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Garfield Heights and Maple Heights

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 »

Recently at a Garfield Heights City Council meeting some concerns were brought up about the annual Little League Parade. As a past commissioner and chairman of the Hall of Fame Committee for the baseball league, I would like to set the record straight.  Full story »

Rock Community Church, 9403 Garfield Blvd., Garfield Heights, will have a communitywide yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 8 in the church parking lot. People can rent space large enough for five or six tables for $20. If you don't have tables, you can rent them for $10. Proceeds will support youth programs.  Full story »

GARFIELD HTS. -- A group of doctors wants to move its internal medicine services from Marymount Hospital to 5299 E. 98th St., north of Granger Road, to a vacant office building on East 98th. It is hoping to do so with the help of tax breaks and is expected to seek county approval. PTS Medical Center, doing business as... Full story »

Tom Longo has reached a disgusting and despicable low this week when he sent out layoff notices to city employees including police and fire just to twist council's arms. I guess his old techniques weren't working to get council to pass red light cameras over resident objections, so he had to hit the little guys too. Is his chokehold... Full story »

A dinner to show appreciation to outgoing Garfield Heights Mayor Thomas Longo for his 26 years as mayor will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 26 at Pazzo's Grand Ballroom in Knights of Columbus Hall, 10806 Granger Road, Garfield Heights.  Full story »

The food scene in Maple Heights is dishing up choices that match changing palates. Once a city of sausages and pastries favored by European descendants, Maple Heights has become a city of soul food and barbecue, too.  Full story »