Moreland Hills News

Mayor Greg Costabile will be sworn in for his second term as mayor about 1:15 p.m. Sunday at St.

Hundreds of thousands of local news reports were published online in 2009, but only one has garnered the title of "The Funniest Local News Report of 2009". Fox 8's Todd Meany has earned high praise from the folks over at Buzzfeed.com for his report on a black bear being spotted in Moreland Hills.

Updated: 12/27/2009 11:52:25 PM Posted: 12/27/2009 10:48:56 PM CLEVELAND -- The line at one security checkpoint at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport stretched more 100 feet, and wound beyond the ticket counter.

DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE, SOM CENTER ROAD: After Woodmere police put out a bulletin Dec.

Fairmount Temple's new congregational band, an all-volunteer musical group, participated in Friday's Shabbat service celebrating Chanukah.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, DEEPWOOD DRIVE: A man reported Dec. 9 seeing two individuals in his yard throwing trash, splattering eggs and spraying "Silly String," followed by an hang-up phone call at 12:30 a.m. A car placed at the scene was traced preliminarily to a female student of Chagrin Falls High School.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON, HARVARD ROAD: Police drove a 49-year-old Cleveland man back to the city after a resident called late Dec.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS Ken Fisher has resigned as the city's law director, but he hopes to return to the position in February if City Council decides to reappoint him.

DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, GLEN ROAD: A resident reported that someone had spray painted "PAY UP THIEVES - GLJ" on his garage door between Nov.

INS POSSIBLE, TWO LOCATIONS: Police are investigating a possible burglary sometime before Nov.

DRUG POSSESSION, BERNWOOD LANE: A 51-year-old Solon woman was charged with cocaine possession Nov.

DOG LOOSE, GLEN ROAD: Police responded Oct. 22 to a report of a malamute fighting with a Golden retriever.

Fall leaves lie covered in morning frost in a yard in Moreland Hills, Ohio, on Oct.

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, E. WASHINGTON AND MAIN: An 11-year-old Chagrin Falls boy riding his bike was uninjured when a Moreland Hills woman was pulling out of the Key Bank driveway Oct.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS BURGLARY, MILFORD ROAD: A woman said a man, possibly in his 30s, wearing a dark leather jacket and dark pants, entered her home shortly after midnight Sunday.

SUSPICION DAMAGED VEHICLE, COUNTY LINE ROAD: A resident called police to report that his car had been damaged.

Get into the fall spirit today at the 38th annaul Hiram House Camp Pumpkin Festival.

GENERAL ASSISTANCE, EMERY ROAD: A bow hunter reported Sunday that a deer he had struck had run onto the adjacent property, where the owner "would not let him on," dispatchers said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was scheduled to visit the Cleveland area on Friday evening to attend a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser at a private residence in Moreland Hills.

THEFT BY DECEPTION, CHAGRIN BLVD.: A Shell True North cashier reported a "quick change scam" Sept.