, and along with the help of a few of his troup members, these wonderful beds were built. They are raised, so that the residents don’t ... Read More »
Westlake Police arrested a 43-year-old Center Ridge Rd. woman for DCI after an argument with her 52-year-old beau. The male admitted the officers to the apartment, whereupon the intoxicated female stepped out of the shower without a stitch on. She was advised to get dressed. She then demanded that the male leave and take his cats with him and became ... Read More »
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