It’s called the Greatest Show in Wrestling, and the 42nd annual Medina Invitational held Christmas week lived up to its billing last month as Medina County wrestlers excelled in this premier holiday tournament. For Wadsworth, it was payback time as the Grizzlies bounced back from last year’s third-place showing to take their first MIT team title in school history. The ... Read More »
High School Wrestling season started fast and furious at the Ironman Invitational at Walsh Jesuit High School on December 9-10 when, for the 23rd year, the top teams and individuals nationwide converged on the Cuyahoga Falls school for the country’s toughest tournament. “Big names lost, dozens of the 60 state champs in attendance Did Not Place, and some new stars ... Read More »
Fourteen different college programs were highlighted in showcase bouts at the 51st annual National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Star Classic on November 5 at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center. Along with the 14 different schools, Olympian Haley Augello faced Junior World Team member Becka Leathers in a women’s freestyle bout and a pair of bouts also took place featuring local ... Read More »
Patrons of Pat Catan’s Craft Centers will want to mark their calendar for the weekend of Jan. 27-29 in Westlake. That is when Pat Catan’s in Westlake celebrates a grand opening in a new location at 1499 Columbia Road. The new location is in the shopping center that was once home to a Finast Food store. Things have been hopping ... Read More »
Jeff Johnson of Arthur’s Shoe Tree is a community champion. He didn’t plan it that way, it just happened last week when Bay resident and teacher Jeanne Biscotti Silver posted about a need for boots for a needy child on the Bay Village community Facebook site Secret Bay Village. Jeanne was reaching out for a referral as to where she ... Read More »
The Lake Erie Crushers will have a new naming rights partner for their home ballpark. Sprenger Health Care Systems, headquartered in Lorain, is the new naming rights partner for the stadium formerly known as All Pro Freight Stadium. “Sprenger Health Care Systems is excited to partner with the Crushers as a family entertainment destination,” stated Sprenger Health Care Systems COO ... Read More »
It’s going to be an excellent year at The Normandy Senior Living in 2017! Just look at all the smiles that were part of both the gala New Year’s Eve and Christmas parties there. Life is great at The Normandy! Click here to view Normandy’s Christmas Party Click here to view Normandy’s New Year’s Eve Gallery Read More »
Mitchell Minadeo of Blakeslee Equipment Co. in Westlake and Aaron Westerburg of Inspection Tech in Rocky River completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C ®). Minadeo and Westerberg are among 35 small-business owners in the program’s latest graduating class. They spent 14 weeks at Tri-C studying a specialized business and management curriculum for entrepreneurs. ... Read More »
Gifts get old, but the feeling of joy that accompanies something truly special lasts forever. Joy was shared in abundance at the University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center on the campus of UH St. John Medical Center just a few days before Christmas last month when patients and families were treated to an evening of celebration, dinner, gifts and more, including ... Read More »
BURGER BONANZA: A 69-Cent Hamburger!! You must be kidding. No, Bearden’s is celebrating its 69th birthday next Wednesday, so the Rocky River landmark restaurant will be selling burgers for just 69 cents each all day on Jan. 18. See details inside today’s Villager, and see you there!! CALLING DR. PHIL: Westlake Police ran into a love triangle last week that ... Read More »
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