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Perry Schools will apply for an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency grant to help purchase two new school buses that run on cleaner fuel.The district School Board approved legislation at its Aug. 8 meeting to seek grant money from Ohio EPA's Diesel Mitigation Trust Fund.

Wickliffe residents got an opportunity to speak out about the Family Resource Center that the district plans to open, at a recent community meeting.Attendees submitted written questions following presentations from Wickliffe Schools Superintendent Joseph Spiccia, Wickliffe Fire Chief James Powers, Lake County ADAMHS Board Executive Director Kim Fraser and Lake County Health District Commissioner Ron Graham.

Kevin D. Malecek will lead economic development efforts for Lake County's largest city and the state's sixth-largest retail center.The city of Mentor this week announced the hiring of Malecek, 38, as economic development director.

Project Hope for the Homeless is hosting a public open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 11 at the shelter located at 25 Freedom Road, Painesville Township. Visitors may enjoy a tour of the facility and light refreshments.

An official at U.S. Coast Guard Station Fairport confirms a boater was killed after his vessel capsized Aug. 4.The incident was first reported by a passer-by around 2:40 p.

Submissions should be emailed to Entertainment@News-Herald.com with the subject "Nightlife" or faxed to Nightlife at 440-951-2293 by Mondays in order to be included in that week's TGIF.Annabelle's Diner: DJ, 7 p.m. Aug. 10; The Chuck Hamilton Band, 7 p.m. Aug. 11. 8637 Twinbrook Road, Mentor.

At noon Aug. 19, during the Lake County History Center's final Ladies Who Lunch program of the season, discover how taverns in Lake County were the community centers of the past, serving as social gathering places, schools, town halls and even churches.

Painstaking care went into the restoration of President James A. Garfield's Mentor homestead in the 1990s.Perhaps "paint"-staking would be a better word.Researchers scraped through 17 layers of it on the exterior of the farmhouse, acquired by Garfield in 1876.

Here are the questions and issues that will appear on Lake County ballots in the Nov. 6 general election.

Lake Business Products recently partnered with HP to become one of its key distributors. Their product launch began at the end of June and the Lake Business Products team will be trained on all aspects of HP products over the next several months, according to a news release.