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The Cuyahoga Community College Westshore Campus announces an ongoing lecture series on the brain for the 2013-14 academic year.   The Westshore Campus will host a conversational brown bag lunch series, as well as an evening interactive lecture series. Please note some lunch series conversations will occur at Corporate College West.   The lunchtime lecture series is based on the ... Read More »

The SOUPer Bowl battle to benefit the CRS Food Drive was a hit at Friday’s Avon-Avon Lake football game as supporters of both communities filled a truck load of provisions for area needs. Lily Alten, President Avon High Student Council, accepted  the trophy as Avon walked away as the  winner of the heated contest. $11,142.19 was collected, along with 4,520 ... Read More »

What a ride for Mike Stevens and his team at Lake Erie Harley! The premier northeast Ohio dealership located on Chester Road in Avon was visited last week by Bill and Karen Davidson, the great-grandson and great-granddaughter of one of the original founders of the company, William A. Davidson. They stopped by as they traveled “home” for H-D’s 110th anniversary ... Read More »

The need to support cancer patients never takes a vacation, even if it is summer, that is why Vosh and Georgetown of Lakewood hosted the Wine off the Vine event on Sunday, Aug. 25. With proceeds to benefit The Caring Continues Fund, providing help and hope to cancer patients, Community West Foundation joined in support to ensure resources for patients ... Read More »

The 23rd North Coast Challenge to benefit area charities was a success last Saturday as St. John Medical Center hosted the yearly 5-Mile Run, 3.4 Mile Walk and Kid’s Runs under sunny skies. “I just saw a number that this event has now raised over $1.7 million for local charities,” announced race founder Bud Hagy as he joined Mayor Dennis ... Read More »

  North Coast Health Ministry’s annual fundraising gala, Celebration of Caring, was a hit last Thursday as several hundred guests gathered at LaCentre in Westlake ins support of this year’s theme,  “Connect to Good Health.”     The evening  featured a cocktail hour with piano accompaniment, dinner and dessert, a live auction and raffles, including a drawing for a dream ... Read More »

  “The Sky’s the Limit” is the name of the distinctive  bas-relief art work now installed at Westlake Porter Library. The 3-D creation made of copper and aluminum, crafted by noted artist Don Lundstrom, sits gloriously above the information desk. In two parts, one section depicts a global map highlighted by the space shuttle’s  orbital trace, the other an adult ... Read More »

Fugitive Missourian Arrested Westlake Police report that at 1:03 p.m. this afternoon, fugitive Brian ADKISON was observed bicycling on Detroit Rd. near Cahoon Rd. by a citizen. ADKISON ducked into woods near Cahoon Rd. and Bryandale Drive. Officers from Avon, Bay Village, Fairview Park, North Olmsted, and Rocky River set up a perimeter in the area bounded by I-90, the railroad ... Read More »

Westlake Police Report $607 cash went AWOL from a Rose Rd. home on the night of Aug. 22. The homeowner found the greenbacks missing and suspects that a Bay Village male (friend of her boyfriend’s son) who was sent on his way from the house that night might be involved. She got nowhere when she repeatedly called and went to ... Read More »

  If you don’t know or love someone with Alzheimer’s yet…just wait. Alzheimer’s is epidemic and growing faster than our population is aging. It’s the only one of the top 10 killer diseases in America with no cure or treatment. If you would like to be part of a world without Alzheimer’s, then join us at the West Side Walk ... Read More »