CHAGRIN SOLON SUN

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City Council has decided to continue discussion on the 1.75 percent tax increase.  Full story »

Solon Council of PTAs hosts the Budget Bin Sale through Tuesday at the Parkside Elementary School gym, 6845 SOM Center Road, Solon.  Full story »

Take your sweet time and take a drive-it-yourself tour to several sugar bushes 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and watch maple syrup production in action.  Full story »

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A resident has been named the state finalist in a national kitchen design contest. Libby Palmieri is the Ohio winner in the Sub-Zero and Wolf Appliance Kitchen Design Contest.  Full story »

A Mantua man, 22, stands accused of three car thefts and a series of car break-ins in Solon, as well as similar crimes in Portage and Geauga counties that have been ongoing since last summer.  Full story »

State Sen. Timothy Grendell, R-Chester, says a package of amendments added to state gas and oil drilling legislation ready for passage as early as next week appear to be pre-approved by the oil and gas owners association.  Full story »

Village Council has accepted a grant to study the expansion of hiking and biking trails in the Chagrin Valley.  Full story »

An Orange Goes Green certification program has been created to promote sustainability within the village.  Full story »

A Solon man who recently broke his neck on a Metroparks sledding hill wants to make sure no one else gets injured.  Full story »

Residents who signed gas well leases say not only are they not being paid fairly for their gas and oil — but the venture is actually costing them thousands of dollars to repair damage done by drillers and their subcontractors.  Full story »

A custodian at Arthur Road Elementary School reported that she had been working on a PTA Night Friday and had left her purse in the teachers’ lounge. Full story »

A firefighter reported seeing a truck stuck on landscaping rocks at the Bainbridge Commons parking lot at 1:18 a.m. Saturday.  Full story »

An Ainsworth Drive resident reported the theft of five bracelets. No value for the items was reported. The homeowner said the theft or thefts took place in the past three or four months, and several contractors had been in the house during that time period.  Full story »

A resident reported Sunday that a man who reportedly had threatened to burn his house down in the past had been bonded out of jail in Brecksville. The suspect is described as a white male, with a shaved head, about 5 feet-10-inches tall and 175 pounds, driving a white Cadillac. Full story »