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Trees removed from Parma Heights’ Nathan Hale Park; city officials await National Park Service approval for proposed flooding solution © John Benson/cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Last week, trees were removed from Nathan Hale Park in Parma Heights. PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio — Crews were busy last week at Nathan Hale Park where roughly half a dozen trees were removed in the northeast corner of the 24-acre site. “The city engineer informed the city that a minimal number of trees and brush needed removal in a corner of the park near a stream that borders our property and some of the homeown...

Viewed as ‘last piece of the big puzzle,’ West Creek Conservancy purchases Parma’s Padua Park John Benson, cleveland.com © John Benson/cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS West Creek Conservancy purchased the 18-acre Padua Park, which is located at 2901 W Ridgewood Dr. in Parma. PARMA, Ohio — Acquiring greenspace in fully built-out communities is a difficult proposition; however, over the past 15 years the West Creek Conservancy has done just that in Parma. The latest acquisition announced on Thursday (March 4) by the nonprofit, which has a mission to conserve greenspace...

New quarantine requirements find Parma City Schools considering moving up all-in instruction to March 22 © John Benson/cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Valley Forge High School. PARMA, Ohio — If administrators, teachers, parents and students have learned anything during the pandemic, it’s that best-laid plans can change at a moment’s notice. That’s what Parma City Schools Superintendent Charles Smialek is telling his district about his recent plan of returning to traditional five-day, all-in instruction on April 8. “We always looked at the coming back in the fourth quarter, but as...

Parma City Council races include Republican candidates challenging Democrat incumbents © John Benson/cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Parma City Hall. PARMA, Ohio — It’s an election year in Parma with the May 4 primary including several Republican candidates vying for seats in the largely Democrat community. While the filing date for both party candidates was earlier this month, independent residents have until May 3 to file with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. That means the following races may have additional faces by the Nov. 2 general election. Council President Sean Brennan...

Parma Heights and Tri-C schedule next Citizen’s Police Academy to start March 24 John Benson, cleveland.com © John Benson/cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Parma Heights’ Citizen’s Police Academy starts March 24 at the Public Safety Training Center located at the Tri-C Western Campus. PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio — Just months before policing policies came into question after the high-profile deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Parma Heights in a joint Cuyahoga Community College initiative held its inaugural Citizen’s Police Academy. While the pandemic paused the course...