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Westlake Porter Public Library and the Westlake Police Department are partnering to offer Neighborhood Crime Prevention on Tuesday, February 16 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Registration is required, and participants will receive Zoom login information by email after registering. In response to the recent string of home burglaries in Westlake, Lt. Dancy of the Westlake Police Department will offer information ... Read More »

Westlake Porter Public Library has announced a new early literacy initiative aimed at children ages 4 and under. The Myrna Chelko Early Literacy Initiative is named for the long-time, dedicated library volunteer who helped found the Friends of Porter Library and the Westlake Porter Library Foundation, served on the Library’s Board of Trustees, and gave her time to the library ... Read More »

UPDATE: The Great Kindness Challenge week at Westview Elementary School in Avon Lake finished up with PJ Day dress-up theme Friday. Fourth-grader Sadie Siefert, 10, said she gave a compliment to a friend this week and fourth-grader Lilly Starkweather, 10, said she read a book to her brother this week. Photo credit: Avon Lake City Schools We all know how ... Read More »

Twitter (3 min). – Bay Village Schools would like confirm all threats are unfounded at this time, but BVPD continues to do its due diligence. Dismissals are taking place. Thank you for your patience. (7 min.) – Bay High School parents: please stay in your cars while you are at Bay Presbyterian Church. Your student will text you when they are ready ... Read More »

From Bay Schools (tweets) 18 min. – From Bay Schools Dismissal for BHS starts now @ Bay Presbyterian. Parents should enter via Lake & exit Columbia. Have IDs ready. All other schools continue to stay in place. Do not return to BHS to retrieve cars or other belongings. You’ll be alerted when you can return to campus. 30 min. – Regarding ... Read More »

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Congratulations to Avon Heritage Elementary School third-grade teacher, Michelle Friedel, Cleveland Monsters MonSTAR Teacher of the Month, presented by WGU Ohio. Representatives from the Monsters organization, WGU Ohio, as well as the Monster’s mascot, Sully, recently surprised Mrs. Friedel virtually during school to share the announcement with her third-grade class. Mrs. Friedel’s three children and her husband also joined in the celebration. She received a gift basket including tickets to ... Read More »

Avon Heritage Elementary School students (grades 3-5) were treated to a special virtual author visit this week with Louise Borden. She has written over 30 fiction and non-fiction children’s books (a few titles are listed below). Each grade level participated in a pre-recorded virtual assembly, and then smaller class group live sessions were conducted featuring the author. During the small ... Read More »

Recently Bay Middle School Spanish Teacher, Manola Acosta, was featured on News 5 for helping to break down barriers in the Hispanic community during COVID-19. See the story below. “Our very own BMS Spanish Teacher, Manola Acosta, was featured on a recent TV5 segment, sharing her talent and time to break down barriers in the Hispanic community during COVID-19. Thank you ... Read More »

Charles Scott West is celebrating the opening of its new salon at  34970 Detroit Road in Avon. “We are so excited to share our new space in Avon (Crocker Park salon relocation site) with all of you. We are so grateful for your patience and loyalty to our salon/staff. We have a few sneak peek pictures to share with you. ... Read More »