Science Fair Spurs Thrill of Discovery
Newbury Schools annual science fair Feb. 23 offered a glimpse inside the scientific minds of today’s youth as they explore what is possible. “This year’s science fair was outstanding,” said Anthony...
View ArticleLED Streetlights Chase Shadows from Chardon Square
It took about three years to fire up the project to change 23 streetlights on Chardon Square, but the return on investment will benefit the city, local businesses, pedestrians and drivers trying to...
View ArticleMiddlefield FD Renovating Station for the Future
Middlefield Fire Department is in the throes of change — saws, hammers and drywall change that will transform its quarters over the fire truck bays on North State Street into comfortable space for two...
View ArticleMiddlefield Kiwanis Fish Fry Relocates to Middle School
Hungry area residents looking forward to the first fish fry of the season don’t have long to wait or far to go. On the east side of Geauga County, however, diners will have to change their GPS from the...
View ArticleBurton Council Approves One-Year FD Contract
Burton Village Council voted Feb. 27 to approve an ordinance for a one-year contract with the Burton Fire Department. Mayor Jim Koster said the village would have liked to have a two-year contract in...
View ArticleExploding Star Ignites Interest
People gathered to celebrate a star-studded birthday Feb. 24 under the starry skies of Observatory Park in Montville Township. Supernova 1987a first appeared three decades ago, giving astronomers the...
View ArticleIs Russell Park Board Looking to Sell Passive Park?
Several Dines Road residents have speculated the Russell Township Park Board is looking to sell a 28.7-acre park at the corner of County Line and Dines roads after seeing people walking the property...
View ArticleLG Youth Program Reaches Out to the ‘You Should’ Students
Geauga County Maple Leaf writer Rose Nemunaitis is part of this year’s Leadership Geauga Class of 2017. She will be writing monthly articles about her experiences in the highly reputed program, which...
View ArticleIt’s Pancake Time
American Legion Post 459 Atwood-Mauck American Legion Post 459 is serving all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfasts March 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at 14052 Goodwin St. in...
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Berkshire Schools
Four-Way Speech Contest Sophomore Josiah Cheung won first place in the Burton-Middlefield Rotary 4-Way Speech Contest that was held Feb. 22 at Welshfield Inn in Troy. He competed against students from...
View ArticleSenior Events
Bainbridge/Chagrin AARP March 7, 1 p.m. The Bainbridge/Chagrin AARP 4527 will meet at the Bainbridge Town Hall, 17826 Chillicothe Road. Ron Sluga, a musician that plays a variety of instruments, will...
View ArticleChagrin Falls Hires Within
Chagrin Falls didn’t have to look far to find its new boys soccer coach. The school announced that Brian McKenna will take over the program as he has most recently been the junior varsity and assistant...
View ArticleHuskies Fall to Top-Seeded G-Men
GAME PHOTOS: http://smu.gs/2lMpHX0 The Cardinal Huskies girls basketball team saw their season come to a end last week as the first round of the postseason tournament began. The unfortunate draw of the...
View ArticleHilltoppers Fade in 4th as Brush Sweeps
GAME PHOTOS: http://smu.gs/2meVflB Chardon finished another fantastic 18-6 season last week. And despite losing three times to the Brush Arcs, the Hilltoppers won’t hang their heads. The girls...
View ArticleLions Put Squeeze in Upset Over Eagles
Thirty three is becoming a popular number for the Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin Lions girls basketball team late in the season. In dispatching the Jefferson Falcons in their first tournament game, they...
View ArticleBerkshire Takes Season Series
GAME PHOTOS: http://smu.gs/2meVflB The Cardinal Huskies gave the Berkshire Badgers all they could handle in what was likely the team’s last meeting this season. But a series of unfortunate fourth...
View ArticleReal Estate Transfers
Following is a list of real estate transfers for the week ending Feb. 17, provided as a public service by the Geauga County Auditor’s Office. Transfers may involve the sale of land only. AQUILLA...
View ArticleSheriff’s Report
The following is a sampling of the calls handled by the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office Feb. 17-23. In total, the sheriff’s office handled 348 calls during this seven-day period. AGENCY ASSIST Feb. 18...
View ArticleChardon Schools Might Have to Tap Community for Help with Deficit
Board President Karen Blankenship opened the Feb. 28 Chardon Schools Board of Education meeting with a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of the high school shooting in 2012. Blankenship...
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Chardon Man Overdoses in Car with Child in Backseat (w/ 9-1-1 Call)
A Chardon man was arrested Feb. 25 after he was found passed out from a heroin overdose in his idling car with his infant son in the backseat. William R. Kelly, 46, was arraigned Monday on charges of...
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