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Westlake Community Services Director Joyce Able Schroth has been more than the head of a city department. She has been a friend to the hundreds and even thousands of residents she has served over the past 15 years in her vital role in serving the community. Joyce is stepping down from that role, heading into a retirement with her husband, ... Read More »

The 14th annual Greater Cleveland Sports Awards held at the Renaissance Hotel Jan. 25 reminded Clevelanders that there is plenty to be proud of in Northeast Ohio, even if the Browns did not make it to the Super Bowl. Browns great Bernie Kosar, a long-time Rocky River resident, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The Youngstown native became an ... Read More »

There’s nothing like a fashion show to warm up a cold winter’s day! “Hats Through the Decades, “ is a fashion show created by a group of West Shore ladies who elegantly recreate the great looks of earlier times for area groups. The ladies staged a show at Bradley Bay Health Center’s Assisted Living two weeks ago. It was a ... Read More »

  Community Resource Services 25th annual Charity Ball held at LaCentre in Westlake was a hit Saturday, Jan. 25 The Silver Anniversary Charity Ball was the best one ever, breaking  records in both attendance and money raised for this important organization that serves the needs of low to moderate income residents of Avon and Avon Lake. “The Silver Anniversary Charity ... Read More »

Honored as  the 2014 Ohio Superintendent of the Year by the Buckeye Association of School Administrators, the night belonged to Westlake Supt. of Schools Dr. Dan Keenan, Jr. at ceremonies held in the rotunda of the new Westlake High School Monday. But it was a line from Dr. Keenan’s father, Dr. Daniel J. Keenan, Sr., that offered the most important ... Read More »

A homeless family seeks shelter. A baby sleeps in a stable. As the Christmas story was celebrated worldwide last month, the plight of Syrian refugees brought real meaning to the birth of Jesus for missionaries from St. John Medical Center in Westlake. Dr. Eiad Sayed, Kristin Hoops, RN, and Nicki Vacco, RN, have been leading a medical relief team to ... Read More »

New Year is a time to celebrate democracy at its best. Locally, civic leaders were administered their Oaths of Office in Bay Village, Westlake and other communities as the New Year began. In Bay Village, civic inauguration is a New Year’s Day tradition. Incumbent Mayor Debbie Sutherland, as well as most of City Council, took their solemn oaths administered by ... Read More »

It was another great year to be an Avon High football player! Winning its fourth West Shore Conference championship in a row and advancing to the Div. II Regional Finals, Avon had a year that will be cherished for a lifetime by the team’s players and coaches. Going undefeated through the regular season at 10-0, the Eagles were 12-1 overall ... Read More »

Tracy Caraballo, 45, of Fairview Park is finally on the road to recovery, thanks to the surgical implantation of a spinal cord stimulation system performed at St. John Medical Center Nov. 11. The system decreases her pain by delivering mild electrical impulses to the spinal cord, which act to block pain signals from going to the brain. The surgery was ... Read More »

“All About You,” is a free women’s health membership program now offered through St. John Medical Center. The program’s kick-off event was held last Thursday within the new outpatient lobby at St. John Medical Center. It was a hit! “All About You’s evening for women was a huge success,” says Pam Hoch, Women’s Service Line Development Coordinator at St. John ... Read More »