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'Squish it': Spotted lanternfly invasion continues to spread across Ohio
CLEVELAND — White-tailed deer frequent Mary Keith's garden on Cleveland's east side, or what's left of it. Something else got to her vegetable plants before the deer: spotted lanternflies. "I've got a tree in the back there that's full of them," Keith says. "They sure can hop!" To the...
Fishers Are Appearing Again in Northeast Ohio
There have been 40 confirmed observations of this type of weasel in Northeast Ohio since 2013. By Paris Mather. While there are only a few dozen fishers around, it’s likely that they will continue to reproduce and once again have a home base in Ohio. Part of the mustelidae...
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announces shutdown date for RainForest
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced that its RainForest - which has been opened for more than 30 years and offers hundreds of animals, species and flora – will close in September and eventually reopen as the Primate Forest. Last day for visitors is Monday, Sept. 9.
The Haunted Garage Sale and Hearse Cruise-In is coming to Avon this weekend
The end of summer is bringing hints of fall to Northeast Ohio, which means only one thing locally: the return of the Cleveland Haunt Club’s Haunted Garage Sale and Hearse Cruise-In. This Saturday marks the event’s ninth year, this time in a new venue: from 10 a.m. to 4...
New rules for buying and selling homes going into effect nationwide
CLEVELAND — Danielle Carr, her husband and her three kids are in the final stage of buying their home in Cleveland. The house in the Shaker Heights neighborhood has been in Carr's family for generations. "This house is special because this is the house that I actually came home...
Sheffield Lake mayor got it wrong on public opinion
Sheffield Lake Mayor Rocky Radeff knew that hiring a former Lorain police officer who shot and killed a dog last year was going to be controversial. He apparently didn’t care. Instead, he cavalierly dismissed public concerns about hiring Elliott Palmer before City Council voted 5-2 to hire Palmer during...
Couple Looking to Buy Home Ends Up Owning Whole Town in Pennsylvania
Riverstone Estate, Foxburg, Pa., the initial purchase that ended up placing ownership of much of the town with a Cleveland couple. When Cleveland couple Saji Daniel and Shannon McGauley got an invitation in October 2020 from their neighbor, Dr. Lou Keppler, to visit Foxburg, they thought it would just be a nice daily escape from the city. Katherine Clarke, in The Wall Street Journal, chronicled how it led to a real-estate buying spree.
Celebrate Hungarian culture at Ohio's Largest Hungarian Festival: Talk of the Towns
PARMA, Ohio -- Hungarian culture will come alive at Ohio’s largest Hungarian festival on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. The one-day event takes place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 1 at German Central Park, 7863 York Road in Parma. Presented by the American Hungarian Friends of...
Commissioners OK $1.4 million in construction at Lorain County Dog Kennel
A more than $1.4 million contract for renovations and new construction at the Lorain County Dog Kennel on Hadaway Street in Elyria was awarded Friday to Williams Brother Builders Inc. of Elyria, the Lorain County Board of Commissioners announced. Williams Brother Builders made the most responsive and compliant bid out...
2024 Cleveland National Air Show to return to Burke Lakefront Airport this Labor Day weekend
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland National Air Show is set to fly over the Burke Lakefront Airport this Labor Day weekend from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the Cleveland National Air Show. It will feature the U.S. Navy Blue Angels as well as one of the largest aircraft in the Air Force inventory, the USAF C-17 Globemaster III.
Lake County Captains bring back 10-cent Beer Night ... with a catch
CLEVELAND — 10-cent Beer Night will return to a Northeast Ohio ballpark on Sunday ... sort of. As part of a slate of promotions celebrating Cleveland Sports History Day, the Lake County Captains are running a promotion ahead of their Sunday afternoon tilt against the Great Lakes Loons that harkens back to that infamous Cleveland Indians game-turned riot 50 years ago.
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