Broadview Heights News

Some restaurants are great for catching the game or for families with little ones; some are perfect for a romantic date night.

A new grass-roots community group wants a $49.8 million school bond issue - the same one that voters rejected Nov. 5 - back on the ballot in May. The group is called Parents Advocating for Student Success.

Trina Galauner and Monica Wolk said it's nearly impossible to turn left onto, and left out of, Market Place off Royalton Road during rush hours.

Former mayor Dean DePiero has been named Aurora's new law director effective Jan. 1 by Mayor-elect Ann Womer Benjamin, the Ravenna Record Courier has reported .

City Council will not increase the amount of buffer zone required between rural residential lots and industrial parking areas and loading zones.

City Council will have a Parks and Recreation Committee meeting, a Rules, Ordinances and Franchises Committee meeting and a work session starting at 6 p.m. Monday.

The 50-member Brecksville-Broadview Heights Community Band , led by conductor Patricia Nemitz, will perform a free holiday-music concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Middle School auditorium, 6376 Mill Road, in Broadview Heights.

Christmas is almost upon us, but don't fret! There is still time to find unique and appreciated last-minute gifts from your local merchants.

From left, Izabella Niziolek, Charity Watson and Lillian Niziolek, junior members of the Post 196 Ladies Auxiliary, helped prepare Christmas trees this season for those in need.

An effort to better protect victims from cyberstalking and other technology-based harassment got overwhelming support today in the Ohio House.

Former construction company executive Steven Pumper was sentenced today to eight years in a federal prison, and ordered to pay $2 million in restitution as punishment for a multitude of crimes linked to the Cuyahoga County corruption case.

The city will receive more than $6.5 million in grants for two road projects near state Route 82 and Interstate 77. The grants, from the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, will help pay for the widening of 82 west of 77 and the reconfiguration of the 82-77 interchange.

Carla Calevich, director of curriculum and instruction at the Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District , said the idea is to cover less educational ground while digging deeper.

Disorderly Conduct, Royalton Road: Police were called at 2:19 p.m. Nov. 24 to the GetGo gas station regarding an unruly customer.

A local businessman estimates he has pumped more than $200,000 into a website that's intended to spare businesses from the "pain" he has encountered.

The death-dealing drug heroin is cheap, widespread and merciless. And this year it will likely end more lives in the county than homicide.

Petros Development Corp. is planning the development - Town Centre Village - for the south side of Town Center , on the part of the street that runs east-to-west off Broadview Road.

First, council's Rules, Ordinances and Franchises committee will discuss the size of allowable outbuildings on lots of certain sizes, among other matters.

Remember to give thanks this Thanksgiving, pass the cranberries, and then it's time to shop - and begin the holiday fun! Brecksville-Broadview Heights Girl Scouts Service Unit 732 is asking local Girl Scouts on the evening of Dec. 6 to help at Chippewa Elementary School Holiday Shoppe.

Children from Brecksville and Broadview Heights presented this banner to the Broadview Heights Fire Department.