Questions are being raised about a $3,763 requested payment to a state representative for his participation in a local continuing education conference for area attorneys hosted by Geauga County Juvenile and Probate Judge Timothy Grendell.
Members of the Ohio Education Association (OEA) voted unanimously at their Dec. 7 meeting to recommend reforms to the state report card system to the Ohio General Assembly. The proposed reforms are based on a survey of OEA members and call for a system that provides more detailed information…
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PEPPER PIKE — More than 25 residents gathered at the South Euclid Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library last week to plan how to stop the rezoning proposal for the Beech Brook property. SOM Center Road residents Manny and Judi Naft, who started the political action committee Say No to…
CHAGRIN FALLS — South Main Street residents stood in line after Monday’s Village Council meeting to offer their driveways as locations where police are welcome to park and watch for speeders.
With the 2020 U.S. Census coming next year, Geauga County officials are taking steps to ensure no one is left behind.
After a recount last week by the Geauga County Board of Elections, Kristina Port was declared the winner of the Russell Township trustee race on Nov. 5 against incumbent Justin Madden by a margin of one vote.
Last month, the Geauga Park District Board of Commissioners tabled their vote on the Modroo Property Improvement plan after discussions surrounding their concerns of costs associated with leased property. The plan was unanimously approved by the board on Tuesday.
Solon’s public works director shared with city officials last week recommendations and implementation strategies resulting from an Engineering and Construction Department Operational Audit conducted earlier this year.
Two zoning issues are slated to be on the spring ballot for Solon voters following action by City Council last week.
Solon City Council approved Monday the mayor’s selection for a new member to the city Planning Commission as well as other council appointments.
WOODMERE — After Mayor Ben Holbert vetoed two ordinances that council passed to cut his spending authority and require more oversight on council expenditures, Village Council members overturned his vetoes Monday night by a 6-1 vote. Council members explained that the village is losing money …
Geauga County Commissioners approved permanent appropriations for 2020 Tuesday, noting that the county is in good shape to move forward with the construction of new county buildings.
A third attempt by Burton Township Trustees last week to resolve a revenue-splitting agreement with Burton Village on two township properties put a hold on the village’s plans to go it alone.
Liberty Ford officials confirmed Monday that the pending sale of their Aurora Road site in Solon is off the table, just one month after voters approved new mixed use zoning for that area.
Arbordale Avenue residents turned out in force at City Hall Monday, appealing to officials for answers regarding their road project.
Transportation concerns for Northeast Ohio communities were discussed during a roundtable last week when U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce met with leaders from across the region at Solon City Hall.
WOODMERE — Mayor Ben Holbert vetoed two ordinances over the weekend, one that cut his spending authority in half and one that required council members to have expenditures approved.
A recount is pending within the Geauga County Board of Elections after the certification meeting on Nov. 22 determined that challenger Kristina Port won the seat for Russell Township trustee by one vote against incumbent Justin Madden.
Solon Councilman Douglas A. Magill sat on the dais for his last meeting Monday, offering thank-yous and sentiments in his final comments.
The approval earlier this month by Solon voters of Issue 65, a rezoning of the former Liberty Ford site and surrounding area, is the first step in a very long process, Mayor Edward H. Kraus said last week.
On Monday, Solon city officials considered wage increases in 2020 for employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
By Solon City Council’s first meeting in December, Mayor Edward H. Kraus said he will recommend a new member to the Planning Commission replacing Chairman Eugene Macke Bentley who was elected to the Ward 1 council seat during the general election.
John Eklund announced Monday that he will run for state representative in Ohio’s 76th House District. Sen. Eklund, R- Munson Township, will challenge state Rep. Diane Grendell, R-Chester, for the Republican nomination this spring for the legislative seat that includes Geauga and Portage counties.
Mayors from the eastern suburbs of Cleveland concluded at a gathering last week that business is thriving in their communities.
A Solon councilman last week questioned a $200,000 expenditure listed on the 2020 city budget for work on the historical Bull house owned by the city.
Averting a near complete collapse in talks last week, Burton Village officials were able to strike a deal with Berkshire school officials for payment on an estimated $315,000 water tap-in fee.
Ohio may very soon join the ranks of its fellow states on having a plan for battling Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias thanks to Gov. Mike DeWine’s signing Senate Bill 24 last week that establishes a task force to address the public health crisis.
Chardon school officials will be back to the drawing board as voters turned down a 5.3-mill, $76 million bond issue Tuesday.
A Newbury parent turned the tables on the Newbury Board of Education Monday, following a presentation intended to present the school in a positive light.
The incarceration of Haitian immigrant Ansley Damus in the Geauga County jail prompted some Chagrin area residents to lend support to the man held for two years under a U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement Agency order.
Chardon city voters showed confidence in two incumbents, returning them to their seats, and welcomed a new City Council member during Tuesday’s general election.
Solon City voters on Tuesday approved Issue 65, a new zoning classification centering on the long-discussed and debated Liberty Ford site and surrounding area on Aurora Road.
A total of $6.7 million in capital requests for 2020 in the city of Solon has been reduced to about $4.8 million as the budget process continues for city officials.
SOUTH RUSSELL — Village residents voted during Tuesday’s general election to give Mayor Bill Koons a second, four-year term in office. He was challenged by Councilman Mike Carroll, who has served on council for five years.
Incumbents Melanie Weltman and Beth Wilson-Fish captured the two Orange Board of Education seats up for grabs in the general election on Tuesday taking in more votes than first-time BOE candidate Meredith Bond.
RUSSELL — A recount is almost certain in the Tuesday race for township trustee where only four votes separated winner Kristina Port from incumbent Justin Madden.
CHAGRIN FALLS — With eight people running for seven seats on village council, someone had to lose, and by Tuesday night that was Robert Williams, a former councilman who was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Karl Maersch who resigned earlier this year.
ORANGE — Mayor Kathy Mulcahy will continue to serve in the highest position in the village after running unopposed in Tuesday’s general election. Councilman Brandon Duber will retain his council seat. Newcomers Staci Vincent, Pradip Kamat and Brent Silver will also join council.
WOODMERE — Councilwoman Jennifer Mitchell Earley retained her seat during the general election on Tuesday and will be joined on council by Vivian Walker, Charles Smith and Nakeshia Nickerson in January, according to unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. They beat ou…
MORELAND HILLS — Councilman Steve Richman was victorious in the general election on Tuesday in addition to newcomers Ethan Spencer and Laura Kozminski-Vanderhart, who will join Village Council in January. Councilman Dan Fritz ran unopposed for mayor and Councilman David Emerman ran unopposed…
Solon Incumbent Councilman Douglas A. Magill lost his seat to Eugene Macke Bentley during the general election Tuesday in the highly watched and tight Ward 1 race.
South Russell Village is the only community in Geauga County with its own building department. The bottom line is either keeping the department or closing it and using Geauga County services.
PEPPER PIKE — More than 50 people crowded into the council chambers at City Hall last week as the Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended the rezoning ordinance for the Beech Brook property to move on to city council. Audience members are typically not permitted to speak at pl…
Solon resident Aaron Hershey said he has never recalled the roads being this bad in the community he has called home since 2006.
About a dozen Chardon Township residents, facing a $28,000 bill for central sewers, turned out Tuesday to hear Geauga County Commissioners take action on the project.
Chardon High School Principal Doug Murray has raised the white flag.
Two employees of the Geauga County Probate and Juvenile courts, who are the target of a criminal investigation, now claim they are the victims in a federal lawsuit filed last week.
Geauga County residents will be asked to vote on Issue 23, a renewal and decreased tax levy, this November for the Geauga Park District.
GATES MILLS — Mayor Karen Schneider, three council members and the clerk are running unopposed in the fall election. All of these positions are nonpartisan, four-year terms.
