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Kiwanis Christmas Tree Sales in Cahoon Park

The Bay Village Kiwanis Club will begin its annual Christmas tree sale at the Cahoon Park Gazebo area, the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 25. Three Christmas tree varieties will be available, including Fraser Firs, Douglas Firs and Colorado Blue Spruces. Tree sizes rang from 6-10 feet tall. Prices range from $40-100, depending on size and type. Tree sale dates ... Read More »

St. Thomas Lutheran Church 7th Annual Cookie Walk

St. Thomas Lutheran Church will hold its 7th Annual Holiday Cookie Walk this year on Sat., Dec. 10, 21211 Detroit Road, Rocky River, (440) 331-2680. Nut horns, pecan/apricot tassies, gingerbread, Mexican wedding cakes, and all the fabulous Christmas favorites will go on sale at 10 a.m. and sell until they’re all gone. Be early to get a good selection because ... Read More »

Avon Lake Band Earns Top Rating at State Marching Band Finals

Congratulations to the Avon Lake Marching Band for earning a top rating at the State Finals! The 130-member band performed on November 5, 2016, at Brunswick High School, and came away with a superior rating, the highest rating a band can earn at State. The band has swept this season with superior ratings at every OMEA marching band contest. The ... Read More »

Westlake Math Clubs Going Strong

The Math Clubs at Westlake High School, Lee Burneson Middle School and Dover Intermediate School are all ranked on the National Top 100 list in the Math Madness Contest. The weekly online challenge involves thousands of school districts and over 40,000 students from around the country. Students tackle eight new challenging questions each week. Westlake’s teams are in the bracket ... Read More »

North Ridgeville Senior Center Annual Christmas Craft Show

North Ridgeville Office for Older Adults (Senior Center) is having their annual Christmas Craft Show on December 3rd!  This shopping event for Christmas will be open from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Our Senior Center Craft Ladies will have their variety of crafts on sale and also find homemade candles, ornaments, jewelry, baked goods and so much more at our ... Read More »

Leaf Season Do’s and Don’ts

The Bay Village Police Department and the Service Department would like to remind residents that leaves should not be placed in the street right of way. Placing leaves in the street is a violation of City Ordinance and also creates safety issues. Placing leaves in the roadway narrows the street creating an issue with passing traffic. Parking over leaves can ... Read More »

Sequencing Through Doughnuts

Hilliard Elementary School’s fourth-grade students learned about sequencing and chronological order by making doughnuts in the classroom. Students read “Homer Price” by Robert McCloskey, which included a story entitled “The Doughnuts” about a doughnut machine on the rampage. The book focused on the story elements, character traits and sequencing of events in the story. Students learned how the characters solved ... Read More »

Check Your Smoke Alarms!

Bay Village Fire Chief Christopher Lyons reminds residents to change the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors with each season’s time change. Follow these tips each year when clocks are set back from Daylight Savings Time: Make Sure You Have Working Smoke Alarms and an Escape Plan For the protection of your family, install a smoke detector ... Read More »

Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital Opens, Roseann Park Family Tower Named

Expansion Marks First Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospital Built in Ohio Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital – the first Cleveland Clinic regional hospital built in Ohio – will begin welcoming patients on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The five-story, 212,000-square-foot facility, estimated at more than $161 million, was built onto the north side of the existing Richard E. Jacobs Health Center located off Nagel ... Read More »

Avon Football: A Great Run to 10-0

The Avon High football team up rung up one of the great Southwestern Conference seasons in 2016, going undefeated in the regular season and capping off an undisputed SWC title with a 42-19 victory over Olmsted Falls two weeks ago. It was a perfect night for the Eagles. They finished the regular season at 10-0, notched Coach Mike Elder’s 100th ... Read More »