Grandview Heights News

Upper Arlington Fire Chief Mitch Ross, who joined the department in 1985 and became chief in 1998, has announced his pending retirement.

When Jennifer Dunkle was a kid, she wrote letters to Santa Claus and checked the radio for updates on his whereabouts on Christmas Eve.

The five members of the Veterans Service Commission are nominated by Franklin County veterans groups and appointed by a Common Pleas Court judge.

Gina Dustin and her husband, Mitchell, looked upon Clintonville as a place where residents were interested in recycling.

Grandview Heights City Council passed a $10,637,390 city 2010 budget by a 4-3 vote during a special meeting Monday.

Losing a home to foreclosure can be devastating. Owners, struggling with the bills and facing unsympathetic lenders, can be unpredictable, even violent.

The visiting Hornets had a 19-10 third-quarter edge, but they could not make up a 13-point halftime deficit at Grandview in a MSL-Cardinal loss.

After Jeff Compton was diagnosed with autism in 2001, parents Butch Compton and Mindy Poist spent more than $40,000 getting him the treatment he needed, treatment not covered by their health insurance, Poist said.

Many health-insurance plans could no longer exclude coverage for diabetes or autism under bills that passed the Ohio House yesterday over objections of most Republicans.

The football-inspired drama The Blind Side has become the underdog hit of the season with a $20.4 million weekend and a box-office victory over The Twilight Saga: New Moon .

When Jason Mlicki decided in 2007 to take on an office improvement project, he didn't want just a simple conversion that would link two Victorian-style homes separated by an uncovered walkway.

The Junior League of Columbus will hold its fifth annual Holiday Home Tour fundraiser on Saturday in Grandview Heights.

The Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society will be adding a new feature to its Web site next week.

Nate Pommering, 9, and Adam Ellis, 7, both Grandview residents, learn about world geography from Greg Moul of Grandview.

Connie Haddad Frecker is the new public relations coordinator at the Grandview Heights Public Library.

Monica Durban spent six weeks in a coma. DispatchPolitics Monica Durban spent six weeks in a coma after her vehicle was hit by a street racer who crossed I-70. Yesterday, the Galloway woman watched from the balcony as the Ohio House passed an anti-street-racing bill sparked by her crash.

On the heels of Grandview Heights City Council's approval Nov. 23 of a cooperative agreement for the Grandview Yard project, the city's Board of Control will meet this week to review and verify the costs associated with the first phase of public improvements for the project.

The holiday season in Grandview Heights will kick off Tuesday, Dec. 1, with the annual holiday tree lighting at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Grandview Center, 1515 Goodale Blvd.

A video of Stefanie Spielman plays during today's calling hours. About 2,000 people are expected to pay tribute to Stefanie Spielman today during public calling hours for the late champion of cancer awareness.

The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce that thirty-three Ohio Libraries were identified as Star Libraries in the 2009 Library Journal Index of Public Library Service, Round 2. Stars are awarded on a point system.