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University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center, along with other maternity centers in Ohio, is taking steps to promote its support of successful breastfeeding. The Ohio First Steps for Healthy Babies is a voluntary breastfeeding designation program through the Ohio Hospital Association and Ohio Department of Health that recognizes maternity centers in Ohio for taking steps to promote, protect and support breastfeeding ... Read More »

Four Lake Ridge Academy seniors were named 2018 National Merit Finalists. Elizabeth Coble (Avon Lake), Ben Gwinnell (Cleveland Heights), Noah Kawaguchi (Amherst) and Anjali Prabhakaran (Avon) join a pool of 15,000 finalists who will be considered to receive one of the 7,500 Merit Scholarships that will be awarded nationally in March. These four students represent 8% of Lake Ridge Academy’s ... Read More »

Avon East Elementary School students are truly 100 days smarter! Students and staff celebrated today by dressing up as centenarians and enjoying activities centered around 100. One first-grade class hypothesized whether or not 100 kernels of popcorn weighs more or less than popped popcorn. It was a day filled with fun activities, including celebrating Valentine’s Day. Read More »

Two Dover Intermediate School art students had their work selected for a local art exhibition at Case Western Reserve University. Sixth-grade student Jaye McBride’s chalk pastel bird and fifth-grade student Joey Frey’s Blue and Green Notan on Black were selected for the CWRU Youth Art Month Exhibit, sponsored by the Ohio Art Education Association. Art will be on display at ... Read More »

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently announced that Bay Village ranked fifth out of 64 “Tree Cities” throughout the state. The Tree City USA Survey was conducted by the Ohio Division of Forestry to measure the success of urban forestry programs in communities across the state. The survey scored Bay Village especially high for having an organized tree commission ... Read More »

Please join the Avon Garden Club on Saturday, April 14 at Red Tail Golf Club, 4400 Lear Nagle Rd., Avon, for a vintage Fashion Show presented by VIVA “Women’s Fashions Throughout History.” It all starts at 11 a.m. for Social Time and Raffle Ticket Sale. The Luncheon begins at 11:45 a.m. with the Fashion Show to follow at 12:45 p.m., ... Read More »

Learn How You Can Join the Movement to End Alzheimer’s Disease The Alzheimer’s Association Cleveland Area Chapter will host three free Volunteer Open House events this month to introduce the organization, share volunteer opportunities and recruit new high-impact volunteers. Open house event is February 26 in Avon at the chapter’s office at 37309 Harvest Avenue. The event times at all three locations ... Read More »

The Cuyahoga County Department of Consumer Affairs will introduce legislation to County Council that will focus on investigation and enforcement of consumer protections. The new legislation gives the Department of Consumer Affairs the ability to recover money for those who have been scammed or subject to unfair or deceptive consumer practices. “Our Department of Consumer Affairs does great work throughout our region ... Read More »

Westlake High School has five students named National Merit Finalists. Seniors Steven Brewer, Jack Wu, Ryan Karpuszka, Patrick Lee and Kyle Yu are among 15,000 students to achieve Finalist standing in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. More than 1.5 million juniors in about 22,000 high schools entered the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship ... Read More »

Connecting for Kids will honor five individuals who have helped fulfill the organization’s mission to provide education and support to families with concerns about their child at its Annual Fundraiser on February 23, 2018. The event will be held at Ahern Catering & Banquet Center, 726 Avon Belden Rd. in Avon Lake. The festivities kick off at 6:30 p.m. The ... Read More »