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Honor recognizes the College’s visionary work to encourage student success Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) has been named a finalist in a national Awards of Excellence program designed to recognize innovation and promising practices among two-year colleges. Tri-C was one of only 24 community colleges honored by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), which sponsors the program. The College is ... Read More »

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Executive Chef Shaun Petro of Brio Tuscan Grill whipped up a heart-shaped pizza to honor the annual holiday for sweethearts. Talk about lovin’ in the oven! Brio reservation can be made by calling (440) 250-8630.   Read More »

  PulsePoint Connects CPR-Trained Citizens to Cardiac Emergencies Cleveland Clinic in conjunction with the City of Cleveland and five WestShore fire departments has launched the PulsePoint CPR/AED smartphone app to help improve sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) survival rates. The PulsePoint app helps improve community response to SCA victims by notifying and enabling citizen bystanders that lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is ... Read More »

  The Avon Early Childhood PTA said “Happy Birthday Avon”  with a Winter Kid’s Party at Heritage North Elementary School on Saturday, Feb. 8. Avon is celebrating its bicentennial this year and the club organized a birthday party to celebrate with its members. Read More »

Catholic Health Partners (CHP), parent company of Mercy and Ohio’s largest health system, has received Premier, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: PINC) 2014 Richard A. Norling Premier Alliance Excellence Award for its leadership in accelerating innovation in care delivery. The award, named in honor of Premier’s CEO from 1997 to 2009, recognizes a Premier member that has most advanced the alliance’s work to ... Read More »

What can dogs teach us about marriage? A lot! Bow-wow vows were exchanged as part of a Valentine’s Day fundraiser for Love-A-Stray at Paws by the Lake in Avon Lake last Saturday. The dogs who said ‘I do’ offered a great lesson in guidelines for a happy marriage, canine or human. “Is it your intent to refrain from growling when ... Read More »

Please Visit: www.OhioFoundingFathers.com for Fascinating Ohio History Officially, the United States Code deems this Monday, February 17 a federal holiday commemorating “Washington’s Birthday.” However, over the years, this has caused some confusion among astute history students who generally agree that our nation’s first president was born on February 22, 1732. Why the discrepancy? Well, what started out as a legal ... Read More »

ELYRIA – The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) and International Lactation Consultant Association® (ILCA®) have recognized University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center (formerly EMH Healthcare) for excellence in lactation care. The University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Family Birth Center has received the IBCLC Care Award in recognition of staffing professionals who hold the prestigious International Board Certified Lactation Consultant ... Read More »

(Cleveland/Lorain, February 10, 2014) With a commitment to make health care easier, both HealthSpan and Mercy in Lorain County have announced a partnership to provide better care at a more affordable price and keep people healthier. Beginning in January, HealthSpan’s Signature and Traditional HMO plans expanded to include the services and employed providers of Mercy. “This addition provides members of ... Read More »

Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald and Director of Consumer Affairs Cindy Sich today kicked off the Fighting Tax Predators initiative to provide constituents with the resources they need to identify and report suspected tax scams. “Unfortunately, each tax season brings along new cases of people trying to manipulate the system for their own personal profit,” said FitzGerald. “It’s critical that ... Read More »