Seven Hills News

Just a few feet from Lt. Col. John Glenn Elementary School in Seven Hills, old street signs reading "Glenn Drive" were taken down this summer and replaced by sharp new signs that read "Glen Drive." One "n"? That sent residents into orbit.

The city is collecting food, especially breakfast items, through Dec. 5 at City Hall and the Community Recreation Center for the multiple-city Yuletide Hunger Program.

DRUG TRAFFICKING, BROADVIEW ROAD: Police on Oct. 31 arrested Matthew E. Pierson, 23, of Columbia Station, for allegedly having cocaine and marijuana in a car stopped for speeding near Evelyn Avenue.

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, LUDWIN DRIVE: A 20-year-old Independence man was charged with having marijuana and a glass pipe after police pulled over a Saturn he was driving at 10:42 p.m. Oct.

Should Richard Dell'Aquila win on Tuesday, it would be his last for City Council.

VANDALISM, OLD ROCKSIDE ROAD: An excavating machine parked at Old Rockside Road and Pinnacle Park incurred $15,000 in damage when someone put mud in its fuel tank, smashed windows and poured oil on the machine.

Look for the Parma Fire Department to open a classroom training center Nov. 1 at Parmatown Mall.

Marie Lukacevic, left, and Margaret Bertin, center, unveil the Blue Star Memorial in Seven Hills.

DEADLY WEAPON, EDUCATION PARK DRIVE: A 13-year-old Parma boy was suspended from Hillside Middle School, 1 Educational Park Drive, Oct.

WELFARE CHECK, PASADENA DRIVE: Police on Sept. 29 asked county social service workers to investigate the mother of a boy whose father said the woman was offering the boy for sale on the Internet.

Preparations in this school district for swine influenza include whether teaching could continue by way of the Internet.

Jillian Dansko, of Seven Hills, represented Ohio when winning the national crown in the Beauties of America pageant.

Fire forced the evacuation of nearly 200 people at an apartment complex in Parma early Saturday morning.

BURGLARY, EAST PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD: Someone kicked in a rear kitchen door of a house in the 2900 block between 5-7 p.m. Sept.

BROADVIEW HEIGHTS A man faces criminal damage and disorderly conduct charges after throwing a rock at a woman near Broadview and Wallings roads, striking her 1999 Mazda.

For the past few weeks the Community Leadership Group charged with the task of trying to educate/persuade voters about the November Parma City Schools Levy hit the streets, targeting voters in Parma, Parma Heights and Seven Hills.

Teresa Dixon Murray writes this column in The Plain Dealer on Saturdays. To reach her: moneymatters@plaind.com or 216-999-4113. She cannot assist everyone who contacts her.

DRUG POSSESSION: A 25-year-old woman, whose custody Brooklyn police handed over to Seven Hills on a warrant, had marijuana and a glass pipe on her after custody was exchanged at about 2:45 a.m. Sept.

A $130,800 federal grant will help the West Creek Preservation Committee build a mile-long trail in Parma, Brooklyn Heights and Seven Hills.

Michael McConville was promoted to fire chief in Seven Hills. Michael McConville, left, with daughter Cassie, on Monday was sworn in as fire chief in Seven Hills.