Berea News

The only contested Berea ward race - Ward 2 - saw a rematch of the same candidates two years ago.

Each year a committee made up of representatives from the Berea Rotary Club and the News Sun selects winners from the many nominations sent to them from Berea citizens.

THEFT, DEPOT STREET: A 21-year-old woman received a call Oct. 27 from a "Marcus DiPalma" who said she won $450,000. The caller then put "another agent" on the phone who told the woman to send $300 cash to a "Giovanni Gomez" in San Juan, Costa Rica, to cover taxes on her winnings.

Berea Animal Rescue will sponsor an all-you-can-eat "pawsta" dinner 4-7 p.m. Saturday at Berea High School, 165 E. Bagley Road.

David L. Tressel knows what it's like to be a life-long learner. The retired Berea district teacher will now learn the duties of a school board member after taking one of the spots at Tuesday's election.

This is the mango curry, with mango simmered in chicken and shrimp in a yellow curry base, brightened with red peppers, onions, carrots and summer squash, served at Sweet Mango, 54 Front St.

The following list will be updated as new Howard Hanna listings come on the market in Cuyahoga County Ohio .

Tuesday ended incumbent Berea Municipal Court Clerk Ray Wohl's 14th election campaign - on a happy note.

Call it the charge of the leaf brigade. More than 140 volunteers - with rakes in hand - will hit the streets Saturday and remove leaves from senior citizens' yards.

A new book features several local fire departments, and for the next few days, your advanced purchase can help a great cause.

Southwest General Health Center doesn't just care for the ill or injured. It promotes wellness through the many programs and services that reach out to every aspect of the community, especially residents living in its taxing district.

The "Brunette Cast" at Baldwin-Wallace College shows off its dance moves - and just about everything else - in "The Wild Party." This group of performers alternates performances with the "Blonde Cast." Joseph Moncure March chronicled love and death in the 1920s with "The Wild Party," an infamous poem of decadence and debauchery that was banned, ...

The Harper family, who sets up their annual yard display, includes Robert, left, Bill Evans, Sandy, Samantha and Alyssa.

Berea schools are prepared to offer the H1N1 influenza vaccine to children at on-site school clinics.

ANIMAL BITES, SEMINARY STREET: A Middleburg Heights woman and son went to the Berea police station Sunday to report an attack on their dog by a local Rottweiler.

Maria Kretchik, left, got to know Mariana Brandao, her maid of honor, when Brandao came to Berea from Brazil as a foreign exchange student.

Berea has its fall leaf pick up program now in progress. Residents are reminded not to rake leaves into the street, which can post a safety hazard.

Wayne Louis, 4, dressed as a lion, anticipates the rest of his long glide down the giant slide at the Harvest Festival.

A Columbia Station man was arraigned Thursday in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas on his seventh drunken driving charge.

A 16-year incumbent and a Strongsville attorney are vying for the Berea Municipal Clerk of Court post in the Nov.