The 28th in a series of articles to be published as a walking tour of Lake Road by the Bay Village Historical Society in 2026. The articles profile the oldest to the newest minimum-century-old ...

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For the Observer's annual last-issue-of-the-year feature, students from Mrs. Julie McArn's first-grade class at Normandy Elementary School in Bay Village share favorite family traditions. The night ...

My family and I have called Bay Village home for seven years. We have two boys: a sixth-grader attending Bay Middle School and a preschooler. We love this amazing community and have a vested interest ...

Out of state operators and private equity firms have been buying up local nursing homes, leaving seniors with few options for quality care. In one effort to fight this trend, Foundations Health ...

Nine retired artists who met through the Tri-C printmaking program are exhibiting their original prints at Westlake Porter Public Library during April. This is the third time the group has shown their ...

Discarded fishing line poses a danger to humans, machinery, pets and wildlife. Results can be deadly if your dog or cat happens to eat an animal that is tangled in fishing line or has ingested it, ...

The Westlake Kiwanis has joined in to support the Westlake High School Team Hope in their quest to become Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Student Visionaries of the Year while raising funds to fight ...

The Guys are back for Halloween again this year – on display at 1988 Sperrys Forge Tr in Westlake. They enjoy visitors. Helping to put them out are Jeff Maurer; his sons, Alex and Eric; Eric's kids, ...

The Carolyn L. Farrell Foundation’s Center for Artful Living is exhibiting the work of Daniel Pruitt, MFA, in its gallery through February. The Center, located at 26633 Detroit Road in Westlake, is ...

Stamp expert Michael Lynn recently donated several fine examples of stamps to the Bay Village Historical Society. Many date as far back as the Civil War era. Mr. Lynn also explained some of the terms ...

One would think that spending a lifetime following sports in the city of Cleveland would make one used to the surprising events which always impact our sports teams, wouldn’t one? Well, if one does ...