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An iconic building in Downtown Painesville is being transformedThe former Citizens Savings and Loan Building and later a Dollar Bank at 113 Main St., which was powder blue, is getting power-washed and repainted. The

Plans for Hobby Lobby in Mentor are mobilizing.Mentor Planning Commission on Aug. 16 will consider the preliminary site plan of a 54,675-square-foot building on the site of a former Office Max,

Starbucks plans another drive-through store in Mentor, this time on the city's west side.Akron-based LRC Realty seeks a conditional-use permit to allow a drive-through window and outdoor dining/drinking at 7827 and 7787 Reynolds Road - the northeast corner of Route 306 and Tyler Boulevard.

Tim Flenner has gotten the official go-ahead to occupy a different seat on the Perry Joint Economic Development District Board.The JEDD board also is preparing to welcome Perry Village Mayor James Gessic as its newest member.Those two appointments resulted from action taken by Perry Village Council at

The Olson family isn't part of the famous Kardashian clan but they don't mind pointing out some similarities. Both are drawn to the world of beauty and fashion and have coupled that interest with the business world.Britash, a new boutique recently opened at 9326 Mentor Ave.

A Mentor resident who has entered the drawing at least 15 times won the Lake County YMCA Dream House contest by picking its winning key Aug. 12.When Dave Coyne turned the winning key inside the lock that opened the door to the 2018 Lake County YMCA Dream House at 5360 Highland Way in the new Lakeshore Highlands Development just off Ohio Route 44 north Aug.

Many Lake County residents might not grasp the significance of Graphite Oil Products Co. being founded 90 years ago in Cleveland.But when they learn that Graphite Oil Products became the company everyone knows today as Lubrizol Corp., that historical fact hits a lot closer to home.

Some Painesville Township residents have recently expressed dissatisfaction with the City of Painesville's electric service. An online petition is circulating that calls for the service to be switched to The Illuminating Company.

The Western Reserve Model Yacht Club, based in Northeast Ohio, has been selected to host the 2018 Soling 1 Meter Class National Championship Regatta at Boy Scout Camp Stigwandish on Ross Road in Madison.

While working with Willoughby and Mentor fire departments on special needs story hours, Mentor resident Jenna Newman learned that first responders receive no training on how to communicate with children with special needs.So she came up with a way to help.After talking with firefighters about ways to communicate with non-verbal people, she created icon cards for them.