Longtime football Coach Mark Iammarino thought his head coaching days were behind him.
2022 Chagrin Falls grad Peyton Gellin doesn’t know what to do with herself these days.
Incoming West Geauga High senior Frankee Flesher was at a crossroads at the end of her freshman year of high school.
Micah Young knew it was now or never.
For the past two seasons, the Chagrin Hunter Jumper Classic had been in a state of flux because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
If Solon graduate Olivia Howell has learned anything after three years at the University of Illinois, it’s to expect the unexpected.
Recent Chagrin Falls Tigers’ graduate Leo Fornara won’t be forgetting his last two years on the baseball team any time soon.
As many get set to make new memories at this year’s Blossom Time, some longtime residents hold close special recollections of years gone by.
Area school districts have registered for a new statewide anonymous school safety tip line that helps proactively ensure the safety and well-being of students.
Local film lovers have a chance later this month to help select one of the documentary shorts to be included in this year’s 13th Annual Chagrin Documentary Film Festival.
As Camp Ho Mita Koda in Newbury approaches its 100-year anniversary, it is not surprising that renovations are needed after more than 90 years of providing a fun, safe place for diabetic children to enjoy summer.
Chagrin Falls Middle School won the Iron Giraffe Challenge Super School Award by raising $25,576.47 – the highest amount out of any school in the country – for Water for South Sudan.
Join Fireside Book Shop on May 14 for a book-signing with author Cameron Chittock, a Kenston and University School alum who is originally from Bainbridge.
In addition to Blossom Time, put on hold for the past two years due to the pandemic, Chagrin Falls parks will be home to a number of activities and events this year, and the village’s Park Commission members couldn’t be happier.
The Community Life Collaborative will host an evening with bestselling author Doug Tallamy on Friday, May 6 as a culminating event to the four-part spring series Our Nature: Rethinking, Restoring, and Rebuilding Our Relationship to Nature.
The Village of Chagrin Falls is in the thick of an extremely comprehensive and robust capital plan for 2022, amounting to $7.3 million and spanning over 30 infrastructure projects.
A local woman and her son found themselves in a precarious situation last week when they sought emergency protection at the Chagrin Falls Police Department only to find the doors were locked.
The Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Rubber Ducky Race over the Falls on the morning of Saturday, May 14 at Riverside Park. The duck that sails down the river, under the bridge, and over the falls fastest will win $1,000.
When Chagrin Falls resident Kathryn S. Garvey, a mother of three, first gathered a group of parents in 2007 to share concerns about the need for safe walkability for their children to and from school, “all we wanted were crossing guards at the time,” she recalled with a laugh.
Gurney Elementary second-grader Vivian Self shared her impressive vision for a district-wide recycling program for the entire Chagrin Falls school district during the April 20 school board meeting.
For two straight summers, the Chagrin Falls village council has passed legislation placing a seasonal moratorium on certain zoning regulations to allow restaurants struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide socially-distanced outdoor dining in front, side, and rear yard setback areas.
Chagrin Falls Council members unanimously approved a one-time waiver Monday evening allowing the Chagrin Valley Jaycees to serve beer and wine to invited guests in a private “Jaycee Tent” during Blossom Time May 25-28.
A handful of residents turned out Monday for a public “listening session” presented by the Chagrin Falls Village Council to weigh in on the initial design for a proposed replacement playground in Riverside Park.
Students at Gurney Elementary enjoyed a performance along with a pertinent lesson during an assembly on April 19 by Dancing Wheels, a physically integrated dance company that incorporates dancers with and without wheelchairs.
Like has been the case since it opened its doors in 1959 – making it the last of the original shops in the Chagrin Falls Shopping Plaza – there’s always a story to be told at the Mug & Brush.
Rotary Student of the Month
Kenston presents ‘Little Mermaid’
New York fashion designer Christian Siriano, the onetime enfant terrible of the “Project Runway” TV series who won season four to become that show’s number one success story, will be in Chagrin Falls to ply his trade beginning May 1.
Fairmount Center for the Arts named Elizabeth Bolander as its new executive director. She brings 15 years experience as an arts administrator, having most recently worked as Senior Director of Philanthropy and External Relations at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Chagrin Falls Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) overturned three decisions of the village architectural review board (ARB) on April 13 and granted a North Street couple the right to finish exterior remodeling of their century home to their original plans.
Comments on the village’s social media page regarding the proposed replacement playground in Riverside Park prompted Chagrin Falls Council to call a public “listening session” at 7 p.m. Monday prior to their regularly scheduled meeting.
Organizers of the Chagrin Documentary Festival (CDFF) have launched its first-ever capital campaign with a $1 million goal to secure a permanent home for the festival in downtown Chagrin Falls.
Kiwanis Student of the Month
Power of the Pen
Egg Activity
Career night with the Cavs
Baby & Me Storytime
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The Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce held its annual award ceremony at Chagrin Cinemas on April 7.
As the search begins to replace outgoing Kenston Schools Superintendent Nancy Santilli, at least one local school board member wishes they would focus on finding a home-grown replacement rather than using a national search firm.
The Geauga County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted to approve the request for the County Engineer’s Office to reject all bids for the Asphalt Resurfacing of Washington Street in Bainbridge Township and approve the request to rebid for the project.
A one-time waiver allowing the Chagrin Valley Jaycees to serve beer and wine to members and permitted guests during Blossom Time in Riverside Park was discussed Monday by the facilities and services committee and the village council referred to the law director for clarification.
Take a walk around Gurney Elementary School or Chagrin Falls Intermediate School, among other district buildings, and the tangible impact of this dedicated group of dads is made clear.
April 15 is World Art Day and in Chagrin Falls it will be celebrated with a temporary outdoor floral installation supported by the Valley Art Center (VAC) and featuring a local floristry artist working in real time on conservation land at the top of the Stairway to the Falls downtown.
Chagrin Falls Council and residents viewed preliminary plans on Monday for a re-imagined Riverside Park playground and its whopping $613,000 price tag.
The crystal clear sweeping riffles of the Chagrin River met the first rays of spring sun recently as South Russell resident Dan Pribanic described his perfect day.
The Burton Scot company, working in Chagrin Falls on its annual road repair program, was contracted to perform additional work in the village at a cost of $159,247. Village council unanimously approved the expenditure.
The Chagrin Falls Library is inviting visitors of all ages to a variety of free programs throughout April.
A Chagrin Falls lawyer appeared before the Chagrin Falls Board of Education earlier this month to voice support of a polarizing piece of legislation co-authored by State Rep. Diane Grendell.
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