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Community reportThe public can meet their favorite Internet polka hosts on July 1 as "24-7 Polka Heaven" takes its show on the road to SNPJ Farm in Kirtland. It will be a dance party with Ray Zalokar and the Casuals, plus on-air personalities, such as Tony Petkovsek, Joe Valencic, Denny Bucar, Kathy Debevits, and more, according to a news release.

Experts say men are less likely than women to recognize, talk about and seek treatment for depression, yet it affects a growing number of men.In recognition of Men's Health Month, the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance Chapter of Northeast Ohio will present an event called "Men, Depression and Suicide" on June 25 at

Mike and Georgann Wachter - local shipwreck hunters and authors - will talk about the Lake Erie wrecks they have explored at 6:30 p.m., July 9, at Mentor Public Library's Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. in Mentor.The Wachters have spent the last 40 years investigating sunken ships, specializing in wrecks that have occurred in Lake Erie, according to a news release.

The city of Mentor is paving the way for a play place that is welcoming to all children.City Council recently authorized a $90,000 Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks grant application for an ADA-compliant playground at the Civic Center.

Painesville residents and business owners will get an opportunity to learn more about the city's new Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project through three town hall meetings.

The United Way of Lake County's Women's Leadership Council recently awarded grants totaling $28,048. The amount awarded during its annual awards ceremony at the United Way's office in Mentor represents a 50 percent increase over the $18,642 awarded last year.

With the snip of a ribbon the 25th Dream House in Lake County YMCA history has become a reality.On June 18 in sweltering weather, YMCA and Mentor city officials, along with designers and others who worked on the project, gathered at the home in the new

After many years of investigation and speculation that he could be anyone from the Zodiac Killer to DB Cooper, the identity of Joseph Newton Chandler III was revealed in a press conference at the United States Court House in Cleveland on June 21.

Participants in the 2108 edition of Lake Metroparks' Spirit of America youth boating education program trained on the water at Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park this week .The national program, which dates to 1995, follows an established curriculum including an orientation, classroom instruction, a swimming-pool session and actual on-water practice providing seventh-grade students with a wealth of knowledge and training relative to safe boating.