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Join us in our newly renovated Fellowship Hall on the eve of Super Bowl XLVIII, Saturday, February 1 from 5 – 7 pm. Wear your team colors. Vote for your favorite soup of the evening. Kraft Macaroni and Cheese for the kids. All proceeds go toward UMW Mission. 29931 Lake Road, Bay Village, OH. At the door: Adults $9, Seniors (60+) $8, Children 5-12 ... Read More »

BAY VILLAGE, OH – A snowy owl was rescued from the basement of a commercial building in Lorain the morning of Thursday, January 16th. A citizen discovered the bird when they were exploring water leaks in the basement. The area has old access points and chutes that would have allowed the bird to enter, but not necessarily exit, the building. ... Read More »

Raphael D. BENJAMIN 32 years old of Cleveland was found unresponsive laying on his cell bunk at the Westlake City Jail on Jan. 15 at apprx. 1PM. WPD employees gave him CPR and used an AED in an attempt to revive him. Westlake FD responded and found no signs of life. Ohio BCI was requested to assist with the sudden ... Read More »

NASA’s Glenn Research Center Director Jim Free and former NASA astronaut Scott Altman recognized over 500 Glenn employees and contractors for exceptional contributions and achievements in science, technology, engineering, craftsmanship, leadership and administrative service at the 2013 Honor and Center Awards Ceremony. Below are the Honor Award recipients, their hometowns and the award citations from the ceremony program. Presidential Rank ... Read More »

Two Lee Burneson Middle School Academic Challenge teams competed Dec. 14 in the Copley-Fairlawn Middle School Academic Challenge Tournament, competing in separate brackets against teams from Cloverleaf (Lodi), Copley-Fairlawn, CVCA (Cuyahoga Falls), Granville, Hawken (Lyndhurst), Lincoln (Warren) and Sacred Heart (Wadsworth). The two teams finished undefeated this season with perfect 7-0 records in their respective brackets. Advisors are John and ... Read More »

  Nominations for the Bay High School Athletic Hall of Fame for the class to be inducted in September 2014 are now being accepted.  Go to the Hall of Fame’s web site www.bayhighathletichof.com to nominate an individual athlete, coach or team.  The web site has the criteria for selection and the form for making nominations.  The deadline to submit nominations for ... Read More »

  Westlake Police report that a  23-year-old Avon Lake man caused 2 crashes within moments of each other on Jan. 14 at 10:22 p.m. on Bradley Rd. The driver fled from the first crash, and then caused serious injury to a 28-year Westlake woman, who was the driver of the second car he hit. He was arrested for Agg. Vehicular ... Read More »

The Village Foundation welcomed new additions to the Board of Trustees and bid farewell to those serving full six year terms at a reception in November. Joining the Board are Thomas Henderson, Kristen Baird Adams, Loretta Tindall, Sara Urbansic and Maryann O’Reilly. Leaving the board with much appreciation were: Charlie Kennedy, Thomas Harkness, Jon Loufman, Gary Heldt and Sam Barnes. ... Read More »

Doris Gorgas has been named 2014 Bay Village citizen of the year, and the Village Bicycle Cooperative has been named 2014 project of the year by the Bay Village Community Council. Gorgas, who is a retired University Hospitals operating room nurse (she still helps teach CPR there), was honored for her 40 years of service to a wide variety of ... Read More »

The Bay Village Board of Education appointed new officers for 2014 at its Monday, January 13 meeting. Bill Selong was elected President and Dr. Robert Piccirilli was elected Vice President. Board members Mike Caputo, Amy Huntley and Gayatry Jacob-Mosier were sworn in for new, four-year terms after winning in an unopposed election this past November. More information about the Bay ... Read More »