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Program Provides Tuition Reimbursement to Students Training for In-Demand Occupations A unique partnership between ApprenticeOhio and Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) is making it easier for students to pursue careers in well-paying industries that need workers. The Ohio College Apprenticeship Consortium will provide tuition reimbursement to participating students for completing pre-apprenticeship and registered apprenticeship programs in occupations identified by local businesses ... Read More »

Hedgehogs, bearded dragons and less-exotic household animals and their families are invited to the 13th Annual Blessing of the Pets on Wednesday, October 4 at 6:30 p.m. on the front lawn of St. Raphael Church in Bay Village. Individual blessings will be given to each animal. Give-aways from Landmark and Hot Diggity Dog Pet Sitting will be distributed and a garden statue of ... Read More »

On Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m., an FYI: Opera program will present a tantalizing preview of Medea, the opera by Luigi Cherubini, at Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge Road. FYI: Opera, sponsored by the Westlake-Westshore Arts Council, will offer a generous helping of Medea’s high drama, which will have a Northern Ohio premiere performance at the Cleveland ... Read More »

Senior Scams – you read about them everyday! A scammer calls an elderly person, pretends to be their grandchild and pleads for money for help to get out of a legal jam. In cases where the grandparent believes the scammer, they go out and buy a gift card or debit card and then send the ‘bail’ money to the bogus ... Read More »

Evil incarnate – that’s what these phone scam predators are! A Bay Village senior citizens had the bejabbers scared out of herself on Sept. 17 when she received a phone call indicating her grandson was in jail on ‘suicide watch’ and she needed to send money to pay for his fines. The frightened grandma called Bay Village Police and reported ... Read More »

The Power of More Chambers will hold their seventh annual Business Expo on September 28. The event is being held at a brand new location, Market Square at Crocker Park. Free and open to the public the expo is scheduled from 3 to 6 p.m. “Due to the continued growth of the Power of More Chambers, we felt the need ... Read More »

Bay Village Mayor Paul Koomar has announced that the City of Bay Village is planning a Community Yard Sale to assist victims of recent hurricanes. “Here’s how you can help the victims of the recent hurricanes, and get rid of useful items you no longer need,” reports Mayor Koomar in a letter to the community:           ... Read More »

Bay Village will be hosting a Community Yard Sale at Bayway Cabin with the proceeds to benefit American Red Cross Disaster Relief. Here’s how you can help the victims and get rid of useful items you no longer need. They will be collecting the following to resell at the yard sale on Friday, Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 ... Read More »

Students in the Westlake High School TechMates Club (Technology & Engineering Department) participated in the Engineering Activity Day at the Cleveland State University Washkewicz College of Engineering recently. After being treated to a continental breakfast to start the day, the students listened to a presentation on “What Engineers Do?” by Gregg Schoof, Manager of the Engineering Student Programs. Kyle Stephens, mechanical engineering ... Read More »

Students and Chefs Cook Up 215.5-Pound Pierogi for Cleveland Eats Culinary Festival One-hundred-seventeen pounds of peeled potatoes. Fifteen pounds of grated cheddar cheese. Ninety-six pounds of dough made from flour, water, egg yolk, vegetable oil and salt. That is the recipe for a world record at the Hospitality Management Center of Excellence at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®). More than 20 ... Read More »