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Willoughby ArtsFest takes over city’s downtown on July 20 | Gallery Glances
Savor the summer. Gather inspiration from your surroundings. Travel is great, but, as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes the big picture is not as inspiring as a smaller detail. For example, one person might see a messy yard, but an artist can focus on the rusty watering can, tipped over a moss-covered log with turkey tail fungus and baby ferns growing on it.
Largest ever Willoughby ArtsFest to take place this year
This year’s Willoughby ArtsFest will reach record breaking numbers this month in downtown Willoughby. According to Willoughby Western Lake County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Dana Wolfe, more than 140 juried artists are participating, making it the largest ever 33rd ArtsFest on July 20. “The Willoughby ArtsFest brings the...
Mentor Community Recreation Center thriving as it celebrates 1-year anniversary
Ever since Mentor purchased the former Heisley Racquet and Fitness Club in late 2021, there was anticipation and excitement for what the city could do with the facility and offer to the residents. Now as the Mentor Community Recreation Center celebrates its one-year anniversary since reopening in July 2023, officials...
A Cleveland suburb opens a $31.7 million new middle school and renovated high school
In Warrensville Heights, Ohio, an eastern suburb of Cleveland, a $31.7 million project has completed a new middle school and a renovated high school accommodating 1,283 students in grades 6-12. In 2016, the Warrensville Heights School District engaged Moody Nolan to assist in master planning and to design the combined...
Report ranks University Hospitals third in state
CLEVELAND — The U.S. News and World Report has released its 2024-2025 ranking of best U.S. hospitals across a variety of categories from cancer to geriatrics to orthopedics and more. If you live in or near Ohio and need specialized care, you may be in luck. Several Ohio hospitals...
Geauga County agency presenting Senior Technology Expo
The Geauga County Department on Aging in conjunction with University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center and Ohman Family Living will be holding a Senior Technology Expo to help senior citizens live and age better by understanding and connecting with the tech world!. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 2...
For first time, Ohio sales tax holiday will include restaurants
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The sales-tax hiatus that Ohioans enjoy each year is being extended to restaurants for the first time. The state’s sales tax holiday traditionally applies to retail stores, but this year restaurants will be included. The tax hiatus runs midnight Tuesday, July 30, through 11:59 p.m....
Inspector: Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority didn’t manage lead hazards or report sickened children
Federal housing inspectors report the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority failed in its oversight of lead-based hazards in some of its about 6,500 public housing units.
While some downtown Cleveland workers have returned to offices, outlook is ‘bleak’ according to industry leaders
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -The Downtown Cleveland Alliance is pushing new numbers showing office space occupancy rates are getting closer to what we saw in 2019, before the pandemic sent workers home. According to data published by the Alliance, from CBRE, the amount of workers who have returned is around 72%,...
Cleveland to be “home” for 18 Ukrainian war orphans
BROADVIEW HTS, OH JULY 14 — 2024 – The international non-profit organization U4U (Uniting For Ukrainian) Kids will be sending 18 children and teens to Northeast Ohio for a three-week respite from Russia’s horrific war in Ukraine. These aren’t ordinary children: All 18 have lost one or both parents in the war, victims of Russia’s aggression.
Party in the Park organizers gear up for 2024 festival
Party in the Park is set to return to Painesville Square July 19-21. Described by organizers as “Ohio’s largest free outdoor music festival,” the three-day party will include live music acts, food and drink vendors, family activities and more. Event co-chair Pam Morse said that this year’s festival will also bring new vendors, new music acts and a tour of Lake Erie College’s new Tower student residences on the square.
Millennium Control Systems coming to Commerce Park in Beachwood
BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- The city will fill a huge vacant building after City Council voted unanimously Monday (July 15) to approve two pieces of legislation that will bring Millennium Control Systems to 23550 Commerce Park Road. The southern portion of the building at that address, measuring 147,000 square feet, is...
Euclid inching towards construction of $10 million rec center
EUCLID, Ohio – Monday will mark the latest milestone in Euclid’s efforts to build its first community recreation center. The city will stop accepting bids for the construction of the proposed $10 million facility at 2 p.m. Monday. Members of the city’s Board of Control will open the bids two hours later at their monthly meeting.
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