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AVON - City officials plan to spend nearly $13 million over the next three years to make improvements along nearly 2 miles of Detroit Road and adjacent roads.
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AVON LAKE/LORAIN COUNTY
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Many of the area's most traveled streets and highways are looking like parking lots these days. We all understand that the Ohio Department of Transportation and locally funded road work occurs in spring and summer.
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NORTH RIDGEVILLE - The numbers are alarming.
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AVON LAKE - A grassroots effort to upgrade the Avon Lake Play Space at Bleser Park is off to a good start.
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NORTH RIDGEVILLE - More than 1,000 from across the U.S. attended last Saturday’s 18th Annual Skunfest at South Central Park in North Ridgeville. In addition to about 50 de-scented skunks being coddled and fussed over, the event included raffles, contests and more than 40 booths with food and…
AVON - The British Invasion of rock'n'roll bands was more than half a century ago, but there's soon going to be another revolution consisting of teen-age singers instead of teen-age idols taking the stage.
AVON LAKE - Tony Tomanek heard stories about his great grandmother finding and collecting arrowheads as a young girl walking through the fields of Avon Lake.
NORTH RIDGEVILLE - Police and city officials are seeking information about who vandalized South Central Park twice within one week.
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AVON LAKE - Tom Patton loves the history of the Lake Shore Electric Railway.
NORTH RIDGEVILLE - It is billed as the “The largest skunk convention in the world.” It is true? Maybe. But what is certain is that skunk lovers will gather Saturday in South Central Park for a day of games, raffles, food, music and … dressed-up skunks.
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Avon Lake Boy Scout Nick Zangas is building a replica of an airplane weather vane that used to be in front of the T. Kekic gasoline station on Lake Road for many years. The sign is the 16-year-old's Eagle Scout project.
NORTH RIDGEVILLE - Three days after Tom Kelly purchased the former Century Tavern building, he started hearing footsteps on the floors above him when he was working alone inside.
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AVON - The Avon War Memorial, installed this summer and built to honor the city’s fallen veterans, will be officially dedicated at 10 a.m. Sept. 14 near Every Child’s Playground, behind the police headquarters at 36145 Detroit Road.
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AVON LAKE - Drivers ignoring school bus stop signs will face tougher punishment in Avon Lake, effective immediately. City council voted 7-0 Monday to increase fines and add jail time to motorists illegally passing a bus that is loading or unloading students.
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AVON - The Avon Brewing Company plans to open a new location in the former ZZ’s Big Top, a popular bar at the corner of Jaycox and Detroit roads that closed in October 2018.
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After more than 10 seasons and over 800 games, Sprenger Stadium will get new turf, possibly as soon as the 2021 season.
AVON - Amy Fletcher looked down at her phone while she was turning from Detroit Road onto Center Road. A police officer saw her too.
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As fans return to the bleachers at Avon and Avon Lake’s high school football stadiums to enjoy football games under the Friday night lights, one particular seat will always be empty: The Chair of Honor.
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Photo by Michele Murphy
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Sheffield Lake residents will pay an extra 48 cents a month for leaf removal as part of an expanded leaf pickup program the city will launch this fall.
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SHEFFIELD VILLAGE - The Lorain County VA Outpatient Clinic will remain in Sheffield Village, but move into a newly built 25,000-square-foot facility at 5329 N. Abbe Road, next door to the current clinic.
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SHEFFIELD VILLAGE - Sheffield Village councilmen Kevin Watkinson and Bob Marcovich turned in petitions by the Aug.7 filing deadline to ensure their names appear on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
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Sheffield Village Council will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday to select a resident to fill the council seat of Jean Ackerman, who resigned unexpectedly July 22. The meeting will be held in council chambers, 4340 Colorado Ave.
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SHEFFIELD-SHEFFIELD LAKE: Three current Sheffield-Sheffield Lake school board members want to stay on the board for four more years.
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SHEFFIELD LAKE - Some changes are expected to be made to proposed legislation that would tighten requirements for owning chickens and other fowl in the city.
The big brass is coming to Avon Lake to strike up the bands this weekend.
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Help is on the way for senior citizens in Avon.
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Help is on the way for senior citizens in Avon.
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ROCKY RIVER
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Local veterans and their families will be feted from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, July 12, at the 3rd Annual Veterans Appreciation Celebration at the Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, 5255 N. Abbe Road.
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One lane on the north side of Lorain Road is closed to traffic while Dominion Energy replaces gas lines between West 221st Street and the North Olmsted border.
The time between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July is what I’ve always considered the “sweet spot” of summer. You know that luxurious feeling of pure happiness just before you open your eyes and face the day? That’s the feeling I have for pretty much the whole month of June. Azaleas, dogwo…
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SHEFFIELD VILLAGE
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ROCKY RIVER
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FAIRVIEW PARK
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“America's Got Talent” showcases great talent each season. Several show-stopping performances prove how music can be life-changing for young people who face tremendous odds.
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We are growing!
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Break out your red, white and blue gear. It’s time to celebrate the Fourth of July. Here is a compilation of local festivities.
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The tranquility of the Cleveland Metroparks is something area residents know and love, and many rely on it to provide grounding in a stressful world. On any given day, hundreds of runners, bicyclists and walkers populate the trails and walkways. Anglers dot waterline up and down the Rocky Ri…
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Keely Birsic of North Ridgeville received a Bachelor of Science degree from Westminster College at commencement May 11.
