Maple Heights News

Posted by Rachel Dissell/Plain Dealer Reporter July 08, 2009 18:36PM A second suburban school board member has been accused by federal authorities of taking bribes in order to steer contracts.

Trucks bumping along Rockside Road sometimes shake houses. "It shakes the whole house," Irene Piekarczyk said.

INTRUDER, MCCREARY ROAD: To one resident's surprise Thursday afternoon, a teenage male was in his garage.

ANIMAL CRUELTY, MAPLE HEIGHTS BOULEVARD: A resident was cited June 21 for leaving a dog in a garage without food or ventilation.

Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Administrative Judge Tom O'Malley was a guest speaker at the Cuyahoga County Public Library's Maple Heights branch recently for a discussion on the juvenile court system.

The city plans to spend about $2,800 to build a so-called rain garden at Stafford Park.

Quick action by Randy Jarzab, kneeling, of Maple Heights, helped limit damage that a fire in the garage of Bill Hudak, left, did June 5. The garage contains Hudak's 1979 Ford Thunderbird.

Libraries around the state are scrambling to rally support for their very survival -- at a time when their patrons need them most.

Forget Marian the librarian, the stern old maid with her hair tucked in a bun perched on sensible shoes shushing patrons.

The summer concert series is in session at 6:30 p.m. at Dunham Park, located off Dunham, south of Rockside Road, and will be held every Tuesday through Aug.

Nine people were indicted on racketeering charges in a check-cashing scam. The Euclid, Maple Heights and Cleveland residents "preyed on at least four small, independent beverage stores in Richmond Heights, Euclid, Willoughby Hills and Cleveland," prosecutors spokesman Ryan Miday said.

Welcome to the new superintendent of the Garfield Heights City Schools, Mr. Mike Beck.

Damel R. Goode, of Center Street, Bedford, was sentenced to two years in prison for pulling a gun when two people crossed his path in Maple Heights in August.

Cuyahoga County prosecutors indicted nine people on charges stemming from an alleged check-cashing scam.

ROBBERY, BROADWAY AVENUE: Two boys, about 15, failed to steal money from Maple Beverage & Deli, 15189 Broadway, during a robbery at about 6:25 p.m. May 23.

UNRULY JUVENILE, VALLEYWOOD PARK: A perturbed park patron called police at 7:34 p.m. Friday in regards to a group of unruly teen males.

Michael Bruno, 24, and Rashid Rohn, 21, both of Cleveland, and Edward Hunt, 30, of Maple Heights, are charged with aggravated robbery and kidnapping in the robbery of the Automile Inn on Broadway.

William Bryant , 54, of Garfield Heights, accused of killing two women, is in court this week trying to prove he is mentally retarded.

RAPE, MAPLEPARK DRIVE: Police identified a suspect whom a woman said raped her early May 16 in the 16100 block.

In 1956, a frosty mug of root beer at the Ravenna A&W cost a nickel. A coney dog cost a quarter.