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City of Euclid

Halloween is over, but not the joy of seeing the faces and places from reader-submitted photographs.    Full story »

Beachwood doctor Stephen E. Bloom spent four hours carving this pumpkin in tribute to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Dr. Bloom said the inspiration for carving Lebron and Shaq on the pumpkin was "the start of a new season and a new beginning." He titles the picture, "A Tribute to a Positive Future."  Full story »

Residents easily approved two local issues on Tuesday. Issue 11, a tax levy renewal for the police department, passed by 4,413 votes (64 percent) to 2,422 votes (35 percent), according to unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.  Full story »

It was election day and Sun News covered the races and issues in your community. Get a rundown on who won and the issues that passed or failed in your area.  Full story »

Send us your best Halloween photos for possible posting on cleveland.com/sun and where possible, within the pages of your local Sun newspaper Full story »

The Cleveland Clinic has announced new hires to its team of orthopaedic surgeons.  Full story »

CityMusic Cleveland, a professional chamber orchestra that performs free concerts throughout Northeast Ohio, will perform the following concerts this week. The public is invited to attend:  Full story »

When I was a child, my mother had one cardinal rule on family vacations: She refused to stop at restaurants that had beer signs in the window. She’d have never set foot inside the Double T Bar in Halsey, Neb. (pop. 210.) What a pity.  Full story »

I’ll wager that your grandmother never tossed a sleeping bag and tent in her trunk and set off for a solo journey across the country. Mine didn’t either. But this grandmother is doing exactly that. By the time you read this, I’ll have meandered across seven or eight states, unless I discover some quirky place along the way that moves me to wad up my loose agenda and stay awhile.  Full story »

Scoreboard Tavern picked up a win while Cleats was splitting a pair of games to leave the two tied for the top spot in Division II of the Euclid Slo-Pitch League. Both stand at 18-4 with six games remaining in the regular season. Third place Elk & Elk is five games behind at 13-9, a half-game ahead of Marino's Bar/SPC... Full story »

The annual South Euclid-Lyndhurst Tennis Tournament at Brush High School concluded with many area players winning titles. Alex Rinaldi of Highland Heights defeated Dan Cirillo of Pepper Pike in the 18-and-younger boys final. The girls champion in the same age group was Caitlyn Lawless of Highland Heights, defeating Erin Lawless of Highland Heights. Rinaldi also won the 14-and-younger bracket over... Full story »

By Jeff Piorkowski jpiorkowski@sunnews.comjpiorkowski@sunnews.com Today's Euclid Sun Journal had its origins in 1937 during the waning days of the Great Depression as a means for change in the city. Euclid in the 1930s was a wild and wooly place where Prohibition-era rumrunners were known to bring illegal liquor via boat from Canada, dropping it off at lakefront homes. It... Full story »

The Euclid Women's League opened its Division II championship tournament with five full games and one game delayed by rain. As expected, top-seeded Lino's won its start to move into this week's winners bracket final. Lino's defeated the Wright Place, 15-3, as Marlene Hribar drove in five runs and Melissa Baker knocked in three more. The Wright Place mustered only... Full story »

Champions were crowned in the three divisions of the Euclid Sunday Night League. Coach's II McPeek ended Miller Lite's four-year reign in Division I, newcomer Bohica Softball took the title in Division II and At Witz End reigned in Division III, culminating a seven-year climb to the top. Division I **C** Miller took the season crown by one game over... Full story »

I have covered sports for the Euclid Sun Journal for about 1½ of the 70-plus years the publication has been in existence. Though I'm a very small part of its history, the time I spent covering Euclid will always be remembered. I recall being told I was responsible for all sports content of the Sun Journal, which meant filling up... Full story »