Lorain County Public Health scored a major win in the fight against Covid-19 as an astounding 6,400 school workers were vaccinated in one day last Friday, Feb. 26. Five clinics were staged at different locales in the county, including Avon Middle School, the North Ridgeville Academic Center, Lorain County JVS, Lorain High School and Elyria High School. Students were scheduled ... Read More »
It’s a great time to dream! After a year of quarantine, pandemic struggles and a tough winter, why not look forward to sunnier times? A 15-20 year plan to bring exciting changes to Bay Village’s lakefront was presented to City Council on Feb. 1 by the SmithGroup, an international planning, engineering and architectural firm. The ambitious report brings a variety ... Read More »
Mr. Jason Stangland, the Smith Group presented the Cahoon Memorial Park Public Access Study for Council review. The study is available on the City of Bay Village website, at: www.cityofbayvillage.com/DocumentCenter/View/2639/2021-0201-Cahoon-Public-Access-Study-Council-Review. Mr. Clark welcomed Mr. Stangland and advised that Mr. Stangland has been involved in working with the City of Bay Village for the county-wide initiative of shoreline improvements. Mr. Stangland ... Read More »
City of Westlake Engineer Bob Kelly recently released a video reporting on three community improvements. Flood Plain Improvements: Improvements to 2 million cubic foot Dover Ditch water quality basin along the southeast corner of Crocker and Center Ridge will lower the floodplain in the area by about 30 inches, reducing area flooding. Ball Field Renovations: Four modern baseball fields with ... Read More »
UPDATE: Eagle watchers from the Avon Lake Bald Eagles Nest Facebook page posted the second egg arrived at 7:02 p.m. tonight (Saturday, Feb. 27). Stars and Stripes are going to be parents again! An egg was spotted last night in the nest at Redwood Elementary School in Avon Lake. Bird watchers on the Avon Lake Bald Eagles Nest Facebook page noted the ... Read More »
Lakewood Elks Lodge #1350 located at 24350 Center Ridge Rd in Westlake recently awarded its $6,000 Beacon and Gratitude Grants obtained through the Elks National Foundation, Inc. to Connecting for Kids to fund the local nonprofit’s Ask Us program. This program serves Northeast Ohio families who have questions or concerns about their child aged 12 or younger. Ask Us is staffed by three ... Read More »
Drive-thru COVID-19 testing will be offered three days next week at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) campuses through a partnership with Care Alliance Health Center. Free testing will take place at Metropolitan Campus in Cleveland on Monday, March 1, and Wednesday, March 3. Testing will also be offered at Westshore Campus in Westlake on Thursday, March 4. Testing begins at 11 a.m. each day. No ... Read More »
Information courtesy of the City of Westlake, www.CityofWestlake.org. The Westlake Youth Advisory Board and Community Services staff worked together recently to create homemade valentines and assemble gift bags for 100 unsuspecting senior residents. The bags were filled with chocolates, cookies, hot cocoa and an old-fashioned blank valentine and pen to encourage the lucky recipients to “pay-it-forward.” The bags also contained ... Read More »
Information courtesy of the City of Westlake, www.CityofWestlake.org. The inaugural “Bounty Day” distribution event was a resounding success for the Westlake Community Services Department. Volunteers from Grace Baptist Church in Westlake pitched in to load up more than two dozen cars curbside during the event. In addition to the sense of satisfaction that goes along with helping others, the volunteers ... Read More »
Honoring Black History Month, LaShaun Garcia’s fifth-grade students at Avon Heritage Elementary School participated in a Black History Wax Museum project this week. The students researched an African American person (past or present), created an autobiography, wrote about the person’s life story on note cards, created a poster about the person, then transformed themselves into their person by dressing up ... Read More »
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