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View ArticleMunn Road Property a Step Closer to Clean Up
Newbury Zoning Inspector Mike Joyce’s longtime war to have a junk-ridden Munn Road property cleaned up may be close to victory. On March 5, he received an order from Geauga County Court of Common Pleas...
View ArticleKOC Crowns District Free Throw Champions
Twelve boys and girls from Geauga and Lake counties, ages 9 to 14, were named local champions of the 2018 Knights of Columbus District Free Throw Championship and have earned the right to compete at...
View ArticleNDES School News
Fourth-Grade Writers At NDES, many resources are used to enhance reading comprehension, research, writing and presentation skills. One resource is the Scholastic Classroom Magazines. Scholastic News is...
View ArticleFlorida Shooting Prompts Call for Change
A week after a school shooting in Parkland, Fla. claimed 17 lives, a group of students walked out of West Geauga High School. They were joined the morning of Feb. 21 by Principal Jay Bishop, who said...
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Community Meetings
Listed are public meetings and executive sessions in the county for the coming week, unless otherwise noted. To have a public meeting included in this section, fax information to 440-285-2015 or email...
View ArticleSeason to Remember Ends for West G
GAME PHOTOS: http://bit.ly/2FfuHio The West Geauga boys basketball team enjoyed one of its best seasons in several years capped by a Chagrin Valley Conference championship. Unfortunately, for the...
View ArticleBombers Claim 1st District Title in Kenston History
GAME PHOTOS: http://bit.ly/2FU8KSO The Kenston girls basketball team turned up the pressure and rallied to defeat conference rival North, 45-44, in a Division I district final at Perry High School....
View ArticleBrenda’s Recipe
This easy coffee cake has always been a favorite of mine at breakfast bars. The cream cheese gives this cake the extra moistness that makes it even more delicious. Email me at brencook4u@aol.com if you...
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What is a Dawdy Haus?
Have you ever driven down Geauga County’s back roads and wondered why there are two or three Amish homes on the same property, sometimes even connected? What may have started as a family home grew as...
View ArticleChagrin Falls School News
Students Engage in Entrepreneurial Competition On Feb. 1, Chagrin Falls High School students had the opportunity to create and pitch their own ideas for a unique consumer product in the second annual...
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Ex-Health District Employee Claims Retaliation for Reporting on Unethical...
On March 6, Rebecca Buddenberg, former fiscal coordinator for the Geauga County Health District, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against Health Commissioner...
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Geauga County Auditor Resigns
Writing that the allegations against a former county IT officer “shocked me,” Frank Gliha resigned his auditor’s post Monday morning in a letter to county commissioners. His last day will be April 3 at...
View ArticleFASTER Proposed to Help Keep Berkshire Schools Safe
Preparing school personnel to stop an active killer is no more important than teaching staff how to treat the wounded to save lives. That was the message Jim Irvine, president of the non-profit Buckeye...
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Community Meetings
Listed are public meetings and executive sessions in the county for the coming week, unless otherwise noted. To have a public meeting included in this section, fax information to 440-285-2015 or email...
View ArticleSheriff’s Report
The following is a sampling of the calls handled by the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office March 2-8, 2018. In total, the sheriff’s office handled 396 calls during this seven-day period. AGENCY ASSIST...
View ArticleBrenda’s Recipe
They had me at “bacon” for this recipe. Make-ahead casseroles are the best comfort food and they make it easy for dinner prep. This casserole includes a tasty combination I think your family will like....
View ArticleChagrin Falls Schools
CFIS Raises Money for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society During three weeks in February, Chagrin Falls Intermediate School students and staff raised $4,374 during its Pennies for Pasta fundraising drive...
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As Geauga Responses Varied, West Geauga Students Walk Out of High School
In wind chills reaching 10 degrees, with snow whipping hair and blankets around them, 67 students walked out of West Geauga High School on March 14 for 17 minutes to protest what they see as lax gun...
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Letters to the Editor
Building Berkshire’s Future There is a levy coming up in May for voters in the Berkshire school district to vote on a new school building that will be built on Kent State Geauga’s property. I am so...
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