Middleburg Heights News

This sounds like fun for kids. Councilwoman Patti Astorino is looking for children who would like to belong to the Brook Park Garden Club.

Need a respite from February's cold and gloom? A cast of local actors will be serving up a seasonal mixture of thrills, chills and comedy when the Berea Grindstone Players performs its winter production, "Art of Murder," onstage at St.

Entries must be received by noon Monday, with name and phone number included. All correct entries will be listed in the following week's edition and entered in a monthly prize drawing.

An old complaint received new attention last month. Why? Well, a big rig rolling off one highway and dropping onto another tends to draw a wee bit of notice.

Princess Kitten needs a home. Low-cost neuters: Valley Save-A-Pet and two dozen area veterinarians are offering low-cost pet sterilization.

The Middleburg Heights Historical Society will begin 2010 with an exciting program at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the community center, 16000 Bagley Road.

Former Cleveland Indians catcher Victor Martinez quietly visited Big Creek Elementary School to meet with Alexandra James and her fifth-grade class this morning.

GRAND THEFT VEHICLE, HEATHER LANE: A woman looked out her apartment window at 2:15 a.m. Jan.

Fifth-grader Alexandra James will bring a special guest Friday to Big Creek Elementary School.

Parts of the Cleveland Metroparks in Middleburg Heights, Berea and Strongsville will be closed from noon until 11 p.m. Jan.

Entries must be received by noon Monday, with name and phone number included. All correct entries will be listed in the following week's edition and entered in a monthly prize drawing.

Congratulations to Midpark High School social studies teacher Jim Kosar , who was selected as Teacher of the Year by our local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars for his work in promoting awareness of veterans.

Polaris seniors Kayla Griffin of Olmsted Falls and Nolan Tidwell of Fairview Park frost a "Handy Manny" cake for a child's birthday.

ASSAULT, FRANKE ROAD: A man attended a party Sunday where there was a lot of drinking.

An independent study of the proposed wind turbine at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds could smooth the way for the project to go ahead.

One avenue of relief for Haiti could begin soon on Webster Road. Baptist Mid Missions, which began in 1920 through the efforts of an Elyria couple, now headquartered in Middleburg, is gathering supplies and donations for the earthquake-ravaged country while waiting for communications and travel to improve.

Ruth Hagen watched herself on the TV news Friday evening before heading out to watch her grandsons play basketball.

Mayor Gary Starr presented the first proposal relating to his Middleburg 20-20 plan to City Council Tuesday.

As soon as the mercury drops, I see it every morning - cars lined up at my daughter's before-school care with the engine running and no driver in sight.

Negotiations are ongoing between Mayor Gary Starr and the Berea City School District over the C. A. Thomas school property.