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Names in the News: Darrel Bilancini
This is our first installment of Names in the News, where you'll be able to find out a little more about newsmakers in Avon and Avon Lake.
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Snapshot: Parade Prepping for Memorial Day
Avon Lake Service Department maintenance worker John Wedell puts up American flags along Electric Boulevard in preparation of Mondays parade.
Need Last-Minute Food Items for Holidays? Here's where you can go
A few Avon grocery stores have adjusted their schedule for Memorial Day, but in Avon Lake, everything stays the same at the Convenient Food Mart and Giant Eagle.
The Readers' Choice Pick For Best Live Music Venue Is ...
While the Avon and Avon Lake area might not have as many stages for live music as some nearby communities, they sure can put up a great debate deciding which is best in what turned out to be one of the tightest polls yet in Readers' Choice history.
GuitarMania 2012 unveiled today in downtown Cleveland
GuitarMania is back. Beginning today and continuing throughout the summer, the public art project in downtown Cleveland will show off giant guitars for visitors and residents.
Avon Lake power plant pays to refurbish scout camp shelter
WAKEMAN - An open-air summer shelter that was used for years by Boy Scouts is getting a thorough makeover into a year-round facility, courtesy of an Avon Lake power plant.Camp officials knew the 40-by-20-foot pavilion at the Firelands Scout Reservation off Gore Orphanage Road was in bad shape, and something needed to be done."There was the ... (more)
Detours to take effect for Nagel project
Motorists in the area of the Nagel Road-Interstate 90 construction project will have new traffic patterns to follow starting Tuesday.
Avon Lake Readies For Memorial Day Parade, Ceremonies
As is the tradition, Avon Lake will again host extensive Memorial Day ceremonies including a parade, and ceremonies at the Avon Lake Cemetery and Folger Home.
Avon Lake's City Pool to Open on Saturday
The Ellen Trivanovich Aquatic Center will open this Memorial Day weekend.A Avon Lake residents can do some laps, spring off the high board, twist and turn down the big blue slide, or just take a cool and refreshing dip between the hours of 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 26; Sunday, May 27; and Monday, May 28.A Weather permitting, the pool, ... (more)
Avon Lake Goodwill Store Set To Open June 14
The new Avon Lake Goodwill store in Learwood Plaza in Avon Lake is the seventh Goodwill location to open in Lorain County.
Vote Now For Your Favorite Place to Hear Live Music
Where's your favorite spot in Avon or Avon Lake to take in some live music? Admittedly, this isn't Lakewood, where a stroll down Madison Avenue guarantees you'll find a number of places with live bands.
Surprise! Baby Doesn't Wait for Doctor, is Born at Home
WhenA Charlotte "Charlie" Zimmerman made her grand entrance into this world Monday night, it wasn't exactly the way anyone planned.
More Northeast Ohians 'Redshirting' Kindergarten-Bound Kids
AVON LAKE, Ohio - Simply knowing their colors or days of the week isn't always an indicator that your 5-year old child is ready for kindergarten.A As a result, more and more families in Northeast Ohio are holding back their child from entering school: it's a growing controversial trend called redshirting.
Three Honored For Volunteer, Projects of the Year: Gallery
The Avon Lake Public Library Gallery was packed with family and friends of three honored on May 17 for their work in the community.
POWs at Stalag 17 reunite at Brook Park legion
Every eight weeks, World War II veterans who were lucky to eat a potato a day while imprisoned at well-known Stalag 17B eat a potluck meal in Brook Park.
Newsweek Names Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School One of America's Best
Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School has done it again. Earlier this week, Newsweek named the school one of the best in America .
Air Quality Advisory Wednesday for Lorain County
An air quality advisory has been issued to Lorain County, along with Cleveland and Akron for Wednesday by the Ohio EPA.
Newsweek Ranks Avon Lake High School in Top 1,000
Coming on the heels of U.S. News' high school rankings , Newsweek released its list of top 1,000 public high schools in the United States, and Avon Lake High School made that list as well.
Medina junior Ian McKee, shown racing earlier this season, advanced from the Amherst Division I District as a member of the 4x800- and 4x400-meter relays.
North Coast Chamber of Commerce hosts 21st Annual Golf Outing June 1
The North Coast Chamber of Commerce 21st Annual Golf Outing will be at Sweetbriar Golf Club, 750 Jaycox Road, in Avon Lake at 10:30 a.m. "Just as last year, we plan on another sold out event! The ever so popular helicopter ball drop will be back and the day is always a fun event with lots of food, prizes, golf and comradery, said Linda Hamann, ... (more)