Brook Park News

If you were stranded on a desert island, what would you want to have with you? Remember that old question? I got to thinking about it recently with the hoopla over the movie, "2012" and all the doomsday predictions.

REACH, a food pantry for needy people, is accepting donations of canned or frozen food.

BEREA City Council imposed a six-month moratorium on issuing building and occupancy permits for sexually oriented businesses while the city revises its zoning codes.

FIGHT, ASHLAND DRIVE: Two men, ages 25 and 50, fought at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 10 in the 15300 block, where the 50-year-old man lived.

Patrolman Raymond J. Kopchak III returned to work Nov. 9, assigned to what officials called administrative duties.

The name of the new parish to encompass the former parishes of Assumption of Mary and St.

Halloween is over, and several of Berea's holiday events are starting for this weekend.

The 3-liter V-6 engines that Ford makes in Brook Park will soon feature cylinder head covers made out of recycled carpeting.

The ninth annual holiday parade featuring Santa Claus will begin at 4:30 p.m. Nov.

The city might take in "significantly less" in income taxes next year as compared to this year, Finance Director Gregory Cingle said.

The U.S. Postal Service continues to review its proposed closures of the post office at 14770 Snow Road and the air-mail facility on Postal Road, located by the airport, off Rocky River Drive.

The Berea, Brook Park and Middleburg Heights chambers of commerce will have a joint meeting Nov.

Residents in the three Southwest General Health Center taxing districts will continue to see the hospital's many community-related programs.

The prospect that engine-making plants at Ford Motor Co. here will prosper with a new generation of motors was dimmed over the weekend.

Ford announced this week that it made nearly $1 billion profit in the most recent quarter.

THEFT, SHELDON ROAD: Stanley M. King, 27, was arrested Oct. 17 at a house in the 13300 block of Zaremba Drive on a sheriff's warrant in connection with aggravated theft involving a bank.

Alec Gentle, 11, left, instructed brother Devon, 9, not to enter their home after finding smoke billowing from the basement.

An effort to boost aircraft maker Airbus SAS's extensive supplier base in Ohio could land at the Wilmington Air Park early next year, if efforts to get DHL to turnover ownership of the 2,200-acre facility are successful by then.

Halloween always seems to be a favorite among Brook Park residents. This year is no exception.

BURGLARY, MUSKINGUM BOULEVARD: A 92-year-old woman who lives in the 15800 block said on Oct.