Beachwood News

The Agnon School is hosting a "100 Holes of Golf Marathon" fundraiser June 24 at Legend Lake Golf Club in Chardon.

There will be no raise for the mayoral position in Beachwood come 2014 as Mayor Merle Gorden asked that council freeze the mayoral salary at its current level.

Two of the city's restaurants are taking steps to allow patrons to better enjoy the outdoors this summer and, they hope, increase business.

Officers from the South Euclid, Lyndhurst, and Beachwood Police Departments were searching an apartment on Richmond Road in Lyndhurst, for a suspect wanted on a domestic violence warrant.

Every cyclist who's spent time on the road has heard it -- scolds, curses and shouts from drivers who want them to move over or get on the sidewalk.

THEFT, CEDAR ROAD: A Brooklyn Heights woman, 29, took cosmetics June 7 from Sephora, but during the arrest she had a seizure.

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation is providing a lead matching grant of $16 million to The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood that will be used as the cornerstone of a $32-million campaign to further the institution's vision.

This improbable chain of events did, indeed, happen to entertainer Michael Cavanaugh and, as a result he has carved out a nice career for himself performing music around the world.

Here are some ideas if you are looking for things to do this weekend in Beachwood.

An end-of-the-year educator event will be held the afternoon of June 19 at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2929 Richmond Road.

Musical father-daughter duo Franklin and Diana Cohen will present the second annual ChamberFest Cleveland June 20-30 at venues across Northeast Ohio.

The 57 communities recycled 227,473 tons of residential waste last year - an average of 356 pounds per person, according to the Residential Recycling Report released by the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District .

Ohio laws allows public bodies to shield personnel matters from the public but they are not typically called to discuss public salaries.

Friends of the Aaron Garber Library's annual meeting and officer installation is noon June 20 at the Gross Board Room at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Mandel Building, 25701 Science Park Drive in Beachwood.

A Perry woman, 36, carried a large purse May 28 into Dillard's, then put two shirts into the purse.

Senior Rabbi Richard Block of Temple-Tifereth Israel announced Sunday that a $16 million donation from the Jack, Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation will enable expansion of the temple's Beachwood campus.

Beachwood Mayor Merle Gorden eats out a lot -- with city council's blessing -- but his expense account doesn't reflect the reality of life for other suburban officials, says Avon Mayor Jim Smith.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced a lawsuit against The Event in Orlando Inc. and its owner Andrew Andrekopoulos of Cleveland.

Daniel Kilbride, author of "Being American in Europe: 1750-1860" will speak at 7 p.m. June 11 at the Beachwood Library, 25501 Shaker Blvd. The book tracks the adventures of American travelers in the 18th and 19th centuries in the tradiiton of David McCullough's "The Greater Journey."

Corey Wright, left, and Rosemarie Carroll with a variety of catering entrees and desserts.