Home (Main Menu)

Ohioans now (12-00) can renew their vehicle registrations over the Internet and by telephone, 1-866-OPLATES .

Ohio drivers Can View unofficial driving record online at the Ohio BMV website.

---------------------

"Diversity ... is born in preservation."
(Richard Powers, The Gold Bug Variations)

---------------------

In the spirit of July 4, 1776, make an individual contribution to energy independence: Drive a plug-in hybrid!

See www.iags.org/pih.htm --

www.apple.com/trailers/sony/whokilledtheelectriccar/ --

www.calcars.org/ --

www.pluginamerica.com/ -- Why Hybrid? --

hybrid-car-info4u.com --

www.pickensplan.com/theplan/

Quote from the movie titled "The Formula" starring George C. Scott and Marlin Brando:

Adam Steiffel (Brando) Chairman of Titan Oil says "We're not in the oil business; we're in the oil shortage business!"]

---------------------

VisitCleveland.org -- uscity.net

Neighborhood News Activity Calendar Index Growth News
Sports History Historical Sketch TO 1974 Search
Message Board Avon Genealogy Guest Book
World News Avon Commons Vista
Avon Biographical Sketches Bug War
Third Millennium

Avon Homes, -- Churches, -- Schools, -- Organizations -- Business -- City Hall -- Area Movies, Museums... -- TOPICS -- Maps

WHAT'S NEW:

What Was New in Avon, Ohio, 1999 - 2004

• 11-7-17: Election 2017 -- Runup to the Korean War of 2020?

• 5-24-17: 2017 Charter

• 12-3-16: Tree Lighting

• 11-8-16: Election 2016 -- Runup to the Kazakh War of 2020?

• 10-27-16: Halloween at the Vintage House Cafe

• 9-- 10-11 -- 2016: 2016 Fall Into Avon

• 7-1-16: Obtain "Into The Air"

• 6-17-16: Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival JUNE 17-19, 2016

• 5-4-16: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 4-30-16: Lorain County Preservation Expo

• 3-15-16 "Into The Air", a novel by Taylor J. Smith

• 3-12-16: Spring Into Avon Easter Bunny Breakfast and Egg Hunt, Avon Isle 37080 Detroit Road, Call 440-934-3778 for info. See www.frenchcreekfoundation.com/

• 12-31-15: Flight 370 -- the Flaperon Mystery

• 12-25-15: 80,000 chemicals in global commerce

• 12-20-15: Fat Lies Exposed

• 12-7-15: Lake Erie Crushers name new owner

• 12--3-6--15: Avon's 2015 Candlelite Walk Schedule

• 11-5-15: 2015 Lorain County INTERSOCIETY POTLUCK Dinner

• 10-7-15 Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-9-15 Minutes of the Meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission

• 9-24-15 Pope Francis addresses the US Congress

• 9- 11-13 - 2015: Fall Into Avon

• 8-27-15 Avon to spend $17.1 million for more infrastructure

• 8-15-15: WoodForest Furniture

• 7-25-15: Bendix is coming to Avon!

• 6-19-15: Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival JUNE 19-21, 2015

• 5-1-15: Cabela's coming to Avon

• 4-15-15: Meijer store in talks for Avon location

• 4-1-15: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society "Exploring Crimea and the Black Sea" by Dr. Charles E. Herdendorf

• 3-21-15: Spring Into Avon Easter Bunny Breakfast and Egg Hunt

• 3-9-15: Avon Coptic Church

• 3-4-15: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society "The New Indian Ridge Museum" by Col. Matt Nahorn

• 2-20-15 Four different pot legalization ballot issues

• 2-4-15: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society and the 2015 SHEFFIELD BICENTENNIAL SCHEDULE

• 1-25-15 Some background info for "Origins of the Heroin Plague"

• 1-21-15: Menards, Flooding Concerns in Avon

• 1-6-15 Avon Schools to seek 10-year, 2.9-mill levy -- resolution to be on the BOE's 1-6-15 agenda

• 12-30-14: Bertha ''Sis'' Wernert

• 12-20-14: Rayymond "Buddy" Miller

• 12-18-14 Fifty years of elections, 1964 - 2014

• 12-13-14: 2014 Feature Theory of the Year: Is Earth Expanding?

• 12--4-7--14: Avon's 2014 Bicentennial Candlelite Walk Schedule

• 11-26-14: Is the Oil Gang striking at wind power?

• 11-24-14: Improved college credit program for Avon schools

• 11-22-14: Is Bendix coming to Avon?

• 11-20-14: 2014 Bicentennial Feature Genealogy: The Williams Family -- Also see The Autobiography of Howard Williams

• 11-16-14: Harrison Williams, once the "richest man in America"

• 11-14-14: MathWizard Learning Center in Avon, Ohio

• 11-13-14: Sunflowers -- Maria McNamara

• 11-11-14: David A. Schneider

• 11-8-14: Is global warming disrupting the polar vortex?

• 11-6-14: Ebola -- the Cleveland connection

• 11-4-14 November 4, 2014 General Election Results

• 10-25-14 Buy your pumpkins now!

• 10-18-14: Lois Shinko at the Lorain County Preservation Network Expo at the Avon Isle

• 10-18-14: 2014 Bicentennial Fall Photo Op -- Pose with the Skeleton

• 10-18-14: 2014 Bicentennial Fashion Show and Crazy Beard and Moustache Contest

• 10-17-14: Avon dedicates example Pool Park History Walk display at the Gazebo

• 9-22-14: Are Boomer retirements sinking the economy?

• 9-21-14: Sunday Bicentennial Church Tour amd meeting (10-1-14) of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-20-14: Two punches from the gut -- bacterial origins of colon cancer and clogged arteries

• 9-19-14 Fire Roasted Sweet Corn is Avon's 2014 Bicentennial ice cream flavor

• 9-14-2014: Avon's 200th Birthday Today -- Come to the Party -- New time capsule to be opened in 2034.

• 9-13-14: Avon's growth expected to continue

• 9-11-14: Did thermite cold fusion bring down the Twin Towers on 9-11-2001?

• 9-9-14: Family-friendly pool park planned in Avon

• 9-8-14: Young blood proves good for old brains

• 9-5-7--14: Fall Into Avon Summary of Events and Schedules

• 9-5-7--14: "Fall Into Avon" 9-6-14: Second Avon School of Music 2014 Bicentennial1 Outdoor Recital at the Gazebo

• 9-5-7--14: "Fall Into Avon" Weekend of September 5-7, 2014 and other summer Bicentennial events

• 9-5-7--14: Fall Into Avon -- Dick Goddard to attend -- Scarecrow Competition

• 9-5-7--14: Fall Into Avon 2014 Bicentennial Taste of Avon

• 8-28-14: Aftershocks from the May 12, 2014 flood -- a storm water fee and diversion of water to the Hurst Tole ditch

• 8-26-14: Third Summer 2014 Bicentennial Program at the Avon Library

• 8-25-14: Illustrated TimeLine of Dr. Norton S. Townshend

• 8-23-14: First Avon School of Music 2014 Bicentennial1 Outdoor Recital at the Gazebo

• 8-10-14: The French Creek [Tavern]

• 8-5-14: More on The Quartermaster General

• 7-22-14: Second Summer 2014 Bicentennial Program at the Avon Library

• 7-14-14: 2014: The Summer Polar Nortex

• 7-11-14: Read Around Avon at the Old Town Hall of 1871

• 7-4-14: Origins of the Heroin Plague

• 6-30-14: Avon declares interest in taking Creekside Place by eminent domain -- May 12 flood of the 2014 Bicentennial

• 6-29-14: Avon fitness center receives reader award

• 6-22-14: Senator Rand Paul speaks out on Iraq

• 6-21-22--14: Aunt Teak and Uncle Junque, June 21 and 22, 2014 Old Town Hall of 1871 open

• 6-14-14: Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival JUNE 13-15, 2014

• 6-7-14: 2014 Bicentenial FCDA Birthday Gift

• 5-18-14: Avon Garden Club Bicentennial Tea Party

• 5-11-14: Pam Fecter

• 5-10-14: Niels Jensen

• 5-8-14: Avon Fans respond to 2014 NFL draft picks

• 5-7-14: The Avon Historical Society presents "History of the Schwartz Family."

• 5-3-14 Avon to hold first safety fair

• 4-5-14: Easter Bunny Pancake Breakfast and Egg Hunt AHS presents "History of the Conrad Family"

• 4-1-14: Flight 370 and the missing nuke

• 3-7-14: El Nino versus The Polar Vortex

• 3-5-14: Bicentennial Baby Contest

• 2-11-14: Second Bicentennial Program of 2014 at the Avon Library

• 2-5-14: Meeting of the 2014 Avon Bicentennial Committee

• 1-29-14: Avon citywide sanitary sewer rate put in place

• 1-21-14: Attend the first Avon Bicentennial Program of 2014: at the Avon Public Library

• 1-8-14: 2014 Bincentennial Surprise -- Frazil ice blocks intakes

• 1-2-14: Avon Council organizes for 2014

• 12-14-13: Avon Mayor-elect Bryan Jensen says Mayor Jim Smith's shadow looms large

• 12-5-13: Avon's Candlelite Walk December 5 - 8, 2013

• 11-25-13: Five-year forecast: Avon schools need more tax dollars in 2015

• 11-7-13: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 11-5-13: NOVEMBER 5, 2013 GENERAL ELECTION

• 10-9-13: The Press and Avon High School welcome the four candidates running for mayor to a political forum

• 10-2-13: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-7-8--13: "Fall Into Avon" -- Fall Festival -- Weekend of September 7-8, 2013

• 8-20-13: Meeting of the 2014 Avon Bicentennial Committee

• 8-9-13: Cupcake Wishes

• 8-7-13: A Bride's Design

• 8-5-13: The Quartermaster General

• 8-3-13: Details and The Littlest Details

• 8-1-13: Dick Goddard to attend the Pet Adoption Center at the 2013 "Fall Into Avon"

• 7-14-13: AHS field trip to Edison's Birthplace

• 6-25-13: Avon's 2014 Bicentennial

• 6-22-13: 2013 Aunt Teak and Uncle Junque Citywide Yard Sale Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23

• 6-21-13: University Hospitals to absorb the Elytia Memorial Hospital system

• 6-14-13: Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, JUNE 14-16, 2013

• 6-1-13: Commencement at CSU for class of 2013

• 5-15-13: School resource officers

• 5-13-13: Preliminary floor plan of new middle school

• 5-11-13: Avon education reform

• 5-9-13: Avon school administrative transitions

• 5-8-13: House Bill 59 threatens Avon Schools

• 5-7-13 Five issues on the Avon ballot

• 4-25-13 Bryan Jensen and Kevin Ward in Avon Mayor race

• 4-23-13: Vote on the Bicentennial Logo at 7 pm, 4-23-13, at the Avon Isle

• 4-21-13: Plant Swap at the Miller Nature Preserve

• 4-6-13: "Butternut Tree" book signing at The Strip

• 4-3-13: The Making of Avon's 1976 Bicentennial Quilt

• 3-16-13: Spring Into Avon Pancake Breakfast and Egg Hunt with the Easter Bunny

• 3-6-13: The Forgotten Battles of 1812 in Ohio

• 3-1-13: Sequestration: Could spending cuts hit here?

• 2-15-13: Property Taxes Due

• 2-6-13: Ship building on the Black River

• 1-1-13: The fiscal cliff -- Shock Doctrine in action

• 12-21-12: Modern Monetary Theory

• 12-1-12: Gingerbread House Contest

• 11-30-12: November 30 -- December 2, 2012 Avon's Candlelite Walk Weekend

• 11-20-12: Pay off the national debt NOW!

• 11-14-12: Scampering off the fiscal cliff -- the lemming theory of history

• 11-11-12: Gerrymandering: Path to control of the US House of Representatives

• 11-6-12: 2012 General Election in Avon

• 11-1-12: Avon Historical Society November meeting at the Inter-Society

• 10-4-12: Bain Capital -- the Cleveland connection

• 10-3-12: Steve Korpos from the Midwest Railway Preservation Society will present "Cleveland's Railroad Heritage" at the meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-18-12: The 47 percent

• 9-8-9--12: 2012 "FALL INTO AVON" SCHEDULE

• 9-5-12: Dr. Charles E. Herdendorf will present "Adventures in Paradise: Exploration of French Polynesia from Captain Cook to Today"

• 6-23-12: Aunt Teak & Uncle Junque Avon's Citywide Yard Sale, June 23 & 24, 2012

• 6-15-12: Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, JUNE 15-17, 2012

• 5-15-12: Michael Laub Named Avon Superintendent

• 5-3-12: Defend Detroit Road

• 4-4-12: The Avon Historical Society presents "General Quincy A. Gillmore, Lorain County's Forgotten Civil War General,"

• 3-24-12: Second annual Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt will be held at the Avon Isle on March 24th

• 3-23-12: Can greenbacks save the economy?

• 3-22-12: Origins of the Preservation Amendments

• 3-20-12: LCCC two-hour continuing education minicourse "Volcanoes to glaciers, 3 billion years of spectacular Great Lakes scenery in the making,"

• 3-6-12: Two Avon school issues on the March 6 ballot

• 3-1-12: The Avon Mound Cemetery -- Indian mound or glacial lake sand dune?

• 2-11-12: French Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is key

• 2-7-12: Will Executive Order 11110 be re-issued?

• 2-1-12: Dr. Charles E. Herdendorf will present "How Geology influenced The Battle of Lake Erie"

• 1-21-12: Would the Keystone pipeline raise Ohio's gasoline price?

• 1-11-12 Avon Council organizes

• 1-7-12: Ron Paul appeals to anti-war Republicans

• 12-21-11: Light pole breaks at Crushers' stadium

• 12-10-11: St. Mary of the Woods files for bankruptcy

• 12-5-11: Avon Eagles are State runners up in Division II football

• 12-2,3,4-11: 2011 Christmas Candlelite Walk

• 12-3-11: Cleveland Clinic open house -- The Richard E. Jacobs Health Center

• 11-28-11: Miller's Life Like Taxidermy moves to Sheffield

• 11-13-11: The Schwartz Barn is Saved

• 11-11-11: EMH cuts Cardiac Rehab in Avon

• 11-9-11: House Bill 136 Threatens Avon Schools

• 11-8-11 2011 Avon General Election

• 11-3-11: InterSociety Meeting at the Carlisle Visitor Center

• 10-26-11: Panini's coming to Avon?

• 10-21-11: Sheffield opposes expansion of sewage plant

• 10-7-11: Liars, Thieves, and shovel-ready Jobs

• 10-5-11: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-15-11: Ground breaking for the Nagel I-90 interchange

• 9-10 -- 9-11-11: Fall Into Avon -- Fall Festival - Taste of Avon - Farmer's Market - Kids Pavilion

• 8-20-11: Are there spirochetes in the brain in more than 90 percent of Alzheimer's Disease cases?

• 8-2-11: Debt Default Deadline

• 7-4-11: Fireworks in Avon

• 6-25--26-11: 2011 Aunt Teak & Uncle Junque Citywide Yard Sale

• 6-17-11: 2011 Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, JUNE 17-19

• 6-6-11: Mayor Smith says property owners shouldn't be assessed for interchange

• 5-26-11: Author's Book Signing of the Guide to the North Ridge Scenic Byway

• 5-4-11: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society at the Avon Isle

• 5-1-11: Panetta gets Bin Laden

• 4-9,10-11: Spring Into Avon with the Easter Bunny

• 3-9-11: Sewage in Avon basements

• 3-3-11: Republican governors try to defund the Democrats

• 2-2-11: Dr. Charles E. Herdendorf will present the North Ridge Scenic Byway at the meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 1-14-11: Cold Fusion Heat from the Rossi Reactor -- the ECat (Energy Catalyzer) Boiler

• 1-8-11: In the cross hairs -- U. S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords

• 12-31-10: The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7

• 12-17-10: The thieves rage at transparency

• 12-16-10: Adding to the SR-611 bridge over I-90

• 12-15-10: Objections to Internet cafes

• 12-14-10: The end of earmarks?

• 12-3,4,5-10: 2010 Christmas Candlelite Walk

• 11-17-10: St. Mary's Parish Life Center opens

• 11-11-10: InterSociety Meeting

• 11-10-10: Avon Isle Park building to be renovated

• 11-6-10: Avon to take interchange land by eminent domain

• 11-4-10: Mercy to build medical facility at SR 611 and I-90

• 11-2-10 2010 Avon General Election

• 10-30-10: Distinctive Home Decor opens in the Avon Center School

• 10-10-10: Sewers -- Avon versus North Ridgeville

• 10-6-10: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society -- the Indian Ridge Museum from Old to New

• 9-26-10: Cooking up a tea party

• 9-11 -- 9-12-10: Fall Into Avon -- Fall Festival - Taste of Avon - Farmer's Market

• 9-6-10: Guide to the North Ridge Scenic Byway is on sale online

• 9-1-10: Fall, 2010, Program of the Avon Historical Society

• 7-25-10: Problems of 9-11-2001

• 7-11-10: Trip to Lakeview Cemetary

• 7-4-10: Fireworks in Avon

• 6-26--27-10: 2010 Aunt Teak & Uncle Junque Citywide Yard Sale

• 6-18-10: 2010 Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, JUNE 18-20

• 6-15-10: City Center of Avon news

• 6-10-10: Avon Isle bridge to be built

• 6-3-10: Interchange assessments protested

• 6-1-10: Fall Festival/Taste of Avon Planning Meeting

• 5-27-10: TRANSCRIPT of President Obama's oil spill press conference

• 5-5-10: The American Home Interior: Treatment and Transformation"

• 5-1-10: History of the Smitty Boy

• 4-25-10: Kaydon Update

• 4-9-10: Avon Isle nominated for National Register of Historic Places

• 4-7-10: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 3-20 and 3-21-10: 2010 Heart of Avon Spring Celebration

• 3-15-10: President Obama's Strongsville Speech

• 3-14-10: Comets and Catastrophes

• 3-7-10: American Cancer Society honors Matt Nakon

• 3-3-10: Spring, 2010, Program of the Avon Historical Society

• 2-18-08: 2010 Avon Business Addresses

• 2-10-10: Romance at the Avon Isle

• 2-4 -- 2-21-10: "Ten Cents A Dance" by TrueNorth at the French Creek Nature Center

• 2-3-10: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 1-29-10: Governor Strickland fast tracks Avon's Nagel Road interchange

• 1-27-10: Radical judicial activism threatens U. S. elections

• 1-18-10: Don Brown

• 1-12-10: Avon's Hope Christian Church Helps Haiti

• 12-31-09: Top story of 2009: Ardi

• 12-29-09: Ellen Quimper

• 12-25-09: Letter to DeVille Development Company

• 12-24-09: State legislators seek tax exemption for Avon stadium

• 12-16-09: Avon's Heritage Home Loan Program

• 12-4-09: 2009 Christmas Candlelite Walk

• 12-1-09: THE FRENCH CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

• 11-30-09: Cold Fusion, the Defense Intelligence Agency report

• 11-17-09: DESTRUCTION OF THE ERIES

• 11-16-09: 'Major League' Tax Exemption?

• 11-15-09: Sears homes Presentation

• 11-3-09 2009 Avon General Election

• 10-23-09: The End of Greenhouse Tomatoes in Sheffield and Avon

• 10-21-09: Goodliving in Avon

• 10-9-09: Community Health Partners to build in Avon?

• 10-7-09: Fall, 2009, Program of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-25-09: Marc's coming to Avon

• 9-24-09: Trust Your Tax Valuation?

• 9-23-09: Crushers Win! Frontier League Champs!

• 9-20-09: Mike and Barbara Wolfe

• 9-17-09: Cleveland Clinic to break ground at Nagel Road

• 9-14-09: NOACA changes voting structure

• 9-12 -- 9-13-09: 2009 Avon Fall Festival -- Taste of Avon -- Detroit Road Re-opening Celebration

• 9-7-08 Wilson - Bernard House nominated to National Register

• 9-2-08 Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-1-09: Detroit Road Re-opening planning meeting

• 7-16-09: Recycling Guidelines

• 7-4-09: Fireworks in Avon

• 6-27-09: 2009 Aunt Teak & Uncle Junque Citywide Yard Sale

• 6-23-09: School Board meets: CHANGING AVON'S GRADING SCALE -- Update

• 6-19-09: 2009 Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, JUNE 19-21

• 6-10-09: George Vasu

• 6-5-09: Richard E. Jacobs

• 6-2-09: Crushers opening day

• 6-2-09: Detroit Road Rededication planning meeting

• 5-25-09: Stone Eagle Farm on Heritage Ohio's Top Opportunities List

• 5-24-09: Crushers won't hit cars on I-90

• 5-19-09: School Board meets: CHANGING AVON'S GRADING SCALE

• 5-6-09: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 5-3-09: Crushers `open tryouts' today

• 4-27-09: Swine Flu strikes North-East Ohio

• 4-26-09: EMH to grow in Avon

• 4-25-09: Crushers talent audition

• 4-24-09: Lyme in the blood supply?

• 4-13-09: Crushers guarantee no snow on opening day

• 4-11-09: Clinic postpones in Avon

• 4-4-09: Lake Erie Crushers job fair today

• 4-1-09: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 3-27-09: Westlake closes Avon Road

• 3-25-09: Mystery: PNC absorbs the Riggs Bank

• 3-22-09: 2009 Heart of Avon Antique Show

• 3-4-09: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 2-17-09: Crusher Presentation at the Avon Library

• 2-13-08: Crusher Intern Application Deadline

• 2-7-09: A Stimulus Deal?

• 2-4-09: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 1-20-09: President Obama's Inaugural Address

• 1-19-09: The Bush Legacy

• 12-5-08: 2008 Christmas Candlelite Walk

• 12-3-08: Avon Isle Oral Histories

• 12-2-08: Grant for Guides to the North Ridge Scenic Byway

• 11-28-08: Black Friday 2008

• 11-27-08: Lake Erie Crushers

• 11-27-08: Avon Professional Baseball hopes to unveil the results of the naming contest before Thanksgiving

• 11-25-08: Avon lands seven on All-Ohio football list

• 11-15-08: Show your support for the Avon Eagles

• 11-12-08: Cleveland Clinic has big plans for Avon

• 11-8-08: Avon Eagles Football Team advances to regional final

• 11-6-08 InterSociety Meeting

• 11-4-08: Avon Ballot Issues

• 10-22-08: Bailing Out

• 10-15-08: A small-town crooked politician?

• 10-1-08 Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-24-08: Commuter Rail at Swingos

• 9-21-08: Jacobs Group buying property around Nagel Road interchange

• 9-11-08: The Surge wins for Iran

• 9-9-08 Mystery Moon Box

• 9-6-08: 2008 Avon Fall Festival

• 9-3-08: Meeting of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-2-08: Ron Paul's `Rally for the Republic'

• 9-1-08: Diet at EMH

• 8-29-08: NBC Refuses Pickens Plan Ad

• 8-28-08: Obama-nomics

• 8-21-08: Linens-N-Things closes at Avon Commons

• 8-15-08: Ryan Gates chosen general manager for Avon ball club

• 8-11-08: Catherine's Chocolates

• 8-9-08: Commuter Rail NOW!

• 8-7-08: Detroit Rd. widening Public Hearing

• 8-5-08: The green 68 gallon recycle totes are here

• 7-31-08: The Pickens Plan

• 7-28-08: Clinic gets money for Avon facility

• 7-24-08: Surging Dementia

• 7-20-08: The Oil Law and Other Updates

• 7-15-08: What happened to Clovis?

• 7-10-08: Brian Redmond speaks on the Burrell Orchard dig

• 7-8-08: Planning for Eminent Domain

• 7-4-08: No 2008 Fireworks in Avon

• 7-2-08: Jason Call is new Heritage South principal

• 7-1-08: Groundbreaking for Baseball Stadium

• 6-25-08: Avon Isle bridge to be replaced

• 6-23-08: Turning the Middle East into a Ball of Fire

• 6-21-08: 2008 Aunt Teak & Uncle Junque Citywide Yard Sale

• 6-17-08: Avon awards contract to build new ballpark

• 6-13-08: 2008 Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, JUNE 13-15

• 5-22-08: Rolling Thunder pit stop in Avon

• 5-14-08: Quantum Bots conquer LEGO contest

• 5-7-08: Jean Fischer presents "History of the Village School"

• 4-29-08: Work continues on Avon recreation center

• 4-27-08: Avon Isle Alert

• 4-26-08: Owner pledges to push Avon Bearings into the forefront of the growing wind energy market

• 4-25-08: A very good year for Avon water

• 4-16-08: If they do not care if a new middle school is built, then why stay on the Board?

• 4-14-08: Avon ballpark to open in June 2009

• 4-11-08: Eminent Domain -- Part 3

• 4-9-08: Eminent Domain, NO!

• 4-7-08: Avon Citizens for Change meet to oppose eminent domain

• 4-3-08: Henkel sues Najafi

• 4-2-08: Stone Eagle Farm and Williams House tonight

• 3-21-08: Admiral Fallon is out

• 3-19-08: Romes issues ultimatum

• 3-18-08: School Board Eminent Domain Tonight

• 3-17-08: Steve Schafer's Concord Village

• 3-16-08: 11th Annual Heart of Avon Antique Show

• 3-15-08: Henkel employees moving to Westlake

• 2-23-08: Kosovo Update

• 2-20-08: Tonight Planning Commission considers Romes rezoning request

• 2-17-08: Iranian Oil Bourse opens today

• 2-13-08: Flooding

• 2-7-08: A Case for Preservation

• 2-6-08: Spring, 2008, Program of the Avon Historical Society

• 2-4-08: Students help homeless shelter at St. Joseph's Church

• 2-3-08: Another submarine telecom cable severed

• 1-26-08: The 7 billion dollar French bank robbery and the Bin Laden Trades

• 1-26-08: Cleveland Clinic must turn over financial information

• 1-21-08: Ron Paul's "money bomb" TODAY

• 1-17-08: Jacobs and DiBenedetto seek rezoning near Nagel interchange

• 1-16-08: Another Iran Alarm

• 1-15-08: Henkel sells Avon facility

• 1-14-08: EMH Trainer of 'Biggest Loser' contestant

• 1-10-08: Milk for Kindergarten Students

• 1-2-08: Prevent legal larceny of Great Lakes water

• 1-1-08: Pat Smith

• 12-28-07: Stadium Architects Chosen

• 12-25-07: Smog Sprawl

• 12-15-07: Mystery of the Clovis Point

• 12-13-07: Shell Announces Oil from Algae

• 12-12-07: Cutting Dynamics joins network to produce hybrid drives

• 12-11-07: Kaydon buys Avon Bearings

• 12-5-07: Avon to get new post office

• 12-4-07: AVON FIRE DEPARTMENT 75th ANNIVERSARY

• 12-3-07: Diederich Family Genealogy

• 12-1-07: Quantum Bots win LEGO competition

• 11-30-07: 2007 Christmas Candlelite Walk

• 11-26-07: Deer Hunters

• 11-23-07: Black Friday 2007

• 11-21-07: Baseball Stadium Progress

• 11-13-07: New FirstEnergy substation gets OK

• 11-8-07: Frank O'Connell

• 11-8-07: Mark Yonchak chosen third ward councilman

• 11-7-07: Ron Paul raises the largest sum ever collected online in a single day by a GOP candidate

• 11-6-07: 2007 General Election

• 11-5-07: Message from Mayor Jim Smith

• 11-4-07: Another Bin Laden Trades Update

• 11-1-07: Inter-Society Meeting

• 10-30-07: Council approves Revenue Sharing

• 10-27-07: Tim Nickum

• 10-25-07: Journal Endorses Rec Center

• 10-24-07: Executive Sessions

• 10-19-07: Destroy NOACA?

• 10-18-07: Bin Laden Trades Update

• 10-14-07: Ron Paul says Cut Back Our Empire

• 10-13-07: NOACA Votes Yes

• 10-11-07: Dedication of the Sheffield Historical Center

• 10-8-07: Another Nagel Vote Delay?

• 10-3-07: Fall, 2007, Program of the Avon Historical Society

• 10-2-07: John Mercer presents History of the Cleveland Indians

• 10-1-07: There is No Peak Oil

• 9-20-07: Avon YMCA

• 9-17-07: Preservation Network Survey

• 9-16-07: Orders for al-Maliki -- a Kurdish Contradiction

• 9-15-07: NOACA postpones vote

• 9-14-07: Avon 2007 Hall of Fame Induction [starting 9-14-07]

• 9-13-07: Bin Laden Trades -- a Syrian connection?

• 9-11-07: Bin Laden Trades

• 9-8-07: 2007 Country Living and Antique Fall Festival [starting 9-8-07]

• 9-5-07: Avon Historical Society meets tonight

• 9-1-07: Commuter Rail Preview Trips

• 8-29-07: Commuter Rail Meeting on 8-29-07

• 8-25-07: Avon vs. Avon Lake on the gridiron for first time in 50 years

• 8-24-07: NORTH RIDGE SCENIC BYWAY DESIGNATED

• 8-22-07: Public forum on the Nagel Rd. interchange on 8-22-07

• 8-17-07: Orders for al-Maliki -- Contradictions

• 8-7-07: Wal-Mart to expand Avon store

• 8-1-07: Avon Isle dances one step closer to becoming a national landmark

• 7-25-07: Baseball -- What happened to Eastlake?

• 7-21-07: Save the Avon Center School!

• 7-20-07: North Ridge Scenic Byway within two weeks?

• 7-15-07: Nagel Rd. Interchange Progress Report

• 7-11-07: Mayor Jim Smith reports on recreation complex

• 7-4-07: 2007 Fireworks in Avon

• 7-3-07: Why Hybrid?

• 7-2-07: Wigs For Kids

• 7-1-07: Fitch's Farm Market

• 6-23-07: Aunt Teak and Uncle Junque 2007 yard sale: 6-23-07 -- 6-24-07

• 6-17-07: Pollinator Protection Act of 2007

• 6-15-07: Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival June 15-17, 2007

• 6-10-07: Old Town Hall of 1871 Facelift

• 6-9-07: Al Doane's auction on Saturday, 6-9-07

• 6-8-07: YMCA in Avon

• 6-6-07: Plaque Presentation on 6-6-07

• 5-31-05: Roads closed on 5-31-07

• 5-24-07: Stop The Oil Law

• 5-7-07: Dr. Delbert L. Fischer

• 4-30-07: Julian F. Forthofer

• 4-27-07: Letter from Jim Strang

• 4-24-07: New west side school at Veterans Park?

• 4-20-07: Vision Fair

• 4-18-07: A school (and sewers) on Long Road?

• 4-17-07: Ron Larson steps forward to save the Avon Center School

• 4-14-07: Driving to work is bad for your health

• 4-13-07: Henkel benefits from the Manufacturing Extension Program

• 4-13-07: Diana Tour

• 4-12-07: Global Warming -- Why?

• 4-10-07: Foreclosure rates on the rise in first quarter '07

• 4-9-07: Commuter rail to Cleveland gains support

• 4-2-07: Great Lakes water deals

• 3-30-07: Commuter Rail Meeting

• 3-29-07: Afternoon Tea at the Vintage House Cafe

• 3-29-07: Denise Kovatch

• 3-28-07: Avon is ready to play ball

• 3-22-07: Carriage House Bakery

• 3-21-07: The Streak, 1965 - 1969

• 3-18-07: 2007 Heart of Avon Antique Show

• 3-15-07: Value Place hotel chain has plans for Avon site

• 3-12-07: Letter from Clark Perrin

• 2-28-07: Eagle Dialogues

• 2-26-07: Football Coach Mike Elder

• 2-14-07: 100-acre Cleveland Clinic at Nagel Road

• 2-11-07: Tap the brakes on Avon exit

• 2-10-07: Charter Challenge to Detroit Road Preservation

• 2-9-07: Chipping Away at Avon

• 2-7-07: Presentation of Avon Historic Markers

• 2-6-07: SR83 extension opens today

• 2-5-07: Avon loses Chemtron

• 2-1-07: Spring, 2007, Program of the Avon Historical Society

• 1-31-07: Elyria Mayor says Jacobs group plan to build a ''mega-mall'' in Avon could erode Midway Mall

• 1-27-07: Rakatak

• 1-25-07: Guest speaker arrested

• 1-24-07: Auditor blunders

• 1-23-07: Westlake to close Avon Road

• 1-21-07: Ethanol?

• 1-18-07: Traffic problem with Heritage Square (formerly Heritage Village)

• 1-11-07: Orders for al-Maliki

• 1-8-07: Charleston Cemetary

• 1-5-07: Oilgae

• 1-3-07: Joey Cachat recovers

• 1-3-07: Ordiance to help preserve landmarks

• 1-2-07: Pickering Hill

• 1-1-07: Bird flu antiviral shortage

• 12-30-06: Saddam Hung

• 12-30-06: Metro Parks trail to offer views of wildlife, steel mill

• 12-21-06: Avon High to double in size

• 12-11-06: A Way Out?

• 12-6-06: Guadalupe House for sale

• 12-6-06: Jake Brady

• 12-5-06: Avon Loses Danco

• 12-1-06: 2006 Christmas Candlelite Walk

• 11-29-06: John Aunspaw

• 11-27-06: Lorain County Ecclesiastical Stained Glass Census

• 11-23-06: Nagel design on way

• 11-22-06: Lowe's to anchor Jacobs Group's new Avon Crossing

• 11-15-06: Area of new I-90 Interchange discussed at Master Plan review meeting

• 11-15-06: Century Home Nearly Torched

• 11-13-06: Historic Avon Isle Park will soon get a facelift

• 11-12-06: Descendants of John Wilcox

• 11-11-06: Blessing House Ball

• 11-7-06: General Election 2006

• 10-31-06: Hauntings

• 10-19-06: Zoning issues continue in Avon

• 10-15-06: Avon has highest legal cost per student in Lorain County

• 10-12-06: Yes on Issue 18

• 10-11-06: Avon RECYCLES

• 10-9-06: Save the Pickering/Piazza House

• 10-5-06: Petitti Garden Centers

• 10-5-06: Cleveland Canine

• 10-4-06: John Bender

• 10-1-06: Knieper / Knipper Family of French Creek, Avon

• 9-29-06: Gala event in Olde Avon Village Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2006

• 9-27-06: Dunklie Day

• 9-26-06: Public not privy to Jacobs plans

• 9-15-06: 9-11 predicted in X-Files spinoff?

• 9-9-06: SCENIC BYWAYS TOUR of NORTHEAST LORAIN COUNTY, Saturday, 9-9-06

• 9-9-06: Avon's Fall Festival 2006, 9 am - 5 pm Saturday, September 9, and 11 am - 5 pm Sunday, September 10.

• 8-30-06: John Edwards writes about the Scenic Byways Tour

• 8-28-06: Golf outing set for August 28, 2006

• 8-16-06: Zoning Charter Amendment on November 2006 ballot

• 8-16-06: Fall, 2006, Program of the Avon Historical Society

• 8-1-06: Henkel picks Avon for expansion

• 7-27-06: Negative recommendation on Firment expansion to Avon

• 7-26-06: Ron Larson will restore Stone Eagle Farm

• 7-19-06: Whistlers Ice Cream Shoppe

• 7-15-06: Avon Planning Commission OKs rezoning of 218 acres of Jacobs land near I-90 ramp

• 7-10-06: Should we keep on playing the China card?

• 7-7-06: Relief from the SR 83 dogleg after 36 years

• 7-5-06: $10 million from Jacobs et al for a Nagel Road interchange?

• 7-4-06: Renovate, Don't Demolish

• 7-3-06: Fireworks at Avon Commons on Monday, July 3, 2006.

• 6-27-06: Council Legal Committee considers charter amendment for rezoning tonight

• 6-24-06: Aunt Teak and Uncle Junque 2006 yard sales

• 6-16-06: Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival June 16-18, 2006

• 6-16-06: Quilt Square of Holy Trinity for the Duct Tape Parade

• 6-14-06: West Shore Greenway Project

• 6-14-06: Council votes to rezone Romes parcels

• 6-14-06: Parents often unaware of kids' asthma risk

• 6-9-06: Paint Clinic (Free) on June 9, 2006

• 6-8-06: Council Legal Committee to consider charter amendment for rezoning

• 6-7-06: Master Plan meeting on June 7, 2006

• 6-5-06: Minutes of the Legal Committee

• 6-4-06: From small town to boom town

• 6-3-06: I 90 Nagel Road Interchange

• 6-1-06: Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail National Scenic Byway

• 5-25-06: Historic fire station gets an update

• 5-24-06: Cluster ordinance -- master plan meeting tonight

• 5-13-06: Rock for Relief concert on 5-13-06

• 5-12-06: Doggie Tales

• 4-23-06: Commuter Rail Now

• 4-22-06: Guest Workers in Avon

• 4-20-06: 'If Walls Could Talk'

• 4-19-06: Planning Commission on 4-19-06

• 4-12-06: Good water brings industry to Avon

• 4-11-06: Historic Avon homes could benefit from new tax rules

• 4-8-06: The Avon School Board IS WASTING OUR MONEY

• 4-5-06: Book Signing Today

• 3-24-06: Sesquicentennial Address by Don Hicok

• 3-22-06: Sexiest Vegetarian

• 3-20-06: Frank Root

• 3-19-06: ``Images of America: Avon'' is available today

• 3-19-06: EVENTS on 3-19-06 and 3-14-06

• 3-16-06: Mike and Lisa Bramhall

• 3-7-06: Judge Edward Zaleski rules against Avon

• 3-7-06: The Master Plan of 1992.

• 3-6-06: Sherrod Brown and Connie Schultz

• 3-2-06: Such arrogance almost deserves a monument to its stupidity

• 2-24-06: Carroll Manufacturing and Sales

• 2-23-06: Martha Wise

• 2-22-06: b.glam baby

• 2-20-06: Letter to Mayor Smith

• 2-18-06: TranSystems recommends interchange at Nagel Road

• 2-15-06: The Chemical Risk Management Report

• 2-14-06: Bus Garage Update

• 2-3-06: Bird flu -- should we prepare now?

• 2-1-06: Tweaking the Master Plan

• 1-31-06: Is the world safe yet for the owners of oil wells?

• 1-29-06: First-time Home Owners

• 1-25-06: I90 interchange proposal from Willow Creek

• 1-20-06: Avon Citizens Committee 2006

• 1-12-06: Letter from the Avon Citizens Committee 2006

• 1-11-06: Ohio Supreme Court upholds 2-acre minimum lot size

• 1-11-06: Cities team up to make the North Ridge Scenic Byway

• 1-11-06: Romes files lawsuit for commercial zoning

• 1-6-06: 3 Avon teens hurt in crash

• 1-5-06: Proposed I90 interchange recommendations from Citizens

• 1-4-06: Master Plan review discussions

• 1-4-06: Proposed I90 interchange recommendations from Avon Lake

• 1-3-06: New council committees announced

• 1-2-06: St. Mary of the Woods is open

• 1-1-06: Computer-skills program opens new world to mentally disabled

• 12-22-05: Bird Flu Hygiene KitŪ.

• 12-20-05: Big changes in atmospheric oxygen

• 12-19-05: Art Show at the Vintage House Cafe, 6 to 9 PM

• 12-12-05: Statement by Council President Larry Hoekstra II at the meeting of the Avon Council on 12-12-05

• 12-12-05: Rezoning for the Romes SR83-Detroit project is delayed

• 12-6-05: Speech therapy -- Avon special education support group

• 12-5-05: Detroit Road could become a Scenic Byway

• 12-4-05: Stakeholders gather to share ideas for the SR 83 extension

• 12-3-05: Senior Center proves to be a welcome addition

• 12-2-05: Joe Scaletta receives an Environmental Innovations Award from the Ohio Environmental Council

• 12-1-05: I-90 interchange meeting on 12-1-05

• 11-30-05: 2005 FRENCH CREEK CANDLELITE WALK

• 11-25-05: The Tornado of 1924

• 11-23-05: History of Holy Trinity Parish, 1833 - 1983,

• 11-21-05: 2005 TranSystems Interchange Study Area

• 11-19-05: FIRST INTERSTATE DE-ACTIVATES CHESTER CENTRE

• 11-17-05: J&M Furniture and Interiors headed to Chester Road Square

• 11-16-05: History of the Avon Post Office

• 11-15-05: Recycling information night is Nov. 15, 2005, at 7 pm

• 11-11-05: 2005 Election Results

• 11-8-05: Cleveland Clinic must pay real estate taxes

• 11-7-05: A Commuter Rail Line from Lorain to Solon

• 11-6-05: 'Celebrations of Faith' Gallery Talk and Tour on 11-13-05

• 11-4-05: 2005 Lorain County Beautiful Awards

• 11-1-05: Fra Angelica Gallery

• 10-28-05: Avon woman dies in car/bus crash

• 10-25-05: Westlake tries again for money to widen Detroit Rd. to five lanes

• 10-15-05: Hire the Busses!

• 10-5-05: The Avon Isle Park is salvageable

• 10-2-05: Lorain County Sacred Landmarks Initiative

• 10-1-05: 2005 Avon Business Addresses

• 9-25-05: Avon Athletic Hall of Fame 2005 Induction

• 9-24-05: LETTER TO RESIDENTS from The Committee for Smart Growth In Avon

• 9-14-05: Court to hear about possible exhaust hazards from proposed bus garage

• 9-14-05: Duct Tape Festival Committee looking to recruit new members

• 9-10-05: Fall, 2005, Program of the Avon Historical Society

• 9-8-05: What about Avon's existing 36 busses?

• 9-7-05: Willow Creek residents protest closing Avon Road

• 9-5-05: Joe Richvalsky

• 9-2-05: All Pro Freight donates use of its tractor-trailers to ship relief to Katrina victims

• 8-31-05: Troops help troops overseas

• 8-31-05: More on the Threatening Letter

• 8-25-05: St. Mary's welcomes students

• 8-24-05: Test the Busses!

• 8-19-05: Save money with a second water meter

• 8-11-05: Avon City Council is following the rules

• 8-10-05: Jax comes to Olde Avon Village

• 8-7-05: Local Disease, 2005

• 8-5-05: Avon Emergency Care Center

• 8-3-05: Zuppero Berry Farm

• 7-25-05: Bus Garage Press Release

• 7-23-05: Will Westlake close Avon Road?

• 7-21-05: Stone Eagle Farm

• 7-18-05: Address Awareness

• 7-16-05: Papos Closes

• 7-14-05: Emergency Room Concerns

• 7-12-05: Deadly Ditches

• 7-10-05: Developers sue Avon

• 7-8-05: School Board versus Avon

• 7-6-05: Mystery Headstone

• 6-30-05: Best Buy, Henkel, and Chester Road Square

• 6-22-05: Williams House plans approved

• 6-20-05: Schneider Court ready for asphalt

• 6-17-05: Duct Tape Festival Schedule

• 6-14-05: Council Votes No

• 6-1-05: Ray Verba

• 5-26-05: How many children will storing busses at Heritage North make sick?

• 5-18-05: Saving the George Clifton Barn

• 5-14-05: Vintage House Cafe

• 5-8-05: Memories of Holy Trinity's White Hall, By Fr. Leo DeChant

• 4-21-05: St. Mary's School

• 4-20-05: Abbi's Garden

• 4-14-05: Society sees Detroit as Scenic Byway

• 3-27-05: 1955 - 2005, Fifty Years of Progress in Avon

• 3-24-05: Two plants come to Avon

• 3-16-05: Heritage Village rezoning

• 3-13-05: Bill Whitehead

• 3-11-05: PLEASE HELP SAVE THE WILLIAMS HOUSE

• 3-3-05: Michelle Kocar

• 3-2-05: Will an offer to move it save the Williams House?

• 3-1-05: Hydrocarbon Heresy: Rocks into Gas

• 2-23-05: The Williams House is in danger

• 2-22-05: Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival 2005

• 2-12-05: Avon Seniors plans to hold an open house April 23-24

• 2-3-05 John Vilagi

• 1-29-05: Avon Historical Society Program, Spring, 2005

• 1-26-05: Jeremy Rak

• 1-20-05: Landmarks Preservation Commission Update

• 1-9-05: Carl Gumina

• 1-5-05: Why stop at 5 lanes?

  What Was New in Avon, Ohio, 1999 - 2004

  Top Home