Grandview Heights News

GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Breaking, or braking, the ice for drivers in central Ohio takes on a whole new, and potentially perilous, meaning this winter.

Grandview Heights officials Patrik Bowman, left, and Ray DeGraw saw years of effort rewarded when the Grandview Yard project broke ground on the old Big Bear property.

Intended to chill the soul rather than the bones, the "Man, That's Cold ! -- Noir Film Festival" is set to begin next week within the cozy confines of the Grandview Heights Public Library.

As many as 30 or so people at a time lined up outside the treasurer's office on the 17th floor of the Franklin County Courthouse to end the year by paying their property taxes.

Classic crime dramas from the 1940s and '50s get their just reward during the "Man, That's Cold" Noir Film Festival, running through the month of January at the Grandview Heights Public Library.

Jayden Toomer, 8, of Grandview Heights, hugs his father, Capt. Sir Montreal Toomer of the National Guard's 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, after he arrived home from Iraq.

The Windsor, an apartment and retail complex, is the centerpiece of the rebuilding of the part of Grandview Avenue that was ravaged by fire nearly a year ago.

The Grandview Heights Parks and Recreation Department is seeking federal funding to help pay for a project to alleviate the flooding problem at Wyman Woods park.

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.