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Learn to make coffee house treats such as bear claws, biscotti and coffee cakes from Judi Strauss in a class at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 in the kitchen at Wildwood Cultural Center, 7645 Little Mountain Road, Mentor.The two-hour class will include plenty of samples and recipes.

Fairport Harbor's first Harbor Pop Up Market will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 22, at Memorial Park, 301 Third St. Wares from local artisans, collectors and craftsmen will be available for purchase. Food trucks and a wine tent also will be on hand while music will be provided by the Woodpeckers Band.

Necessity has been the mother of invention in Rusty Phillips' tiny kitchen at Pompadour, in a one-time dive bar on the main drag in Fairport Harbor.Word of his bold, innovative food has spread to Cleveland's West Side, Erie, Pennsylvania, and beyond, luring diners to seek out his tapas-style dishes in the restaurant borrowing its name from the beauty shop that once occupied the space.

"The progress is great, we had a good first planting and we got an excellent yield," said Founder and CEO Andrew Rayburn. "Our vegetation room is now two-thirds full and our next planting behind that was done a week ago."Rayburn is looking forward to their first harvest towards the end of November or in early December.

Lake County Auditor Edward H. Zupancic announced that new 2018 reappraisal property value notices should start arriving in mailboxes Aug. 29. According to a news release, the new values will not be available on the Internet, as they are considered tentative until certified by the Ohio Department of Taxation for tax rate calculation later in the year.

Erin Assink, Gretchen Kless and Krista Kanuch started a mobile virtual reality company designed to improve people's overall health and wellness.The family business owners recently launched Flipside VR."We always wanted to do something where we felt like we were helping people and making a difference," Assink said.

Perry Township residents soon will have another chance to voice their opinions in a public forum about proposed regulations for owning chickens in certain subdivisions in the community.Township trustees will hold a public hearing at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 11 to hear comments on a list of prospective zoning text amendments dealing with chicken ownership.

The Ohio Department of Transportation on Aug. 28 announced the impending construction of the long-awaited new Vrooman Road bridge.Building of the foundations and piers is expected to begin in mid-September, according to an ODOT press release.In preparation for construction, crews have started surveying work, which will continue through the end of August.

Perry Village Council is one step closer to enacting legislation that would require owners of vacant houses and commercial buildings to register those properties and pay a yearly fee.

A housing development more than a year in the making is moving forward on Jackson Street in Mentor.Creekside Farm, a 17-lot Residential Village Green subdivision, recently received final site plan approval from the city Planning Commission.The project, on about 7 acres at