9th Taste of Lakewood fills Screw Factory
At the sold-out 9th annual Taste of Lakewood Sunday it quickly became packed, a long line forming the entire length of the second-floor corridor at the Screw Factory. Taste of Lakewood logo with a...
View ArticleYoung readers encouraged by waggin’ tails
Meagan Steed Lakewood Through the Tail Waggin’ Tutors program at Lakewood Public Library, children are invited to read to therapy dogs as a way to develop and enhance their reading skills. Every second...
View ArticleLakewood Farmers Market boosts economy of downtown Lakewood
Meagan Steed Lakewood Every Saturday through Oct. 6, the city of Lakewood offers local residents a chance to eat food grown locally by taking advantage of the weekly Lakewood Farmers Market. The...
View ArticleTraffic signals updated in Lakewood
By Nicole Hennessy Lakewood Along Detroit Avenue there are cloaked traffic lights and crosswalks ready to be installed. New and old traffic lights at Summit and Detroit Part of a citywide initiative to...
View ArticleMiss Ohio Outstanding Teen resides in Westshore’s backyard
Sarah Eash was crowned Miss Ohio Outstanding Teen this past June. (Photo courtesy of Ray Russel Designs) Meagan Steed Lakewood For some people, having the spotlight on them while they perform, answer...
View ArticleRow to Canada canceled twice: Part one
By Nicole Hennessy Westshore Behind Beth O’Kain, a perfectly blue strip of Lake Erie mocks everyone who’s ever called it dirty or gross. Beth O'Kain training in Lake Erie at Edgewater Yacht Club....
View ArticleSummer garden party to benefit health ministry
North Coast Health Ministry, a free clinic for the low-income uninsured, will hold its annual fundraising gala from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at La Centre Conference and Banquet Facility, 25777...
View ArticleLakewood considering new hotel
By Nicole Hennessy Lakewood Could a hotel be feasible in downtown Lakewood? The city is now considering this question. In the preliminary stages of deciding this yes or no question, a committee...
View ArticleLakewood’s housing stock: Getting up to code
By Nicole Hennessy Lakewood When Lakewood turned 100 years old last year, so did many of its houses. Walking past them, one can imagine entire families living in the massive structures, the fashions of...
View ArticleUnseeded Dzuro takes second at Ironman
By Dan Gilles St. Edward junior 195-pounder Gabe Dzuro was so far off the radar, he wasn’t among the top eight seeds in his weight class at this past weekend’s Walsh Jesuit Ironman Wrestling...
View ArticleLakewood Public Library to offer numerology series
By Nicole Hennessy Lakewood Lying in a hospital bed when she was just 18, Laura Varcho rummaged through a cart of books that had been wheeled into her room. Immediately drawn to a book on numerology,...
View ArticleLocal organization ‘lends’ a hand and much more to families of special needs...
Vicki McCarthy demonstrates a "capability switch"-operated toy hippo at Matthew's Lending Library in Lakewood. (West Life photo by Sue Botos) Rocky River By Sue Botos A plaque at the Rocky River City...
View ArticleWestshore cities’ cooperation topic of LWV forum
Sponsored by area chapters of the League of Women Voters, the forum will take place at 7 p.m. April 16 at the Dwyer Senior Center, 300 Bryson Lane.Click here to read this story on...
View ArticleBirdtown’s first Habitat house; a new start for an old neighborhood
By Nicole Hennessy Westshore On the edge of the Westshore lies Lakewood’s Birdtown neighborhood, named for its bird-related street names like Thrush, and Plover. The neighborhood, long overdue for...
View ArticleBirdtown and its growing business disrict
By Nicole Hennessy Lakewood Unable to afford a downtown Lakewood location for his restaurant, Barroco Grill, Juan Vergara rented an old house on the eastern stretch of Madison, the main stretch of a...
View ArticleChurch historian shares 30 years of research at Lakewood Public Library
By Nicole Hennessy Lakewood For more than 30 years, church historian Tim Barrett has studied the Catholic churches of Cleveland, trying to distinguish which of them are the finest in terms of art and...
View ArticleAs part of 2013 Ohio Chautauqua, story of a slave told
By Nicole Hennessy Lakewood “I have a story to tell. Want to hear it?” Born in Caroline County, Va., in 1772 to two slaves, York was commanded to became Clark’s body servant at the age of 14, before...
View ArticleLakewood senior citizen community loses residents in exchange for new tax...
By Nicole Hennessy Lakewood The halls of Lakewood’s Westerly Apartments are quiet. Throughout the three-building senior housing complex’s high-rise portion, Westerly III, wreathes and other...
View ArticleLakewood eatery feeds Bova campers
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View ArticleFundraising gala for health ministry is Aug. 29
North Coast Health Ministry’s annual fundraising gala, Celebration of Caring, will take place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at LaCentre Conference and Banquet Facility in Westlake. The theme of this...
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