Shaker Heights News

Students in Stephen Smith's third-grade class at Lomond Elementary School listen as Robert Ault of the Rotary Club of Shaker Heights explains that they will each receive a personal copy of the American Education Publishing Dictionary.

SHAKER HEIGHTS As the South Shaker MyCom after-school program takes shape, Youth Center Executive Director John Lisy likens the initiative to "flying an airplane while we're trying to build it." In line for a $100,000 infrastructure grant through the Cleveland Foundation, Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland, organizers with the South Shaker ...

SHAKER HEIGHTS Officials at John Carroll University are encouraged by City Council's decision to extend an interim zoning ordinance capping the number of student-occupied units in apartment buildings it owns on Fairmount Circle.

This picture provided by Ruta Marino shows what the Chandler & Rudd Co. storefront looked like in the 1960s.

If Anthony Sowell had been accused of attacking a woman anywhere in Cuyahoga County but Cleveland last December, would he have been locked up before five other women went missing and turned up dead at his home? The answer, some say, is yes.

A Cleveland schools official has been charged with extorting $7,000 in cash from a security systems contractor.

1868: William Rudd, one of the original employees, and George Chandler buy the business and rename it Chandler amp;amp;amp; Rudd.

Cambodian school children learn of their nation's holocaust, the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge, by reading Shaker Heights writer Loung Ung.

Two recent fires here have caused injuries and sent one person to the hospital. The first fire broke out Oct.

A cup of coffee and the local newspaper on the morning after Election Day can be a wonderfully satisfying way to celebrate the fruits of democracy.

Shaker Heights native Amy Lazarus was recently chosen to head the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network in Washington, D.C. She credits her experiences in Shaker as her inspiration.

Council voted Oct. 26 to eliminate the city's only unprotected vehicular crossover along its network of RTA rapid train tracks.

The Heights Youth Theatre will present "Oliver!", the British musical, Friday through Sunday in the auditorium at Wiley Middle School, 2181 Miramar Blvd., University Heights.

SHAKER HEIGHTS The Shaker High grads of '69 were not your average class, and their 40th reunion was by no means "typical." More than 200 graduates of a class of 600 convened Oct.

Campaign signs to the contrary, voters are not "Feeling/Bliss" like they used to, if Tuesday's election results are any indication.

U nder the direction of retired Shaker Heights French and Spanish teacher Edna Duffy , the Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble will celebrate 25 years with "Wading in Muddy Waters: Swimming Up Clear Streams." It's a performance of live music and dance at 6 p.m. Nov.

On Saturday, more than 225 volunteers will help almost 80 needy residents rake leaves and do other yard work.

Fugitive Jonathan "Cheeks" Ward was captured last week to face armed robbery and weapon charges.

Fire houses are being shut down, jobs are going up in smoke, and lives are being put at risk.

9. THEFT, ST. MARGARET: A Village Council candidate reported Oct. 15 that he left his car in the parking lot three days earlier, and when he returned campaign literature was missing from inside.