Cleveland Heights News

The Heights Independent Business Alliance is hosting a networking event for local, independent merchants and nonprofit leaders from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 31 at the BottleHouse Brewery in Cleveland Heights.

The good news for Isabella Marie Nilsson is that she spells like a champion. Otherwise, she would not be heading to the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week.

Here are some of this week's weird calls and charges from Northeast Ohio. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities.

Fans of James Joyce read from "Ulysses" during the Bloomsday celebration at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights on June 16, 2011.

The results are in, and the award for best music venue in Cleveland Heights goes to ... The jazz club and restaurant snagged 58 percent of the vote, and Grog Shop landed second place with 41 percent.

Grammy-winning bassist Victor Wooten , best known for his work with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, is booked with his own band for a gig at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Beachland Ballroom , 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, in the ballroom.

That's what customers and staff attribute The Tavern Company's victory to in the Sun Press ' recent online poll for the best burger in its coverage area.

"Proving that music can be driven and rhythmic without a drummer, acoustic three-piece The Devil Makes Three embraces elements of true Americana with its blend of influences stemming from ragtime, country, folk and a dash of rockabilly.

A judge has refused to block the planned sale of 3 camps of the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio.

Let the scratching begin. Cleveland is on the cusp of summer, and that means parks, picnics, and the inevitable pest.

Three months after Eclectic Mayhem formed, they won Cleveland Hard Rock CafA©'s Battle of the Bands, and were named one of the top 40 bands nationwide.

At the request of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school board, the district's administration has begun negotiations with Mosdos Ohr Hatorah to try to reach a long-term lease agreement with the Orthodox Jewish day school for use of the former Millikin School property.

Gigabit Squared , a Cleveland Heights start-up, wants to speed up the Internet and it has $200 million to get started.

Cleveland Heights City Council approved revisions to the zoning code at its meeting Monday to encourage sustainable practices in the city.

ASSAULT, LEE ROAD: Three Cleveland Heights men, 20, 19 and 18, were arrested for assault after they struck a police officer with shots from a BB gun fired from a car about 2 a.m. May 14.

The City of Cleveland Heights and Lake View Cemetery are both hosting Memorial Day Ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 28.

While Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald has pledged to dedicate millions of dollars in casino taxes to downtown projects, some council members on Tuesday pushed to devote a portion of the money to struggling inner-ring suburbs.

After a few different lineups, Kid Tested is ready to release the follow-up to its 2007 effort "Pop Era Laundry." In fact, the trio -- Shawn C. Mishak , Jim Beil and Dominic Ricciardi -- has two albums' worth of material.

Acting City Manager Susanna Niermann O'Neil announced that Cleveland Heights water service fees were increasing from $4 per month to $10 per month at the regular City Council meeting Monday night.

Cleveland Heights Police received several calls that men were driving a Jeep up and down Lee Road and shooting people with a BB Gun just before 2 a.m. May 14.