PEPPER PIKE — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a $1 million settlement agreement on July 1 between the commission and Dominion Energy Ohio for a November gas line explosion in the city.
CHAGRIN FALLS — How village officials inform, engage and respond to residents and the business community is the task of Village Council’s new Communications Committee. The three panel members have until Dec. 31 to make their recommendations.
Solon City officials are continuing to take steps associated with the first phase of the $5.6 million Aurora Road reconstruction, a project slated to begin in 2022.
Solon’s Service Department on Cochran Road officially re-opened last week to the public, with some modifications in place in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
State lawmakers successfully worked to reduce the impact of an unexpected cut in state funding to public school districts, including those in Northeast Ohio.
The Geauga County Commissioners approved a grant agreement from the Ohio Public Works Commission’s Local Transportation Improvement Program and awarded a bid to Ronyak Paving Tuesday for the Caves Road resurfacing project in Chester and Russell townships.
The playground at Chardon Township Park is once again open to the public after township trustees last week agreed to spend $2,240 on new specialty playground mulch.
The Solon Board of Education named Fred Bolden as the interim superintendent in an emergency meeting on Tuesday morning after the death of Joseph Regano, the district’s superintendent of 33 years. Mr. Bolden has been the superintendent pro tempore of the Solon City Schools since November of 2019.
GATES MILLS — From the beginning, Councilman Chip AuWerter, chairman of the shared services subcommittee of the Long Range Financial Planning Commission, has emphasized his goals. The committee was set up to understand the police, fire and service departments in the village and compare their…
When a new coach takes over the varsity reins of a high school athletic team, perhaps too often he or she emphasizes the need for a change in culture or a clean slate in order to build a successful program.
Woodmere master plan meeting
The Village of Glenwillow will be home next month to a $20 million Amazon distribution center, bringing in nearly 300 new jobs and occupying the largest available site left in the Diamond Business Park off of Pettibone Road.
Longtime Solon City School District Superintendent Joseph V. Regano was a nurturer and an educator. A compassionate and humble leader, he influenced the lives of thousands of Solon school children over more than three decades.
Ongoing talks between South Russell and residents of a private development ended in a stalemate, as officials announced that the village is unable to offer money to upgrade Paw Paw Lake Road to public street standards. Village officials, however, said at a Street Commission meeting on July 1…
On June 30, the Ohio Senate voted to pass House Bill 606 adding protection for first responders, doctors, nurses, schools and private businesses and individuals alike from unwarranted COVID-19 litigation in Ohio.
RUSSELL — Township trustees last week decided to keep the old fire station on Chillicothe Road rescinding a previous motion to raze the structure.
Athlete, non-athlete; class clown, bookworm; popular, inconspicuous – it did not matter. When someone came knocking for a friendship, his door was always wide open.
As stores, restaurants and gyms in the Chagrin Valley gradually make their services available again during this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, so too is the Geauga County Park District reopening its facilities.
CHESTER — The resignations of two fire department employees had township trustees questioning last week how to retain firefighters that are being funded through a levy approved by voters last year to pay for six new full-time positions.
When Geauga County’s newest park, Blue Heron Preserve, opened last month, the land looked quite different than it once did when the Newbury Sand and Gravel Quarry occupied the space years back.
The results are in, and they reflect much of what stakeholders have already discussed in previous public meetings regarding the fate of the Newbury Local Schools’ property.
State guidelines announced late last week to safely open public schools during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic came as no surprise to superintendents across the Chagrin Valley.
Take two of the annual Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony will finally be in the spotlight after a last-minute cancellation four months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Last week, Solon residents Mary and Hilary Tachovsky woke up at 6 a.m., shared a warm embrace, and said “Happy Anniversary.”
Longtime Solon City School District Superintendent Joseph Regano died Sunday (July 5) after a long battle with cancer, school officials announced.
The Newbury Station of the Geauga County Public Library shuttered its doors Tuesday, ceasing all services to the public at the former Newbury middle school and auditorium.
House Bill 253, which was introduced to the Senate on June 8 after passing with a 78-17 margin in the House, would revise Ohio fireworks laws to allow consumers to use fireworks in the state, but state and local level officials remind the public that the law still stands as is this year for …
He used to take his kids to Indians games, point up at the “Indians” script above the big scoreboard at Jacobs Field and tell them how their dad put that up there.
GATES MILLS — Members of the Village Council Long Range Financial Planning Commission are continuing to study ways to decrease the anticipated $450,000 yearly deficit. Councilwoman Ann Whitney chairs the subcommittee on taxes, which met last week to further discuss taxes that would bring mor…
Hunter Jenkins knew he didn’t want to gamble with his playing time in college lacrosse, as the 2016 Solon graduate went on to start all four years with the Division III Terriers at Hiram.
CHESTER — Township trustees gave a nod to a tentative 2021 spending plan following a workshop during a special Zoom meeting on June 25.
Berkshire BOE approves contract
Independence Day is normally celebrated in Chester Township with a parade, but this year the pace will be slower for what event organizer and township Trustee Walter “Skip” Claypool called a walk for freedom.
PEPPER PIKE — A roundabout and a connector road between Chagrin Boulevard and Lander Road would greatly ease the traffic issues at Lander Circle, according to a May 2020 traffic study. Axiom Development Group hired AECOM, a local engineering firm, to analyze the traffic conditions and offer …
Summer road projects are under way in the City of Solon, although it is not as active of a season as initially planned, City Engineer John J. Busch said this week.
SOUTH RUSSELL — A Morningside Drive couple was denied their request last week to not have a new utility pole installed in their front yard.
The Geauga County Public Library will reopen its buildings for public access on July 7 for the first time since mid-March, when the library system closed its branches temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the closure, the library has been offering contact free drop-off and pick-up…
While city buildings slowly re-open as does the rest of the state, Mayor Edward H. Kraus said last week he is in no hurry to add the Solon Senior Center to that list.
Now in its 14th year, the Geauga County Department of Job and Family Services’ Help Me Learn Day will once again ensure a successful start to the upcoming school year for kids in need, no matter how that start may look.
GATES MILLS — For at least the past 70 years, the Village of Gates Mills has celebrated Independence Day with a popular parade through the main drag of town, Chagrin River Road. Children scampered about picking up candy thrown from cars and floats while members of the Mayfield High School ba…
With an increased online interaction due to the coronavirus pandemic, the city of Solon recently launched a new website.
The Newbury Local Board of Education met for their final meeting Monday night, where they approved the disposition of the school district property, officially leaving the fate of the land in West Geauga’s hands.
The majority of parents responding to a recent Solon City School District survey indicated that their children did well with remote learning put into play after the state closed school buildings in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Fun is “popping up” in the City of Solon this summer in the areas of art, dance, theater and music.
The Geauga Commissioners appear to have met their quota for criticism, at least regarding Ralph Spidalieri’s comments from the June 16 meeting when he referred to individuals involved in the Chagrin Falls Black Lives Matter protest as “punks.”
A day shy of the end of the 2020 fiscal year, the Chardon Schools Board of Education approved a number of financial and administrative items during a board meeting broadcast via YouTube on Monday.
Despite a delay of guidance from Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Health, Superintendent Lynn Campbell said that the Orange City School District is exploring multiple options for returning to school this fall.
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“Wow, so you got out,” the man exclaimed.
BAINBRIDGE — Kenston Local School District residents could see a new levy on the ballot in 2021, according to Treasurer Paul Pestello.
West Geauga Local Schools rolled out two new stakeholder committees to continue the discussion of Newbury school facilities and the reopening of the 2020-21 school year.
