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Like spring flowers, Beachwood’s community garden program grows; Mayor sees exciting things coming for Commerce Park Jeff Piorkowski, cleveland.com BEACHWOOD, Ohio — The city’s community garden is a big hit and now talk is moving on to possibly installing dedicated pickle ball courts in the park to the north of the Beachwood Aquatic Center. “The community garden has been a tremendous success,” Mayor Martin Horwitz said. The city added the community garden last year in the park, beginning with 40 gardening plots, all of which residents quickly scooped up. This year, a...

Goodwill opening its University Heights store at Cedar Center Jeff Piorkowski, cleveland.com UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio — Just because there has been a delay in opening of the Goodwill store in University Heights, it doesn’t mean residents haven’t had the store on their minds. “The people of University Heights are very generous,” said Maureen Atar, Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland’s vice president of marketing and development. ”We’ve actually been receiving donations at the store for months. Just last Saturday, alone, we received more than 150 donations. ...

Two men impersonating FBI agents attempt scam: University Heights police blotter UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio — Impersonating a law enforcement officer: Washington Boulevard At 12:50 p.m. March 23, police took a report from a woman, 42, about two men who were claiming to be FBI agents looking for her son, 23. One of the men wore a suit and the other a police-type uniform with a holstered gun. It was not known if the gun was a real firearm. The men claimed they were looking for the woman’s son on a racketeering (RICO) case and said that the matter could be cleared up if the son put money into ...

Man involved in road rage incident found to have a gun: Beachwood police blotter BEACHWOOD, Ohio — Carrying a concealed weapon: Richmond Road At 12:25 p.m. March 2, an officer stopped a driver who was involved in a road rage incident. It was learned during the traffic stop that the driver, a Warrensville Heights man, 32, was in possession of a gun. Police arrested the man and charged him with carrying a concealed weapon, a felony, as well as improper handing of a firearm in a motor vehicle. Identity theft: Fairmount Boulevard At 9:40 a.m. Feb. 24, it was reported that a suspect or suspects ...

Beachwood readies sale of portion of massive service garage; after renovation, ‘hundreds’ may be working there Jeff Piorkowski, cleveland.com BEACHWOOD, Ohio — Plans for the sale of nearly half of the city’s massive service department garage are still on, but undergoing modifications, as City Council approved Monday (March 1) legislation that includes addendums to the original sale agreement. The building, 23550 Commerce Park, was purchased by the city more than a decade ago after it served as the offices and warehouse of Jo-Ann Fabrics stores. The city is selling the ...