Brook Park News

BREAKING & ENTERING, VARIOUS STREETS: Police hope to identify and arrest a young male in connection to a series of five lawnmower thefts.

As agents wheeled out close to 100 terminals and 12-15 flat screen televisions, patrons of the cafe lingered outside the store front.

The Ohio Department of Public Safety and other agencies raided an Internet cafe on Smith Road on Friday afternoon and arrested the owner.

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS Members of the joint chambers of commerce representing Berea, Brook Park, Middleburg Heights and neighbors got an update on the "State of Southwest General" and healthcare in general as the hospital prepares for a transition with some new facilities.

AND SO , Father's Day rolls around again, a day that has always held special significance for me and for Tom Francis Richissin, my dad.

Brook Park Community Church will serve its summer lunch program this year from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays through the end of August at the church, 16845 Holland Road.

OVI, SMITH ROAD: Officers stopped a Brook Park man for speeding June 3. The man said he was driving home from a bar, but couldn't remember exactly where he was or where he was going.

AND SO , Father's Day rolls around again, a day that has always held special significance for me and for Tom Francis Richissin, my dad.

Life experience is the phrase Jim Astorino, a Brook Park mayoral hopeful, uses to describe what separates him from other candidates.

Registration is occurring for Lou Groza Football's fall Flag Football programs that are open to boys and girls of Berea, Brook Park and Middleburg Heights.

PARMA A charter high school designed for pupils at risk of dropping out is moving from Brook Park to Parma.

A pair of vacant federal office buildings near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport have been purchased by a private developer who plans to refurbish them and rent them out, government officials say.

North Coast Health Ministry, a faith-based charitable health center in Lakewood, now offers its services to low-income, uninsured Berea, Brook Park and Middleburg Heights residents.

It's time for the big Friends of the Brook Park Library book sale, and if you join Friends for just $3, you get first crack at all the great books all day on June 7. Stop at the library, 6155 Engle Road, and fill out a brief membership form, and you'll be good to go.

FELONIOUS ASSAULT, BROOKPARK ROAD: A Cleveland man was arrested May 26 after he allegedly struck a woman on the head four or five times with an unopened beer bottle.

On May 29, Private First Class Nikki Brown returned home from Korea. She had been gone for one whole calendar year.

My name is Ron Hall, and I live on Adair Drive in Brook Park. I'm taking this opportunity to address my neighbors and friends in the community to endorse Councilman-at-large Danny Colonna's candidacy for mayor of the city of Brook Park.

The Cleveland Golden Gloves tournament was recently held at the Brook Park Recreation Center.

Tom Selden, Southwest General Health Center's president and CEO, is guest speaker at the Berea, Brook Park and Middleburg Heights' joint chambers of commerce luncheon.

But Reid told The Plain Dealer on Thursday that he was surprised to see FitzGerald come out early for State Rep.