The Westlake & Bay Village Observer brings you fresh local news for the Westlake / Bay Village area, written and produced by local residents.

For furry friends in need, Nancy Brown is a friend indeed. For over 20 years, Nancy has advocated for dogs and cats in Bay Village. She partners with the police department and animal control officer ...

The Westlake & Bay Village Observer brings you fresh local news for the Westlake / Bay Village area, written and produced by local residents.

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 ...

Judy Brody captured these shots of a young barred owl in her Bay Village yard in June 2022. She was able to identify them as juveniles because they couldn't hoot; young owls make a squeaky/hissing ...

I’m a homebody. If I had a spirit animal, it’d be the opossum. It’s unfussy and eco-friendly in a garbage-eating and low-rabies-risk way. Like me, when it finds a place with food and shelter, it stays ...

The focus of my column is always to highlight simple actions we can each take to lessen our impact on the environment. I have great news: The City of Bay Village has just made it even easier for us.

For the Observer's annual last-issue-of-the-year feature, students from Mrs. Sarah Gency and Mrs. Kate Gallo's first-grade class at Westlake Elementary School share favorite family traditions. My ...

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 ...

Some 18 volunteers from the Bay Men's Club, the city's oldest and largest civic organization, took time recently to rake leaves and clean the yards of 15 needy and worthy Bay Village residents. The ...

The partnering libraries in Cuyahoga County officially launched the Cuyahoga Reads program this past summer! The program encourages every child throughout our county to read each day. In order to ...

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, ...