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Visitors to Penitentiary Glen Reservation learned just how difficult it can be to grow up in the wild – and the ways that wildlife specialists care for wild animals – during Lake Metroparks’ March 29 Learning to Be Wild event. There were few winning slots on the “Being Precocial” game wheel, which demonstrated the low […]

Alongside their papers, notebooks and other school supplies, first-graders in many Lake County schools are bringing home trees this month that they can plant as part of a 35-year-old Lake Metroparks program. Park district instructors and the mascot Woody the Tree are also using these visits to teach students the importance of trees and the […]

The Mentor and Riverside school districts have announced plans to invest in their career technical education courses after being awarded millions of dollars in grants from the Ohio Career Technical Education Equipment Grant Program. The districts were among the 56 grant recipients announced on March 4, according to a news release from Gov. Mike DeWine’s […]

Project Hope for the Homeless unveiled a new Welcome Home Center on Feb. 22 that it says will help guests choose household supplies in an “empowering” way as they transition to new shelter arrangements. The warehouse measures 700 square feet and includes space for donated items and goods purchased in bulk, stated the shelter’s website. […]

With music playing softly in the background and corner lamps and windows providing light to a room in Kirtland Senior Center, instructor Anne Owens led seniors in yoga exercises. Class participants lined the edges of a room as Owens taught what she described as “a pretty fit group.” She said that she focused on hips […]

Though Ohioans no longer report seeing mountain lions, elk or passenger pigeons in the wild, visitors to Penitentiary Glen Reservation on Feb. 19 learned about these and other species that used to call the Buckeye State home. The Lake Metroparks park in Kirtland said that the species featured at that day’s Lost World event are […]

The Riverside Schools Field House resounded with music and the sounds of students mingling as the district welcomed neighboring schools to its annual Valentine’s Day dance Feb. 14. Riverside High School first hosted the event more than 20 years ago, said teacher Korene Engelking. This year’s festivities were expected to bring around 260 high school […]

Elementary and high school students in the Kirtland School District are coming together to serve their community through a new Kiwanis-affiliated club. The Kirtland Elementary School K-Kids club launched earlier this year to provide students with service opportunities. High school students in the district’s Key Club have helped run the new group with support from […]

Painesville Township’s trustees have unanimously voted to rezone properties along North Ridge Road for commercial use. The Feb. 6 decision changes 37 properties in the eastern portion of the township from industrial zoning to B-2 general retail zoning, said township Planning and Zoning Director Harley DeLeon. The properties are located along sections of U.S. Route […]

A new space at Kirtland Elementary School provides kids with an opportunity to take a break from the classroom and get their blood pumping during the school day. The Abriana Camino Wellness Room opened earlier this school year and includes stationary bikes, trampolines, resistance bands, yoga mats and an obstacle course. Principal Katy Nagaj said […]