Members of the Cleveland Browns surprised patients and staff at UH St. John Medical Center Tuesday afternoon as part of the team’s weekly #give10 outreach visits. The Browns take time every Tuesday reaching out to community causes. It is part of the team’s ‘GIVE 10 HOURS, HELP YOUR COMMUNITY’ program. “The Cleveland Browns care about our community and fans,’ say ... Read More »
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Bay Library Will NOT Move to Huntington Metroparks
Cuyahoga County Public Library is sending a message to cardholders this afternoon that a new Bay Village Branch will NOT be constructed in Huntington Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks. Here is the message: Over the past several months, Cuyahoga County Public Library and Cleveland Metroparks have communicated in earnest with Bay Village residents regarding an opportunity for our two regional organizations ... Read More »
2016 AAA Green Car Guide Now Available
Just in time for Earth Day, AAA announces the 2015 Tesla Model S 70D is the AAA Green Car of the Year. The Tesla is featured with 80 other green vehicles in the 2016 AAA Green Car Guide, a comprehensive report published annually by the largest member of the AAA federation – the Automobile Club of Southern California and its Automotive Research ... Read More »
Let’s Get it On! Mayors Take Fitness Challenge
Avon Mayor Bryan Jensen and Avon Lake Mayor Greg Zilka take their civic rivalries personally! That’s why they took on a Fitness Challenge at the Fitness Center at University Hospitals Avon Health Center last Thursday. The Challenge is open to members of both communities and offers incentives like prize money! Registration for the wellness competition opened April 4 and ... Read More »
Church Donates ‘Bags of Love’ to Mercy Cancer Center
Just about everyone knows someone touched by cancer, whether it is a family member, neighbor or friend. Recognizing the toll cancer treatments can take on patients and their caregivers, some people are called to help make a difference. Fortunately for the Mercy Cancer Center and many of their patients, one of those individuals is Vickie Evans. Vickie recently felt called ... Read More »
CCPL Executive Director: “It is Our Intention to Replace Bay Library”
Cuyahoga County Public Library Executive Director Sari Feldman reports that conversations with Bay Village residents and an online survey demonstrate a need to build a new library in the community. “It is our intention to replace Bay Village, and Middleburg Hts.,” she said in her opening remarks at a meeting with the Cleveland Metroparks on March 24. The purpose of ... Read More »
Avon Lake Eaglet Update: One Baby Missing
Avon Lake Schools report that one eaglet appears to have gone missing from the nest at Redwood School. As of last week, the mother Eagle had laid three eggs, a rare event, since often eagles lay only two, or if they lay a third, it usually does not hatch. “We have noticed that one of the eaglets has not been ... Read More »
WESTLAKE SCHOOLS INVOICE STATE FOR CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDS
At its March 21 meeting, the Westlake Board of Education passed a resolution to invoice the State of Ohio for $2.6 million in what it says is excess funding the state sends to charter schools at the expense of local school districts. Westlake Schools CFO/Treasurer Mark C. Pepera sent an invoice to the Ohio Department of Education for state funding ... Read More »
Bay Library Survey Shows Support for New Facility
325 out of 574 respondents to a survey by the Cuyahoga County Library said a new branch in Bay Village is a good idea. The survey, along with samplings of opinion from community conversations, is part of the basis for the discussions by the Library and Cleveland Metroparks on the viability of building a new branch, possibly in Huntington Reservation ... Read More »
Bay Library/Metroparks Talks Show Porter Creek Drive Relocation, Eliminating Wooded Areas Near Wolf Road
The plan in a presentation piece outlining a move by the Bay Village Branch of the Cuyahoga County Library to Huntington Reservation in The Cleveland Metroparks indicates relocating Porter Creek Drive and eliminating wooded areas near Wolf Road. The Plan was part of the Cleveland Metroparks and Cuyahoga County Public Library Partnership Discussion that took place on March 24. The ... Read More »
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