Cuyahoga Heights News

"No more pencils, no more books. No more teachers' dirty looks." Many people forget that summer vacation is a time for teachers to vacation and rejuvenate, too.

The Cuyahoga Heights High School class of 2009 graduated June 7 in a ceremony in the south gym.

The school board unanimously decided to revise the 2009-10 High School Student Handbook and Program of Studies .

Elda Venture of Valley View organizes the annual Community Yard Sale held in August.

Veteran Finance Director Arman Ochoa is being investigated by a special prosecutor for possible misuse of public money.

John Rhoades, supervisor of environmental assessment for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, waits for a fish to surface in the Cuyahoga River on a recent electrofishing survey near the district's Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant in Cuyahoga Heights.

Posted by Mike Holzheimer/Sun News mholzheimer@sunnews.com June 07, 2009 08:00AM One is better than none.

Posted by Mark Holan/Sun News -- mholan@sunnews.com June 02, 2009 11:35AM Categories: Student of the Week When Cuyahoga Heights Schools eighth-grader Sarah Wilson was only 4 years old, she started accompanying her father, Tom , on Civil War re-enactments. Tom, who owns Wilson Feed Mill on Canal Road, has been involved with Civil War re-enactments ...

Posted by Mark Holan/Sun News -- mholan@sunnews.com May 28, 2009 10:58AM Categories: Person of the Week When you call Cuyahoga Heights Schools Superintendent Peter Guerrera , you have to get by Sandy Riley .

When Police Chief Joe Kocab gathered his police officers from five communities for the sobriety checkpoint Friday night, he had no idea how many offenders they would nab.

A worker sprays lubricant into the 50,000-ton Mesta Machine press in this 2000 photo.

Schools Superintendent Peter Guerrera told the Cuyahoga Valley Chamber of Commerce that his district is one of about 20 in Ohio that receives less per pupil funding from the state than non-public schools.

Among the police officers who marched in Monday's 48th annual Police Memorial Parade and Ceremony were Lt.

The Emerald Necklace Photography Show will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Friday through July 22, at the CanalWay Center in the Cleveland Metroparks Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation.

Mothers and their families are invited to a Mother's Day "Morning with Mom" program from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 10 at the EarthWords Nature Shops in Cleveland Metroparks.

For the fourth year in a row, Cuyahoga Heights Schools made the list of Best Communities for Music Education, compiled by the National Association of Music Merchants.

Cuyahoga Heights Schools eighth-grader Veronica Zielinski always has loved to express herself by putting pen to paper.

The sister of an Ohio soldier killed in Iraq was ticketed for speeding and missed a ceremony awarding him a posthumous Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Posted by Mark Holan/Sun News -- mholan@sunnews.com April 30, 2009 18:25PM Categories: Safety CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS -- With safety force layoffs planned for Saturday, Mayor Jack Bacci called the fiscal crisis facing the village "the largest deficit in its history." According to a letter sent by Bacci to residents at the beginning of the year, "Over the ...

This time it's Walton Hills doing the celebrating. And the reason for that elation is the decision announced last week by the Ohio Supreme Court that it will consider the village's push to leave the Bedford City School District and join the Cuyahoga Heights School District.