Rocky River News

Developer Andrew Brickman explained his reasons for wanting to switch his proposal from luxury townhomes to an office building at a recent Fairview Park City Council committee meeting while Mayor Eileen Patton looks on.

Volunteers are needed from 9-11 a.m. May 18 to clean litter from the East Branch of the Rocky River and Coe Lake.

Local historian and author Ralph Pfingsten will shed some light on this mysterious facility during a special presentation for the West Park Historical Society at 7 p.m. May 21 at Cretan Party Center, 3853 W. 168th St., in Cleveland's West Park neighborhood.

The investigation by the Cleveland Division of Internal Audit found that some firefighters were hiring other people to work their shifts, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office said.

The Bike-to-School Challenge in Bay Village, Medina and Rocky River concluded its first week with students breaking bike-riding records for the event, said Tracey Bradnan, a spokeswoman for Century Cycles, which is the annual organizer.

A legal dispute between Clifton Park residetns and the Clifton Club over the rights to the land - more specifically, the beach - just got a lot more complicated.

May 14 - Conversations with Eleanor and Lucretia, 10 a.m., Eleanor Roosevelt and Lucretia Garfield meet over tea and discuss their paths to the White House and beyond.

FAIRVIEW PARK Legislation will be discussed at the May 13 City Council committee meeting that could lead to a November ballot request to rezone the Mandley-Vetrovsky Funeral Home property on Lorain Road from multi-family garden to office building 3. It's unclear what led Andrew Brickman of Abode Modern Lifestyle Developers to want to rezone the ... (more)

While walking westward along the south side of Bagley Road recently, I was surprised to see that at least half of a thick stand of trees separating a residence at 281 W. Bagley Road from the Valley Parkway next to it had vanished.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT, CENTER RIDGE ROAD: Workers at a Westwood Town Center movie theater told police May 4 somebody there used a stolen credit card to purchase an "Iron Man III" ticket and beverage.

This scene is somewhere in the West Shore Sun/Sun Sentinel area . Here's a clue: This sign marks a popular social venue in this eastern Lorain County city.

Several weeks ago Avon Local Schools announced a restructuring of administrative duties within the district and plans to hire two principals.

BURGLARY, TRICIA DRIVE: A house painter was arrested on May 1, shortly after 1 p.m., when the resident having his home painted noticed things at the home out of place and the painter acting suspiciously.

Organizers of the Bike-to-School Challenge, involving students from Bay Village, Medina and Rocky River, report 1,183 students rode their bikes to school May 6, the opening day of this year's event.

After five years of gazing at them through the windows of his storefront office in Rocky River, John D. Spielberger recently shelled out $1.1 million - in cash - for three buildings on the north side of Old Detroit Road.

The Bay Bike-to-School Challenge launched with an event at Bay Middle School May 1 in which students and families had their bicycles inspected by professional mechanics and minor adjustments made for free.

The Community Room in the Bay Village Police Station will serve as the meeting place May 19 for a new Cub Scout pack for special needs boys.

A few limits of walleye are still being caught on the Sandusky and Maumee rivers in Northwestern Ohio, but the run is starting to wind down.

MARIJUANA POSSESSION, DETROIT ROAD: During a K-9 sweep of Rocky River High School April 25, investigators discovered marijuana in a vehicle belonging to a construction worker at the school.

This scene is somewhere in the West Shore Sun/Sun Sentinel area . Here's a clue: This object, which is decorated with tools, can be found in a popular retail/lifestyle area in a western Cuyahoga County community.