A few disruptions from residents attending a virtual Woodmere session last month has prompted some Village Council members to consider permanently eliminating one of the two public comment segments of all meetings.

Let’s go to Kari’s Play World. That is what children and parents in Bainbridge will be saying when the playground at River Run Park is replaced in the coming weeks.

On Thanksgiving Day we are thankful for family, friends and neighbors. They are the people closest to us. They are the people we talk with, laugh with and cry with the most. They are the people who surround us in our everyday lives.

We think back to a year ago Thanksgiving and it seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened that we have not been happy about but so much more we are grateful for and for the people that make it their business to be there for us when around us the world seems a scary and hopeless place.

Oh, what a game. A true nail-biter. Chardon High School gridders went into the state championship last Saturday with confidence thanks to their winning record and No. 1 ranking by AP. Yet there was no doubt that head coach Mitch Hewitt and the Hilltoppers were facing a worthy opponent in No.…

The coronavirus pandemic that came onto the scene more than nine months ago continues to dominate work, play, school and family life. We are writing about this once again because Ohio is facing a record number of cases and hospitalizations due to COVID-19.

My husband’s SpongeBob pajama pants will never be the same, and don’t even get me started on his Ohio State pair. You see, I use them to make pandemic masks. Brent can still wear his Spongebob pajama pants, but they’re capris length now, since I whacked several inches off the bottom to make …

Something always seems to be brewing in Woodmere. The tiny village is home to about 860 residents, upscale shopping at Eton Chagrin Boulevard, an Apple retail store, a Starbucks, a neighborly Trader Joe’s and wonderful restaurants. On the surface, life should be good in Woodmere.

Last week, after weighing all of my options, I decided to cast my ballot by mail. I had studied the actuarial tables and found that the chances my vote would be hijacked by train robbers, anarchists, pirates or an evil doppelganger were pretty low.

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In just a few days, the Nov. 3 general election will be here. If you are a registered voter, it is critical that you cast a ballot. Whether you are a Republican, Democrat or Independent, voting is a right and a duty.

The people of the Chagrin Valley showed their generosity earlier this month when they joined together to collect and donate food for the Bainbridge Area Food for Friends pantry. The coronavirus pandemic over the last eight months has changed the lives of everyone in the valley, Ohio, the U.S…

Does Geauga County really want to grow?

It was a sunny day in the spring of 2014, the top was down on her convertible as Sali and I headed for downtown Chagrin Falls and the place that held promise for the restaurant she had dreamed about owning for years. Now it was happening.

When the coronavirus has been defeated and the world gets back to normal, I am guessing it is not going to be business as usual.

Now it’s up to us. That’s what Gov. Mike DeWine told Ohioans this week after reporting 161,678 confirmed cases and 5,017 deaths due to COVID-19.

Pepper Pike Issue 34 is on the Nov. 3 ballot. That’s the official word as of late this week.

The following letter is real. It is part of a longer missive sent by a young Chagrin Falls friend I will call Kate, not her real name.

The all-virtual 11th Annual Chagrin Documentary Film Festival gets underway next week beginning on Tuesday and running through Oct. 11. That means it is time to study the program and find those we can’t wait to see.

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