Rib Burn Off at Century Village Kicks Off Geauga County Summer Fun
Celebrate the taste of summer at a Rib Burn Off on the grounds of Century Village Museum May 24 from 12-9 p.m. and May 25 from 12-8 p.m. This first-ever event will feature live music plus local...
View ArticleKilroy Opens Up About Resignation from West Geauga BOE
Michael Kilroy met with Chesterland News reporter Gwen Cooper late Thursday night, hours after announcing his resignation from West Geauga Schools Board of Education. He assured Cooper his reasons for...
View ArticleTeamwork Pays Off With Tree, Shrub Plantings
They didn’t tee off at the former Orchard Hills Golf Course in Chester Township. Rather, Fairmount Minerals/Best Sand Corporation and the Geauga Park District “treed off” during last Friday’s...
View ArticleKilroy Replacement Has Been Named
In a five-hour meeting May 28 that has not yet ended, the West Geauga Schools Board of Education chose Chester Township diversity expert Michael A. Douglas as a new member and elected Chester realtor...
View ArticleAround Town
The top four vote-getters in the UH Geauga Medical Center Auxiliary’s 2014 Decorate a Bra contest were, from first to fourth place: “Lego of Cancer,” by Kristen Steiner and Kathy McKinley; “Fishing for...
View ArticleBurton Village Celebrates Fallen
“Would all the veterans present please stand up?” The voice of American Legion Post 459 member Charles “Skip” Boehnlein boomed through the microphone on a sunny, humid Monday morning. A shuffle and...
View ArticleLegal Notices 5-29-14
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO 14-D-000291 Samira Salim, Plaintiff vs. Elias Touma, aka Elie Touma, Defendant Elias Touma, aka Elie Touma, whose last known...
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St. Helen School
St. Helen School sixth-graders (l to r) front row: Monte Myer, Dane Berschig, Christopher Carter, Elliott Martin; and back row: Nate Looker, Danny Hoenigman, Jimmy Mislay, Joe Barcikoski and Nick...
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St. Mary School
St. Mary School third-grader Sierra Berman recites “The Hairy Dog” during the poetry recital. Jacob Schneider recites the poem, “A Pizza the Size of the Sun,” during the third-grade poetry recital at...
View ArticleNiehus Chosen As Chardon Chief
Born, raised and educated in Chardon, Scott Niehus will now take over as police chief and follow in his father’s footsteps. Niehus, a lieutenant with the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office, will be chosen...
View ArticleNewbury Elementary Students Give Socks and More to Troops
Staff Sergeant Mike McConnell spent eight months in war-torn Afghanistan as a senior medic in the 837th Engineer Company (MAC) Ohio Army National Guard. But thanks to Kendalyn Simpkins, now an...
View ArticleEmotions Erupt Over Open Enrollment Policy
Parents and students pleaded with the West Geauga Schools Board of Education Wednesday night to reconsider the 47 open enrollment students cut from the program. A Newbury Township mother, Phyllis...
View ArticleBurton Elementary Students Build Greenhouse
After a month of thought and hard work, Burton Elementary School students have created a campus greenhouse in which youngsters will grow regular and hydroponic flowers and vegetables to eat and sell....
View ArticleMemorial Day Flag Dedication A Salute To Vets
The birds chirped and Geauga Park District interim deputy director John Oros spoke, a bright, azure sky overhead. He spoke about sacrifice, honor and bravery. “These veterans gave everything they had...
View ArticleGeauga Veterans Services Planning New Facility
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is in the national spotlight with a less-than-brilliant performance, but the Geauga County Veterans’ Service Office is doing well. So well — and busy, in fact —...
View ArticleRonyak Hired to Lead
The Berkshire Badgers have looked to their own and hired Jessica Ronyak as the next varsity volleyball coach. Ronyak, a 2009 graduate, was one of the best volleyball players the Berkshire program has...
View ArticleCommissioners, Prosecutor Field Questions About Property Sale
Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz was front and center Tuesday when county commissioners passed three resolutions transferring two parcels for $1 to the City of Chardon and approved a RID compensation...
View ArticleCleveland Hts. Man Arrested Selling Heroin Next to Newbury High
A Cleveland Heights man was arrested Friday and charged with trafficking heroin near Newbury High School. Geauga County Sheriff’s Office detectives were conducting surveillance after receiving...
View Article2014 State Track Preview
Chardon Nicholas Elswick, Senior — 3200-meter run (two miles) @nicholaselswick • Ohio State Recruit (Signed NLI Feb. 9, 2014) • Has not lost a 3200 race this year • Qualifed First in the D1 3200-meter...
View ArticleGrand Jury Indicts Mantua Man for Aggravated Vehicular Homicide
A Geauga County grand jury has indicted a Portage County man on two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide on other charges in connection with the March 30 death of an Amish man in Burton Township....
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