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A new era in Nordonia Knights sports began Aug. 27, as the new William Boliantz Stadium was opened for the first home game of the season versus the Maple Heights...  Read Story.

by Eric Marotta, Editor, Nordonia Hills -- For the first time, the Nordonia Hills City School District has attained the highest rating from the Ohio Department of Education's school district annual report card. According to...  Read Story.

by Bill Hammerstrom, Hudson Hub-Times Editor, Hudson -- Macedonia Mayor Don Kuchta has asked Hudson to give his city 50 percent of the income tax it will collect from a company moving from Macedonia to Hudson. Kuchta...  Read Story.

by Jeff Saunders, Reporter, Northfield Village -- Nearly one in six village property owners failed to pay their sewer maintenance fees on time, and the village will get an extra $15,000 because of...  Read Story.

by Marc Kovac, Capital Bureau Chief, Columbus " Ohio will receive $400 million in education grants over the next four years as part of a federal initiative aimed at improving schools. Nordonia Hills City Schools are set to receive...  Read Story.

by Jeff Saunders, Reporter, Macedonia -- Two city men are in jail in connection with an alleged Aug. 17 robbery at knifepoint of a man at a Highland Road motel. According to Stow Municipal Court records, the cases of Preserve Lane resident Deeffridge T. Stevens, 19, and Vintage Lane resident Khalil G. Slayton, 18, were sent to a Summit County grand jury Aug. 26 after they did not enter pleas to first-degree felony aggravated robbery...  Read Story.

by Marc Kovac, Capital Bureau Chief, Columbus -- Ohio's high school graduation rate dropped, and fifth-graders statewide failed to meet set standards in reading, math and science. But more school districts earned higher ratings, and the state met a higher percentage of education performance indicators in 2008-09 versus prior...  Read Story.

Northfield Village " Complaining of shortness of breath and a rapid heartbeat, Ward C Councilor Lennie Noack was taken from Village Hall by firefighters to UH-Bedford Medical Center Aug....  Read Story.

Kasich would derail passenger train plans Governor candidate John Kasich reiterated his opposition Aug. 25 to a plan backed by Gov. Ted Strickland to connect Ohio's big cities by passenger rail. "The 39 mph high-speed train is dead when I become governor," he said, adding later, "We don't have the money to operate it, we don't have the money long-term to fund it ... [and] I'm still trying to find somebody in Ohio that wants to get on that train. No, no, we have to shut it down before it gets too...  Read Story.

by Jeff Saunders, Reporter, Macedonia -- A bridge to be built over the Highland Road railroad tracks next year may be named in memory of a Nordonia High School student who was killed by a train at the crossing 21 years...  Read Story.

by Eric Marotta, Editor, Northfield Center -- About 150 graduates of Northfield, Macedonia and Northfield-Macedonia high schools gathered for their annual reunion at Gambitta's Party Center in Northfield Center on July...  Read Story.

by Jeff Saunders, Reporter, Cleveland -- Bedford Heights resident James G. Mahan, who served nearly three years as the aquatics director at the Macedonia Family Recreation Center, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on 95 felony charges involving illegal photographs of minors investigators say were found on his home...  Read Story.

The community is invited to celebrate the grand opening of the new Boliantz Stadium and other recently constructed outside athletic facilities at Nordonia High School at the Aug. 27 first game of the season...  Read Story.

by Jeff Saunders, Reporter, Nordonia Hills -- The school district may again be preparing sell 93 acres of vacant land it owns in Sagamore Hills to help fill an estimated $1.8-million funding gap in the district's $9.8-million high school athletic...  Read Story.

by Bill Hammerstrom, Hudson Hub-Times Editor, Hudson -- City officials say they do not solicit businesses from neighboring communities, but their lack of involvement in a county tax-sharing program has Macedonia's mayor...  Read Story.

by Jeff Saunders, Reporter, Nordonia Hills -- Many high school friends may lose track of one another or reunite every five or 10 years, but one group of women has remained much closer for more than 60 years. "We're calling ourselves the Circle of Love...  Read Story.

by Eric Marotta, Editor, Macedonia -- Ledge Acres Road in Macedonia was closed to traffic for about two and a half hours late Thursday while the Macedonia Fire Department dealt with a house fire that...  Read Story.

by Jeff Saunders Reporter Macedonia -- Bridgette Hildreth remembers little of the what happened May 28, including why she kept her 10-year-old son Aundre home from school, but is now glad she did because he saved...  Read Story.

by Jeff Saunders, Reporter, Nordonia Hills -- As about 50 family, friends and co-workers watched, Darlene D. Jones was sworn in as the new Northfield postmaster at the Sagamore Hills Township Hall Aug. 20. ...  Read Story.

by Eric Marotta, Editor, North Summit County -- An Oct. 1 start date for a new stormwater management fee has been put on hold so a case meant to resolve a debate over the fee can proceed through the Cuyahoga County...  Read Story.