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For Ashtabula Township resident Dave Tredente, who owns and operates Tredente LLC Seal Coating and Line Striping, the hotter, the better."It is warm today. But it's mild," Tredente said June 15 as he and coworker Sandra Rose, who lives in

A major manufacturer plans to expand its Painesville facility.When Mar-Bal, Inc. purchased the 110,669-square-foot manufacturing facility at 787 Renaissance Parkway in 2016, the company said within five years it would double its workforce and invest about $15 million.

Over the last 38 years, the Wildwood Cultural Center's annual summer fine arts festival has drawn visitors from near and far.On June 16, though, perhaps no visitors made a shorter trip to the latest edition of the event in Mentor than Lisa and Mike Piczer.

Community reportParker Place Gracious Retirement Living will be celebrating its ninth anniversary on July 21 at 12:30 p.m. with a western-themed celebration featuring big band music by Broken Wheel and a barbecue meal prepared by their executive chef. Parker Place in mentor is an active independent retirement community for seniors with live-in management teams available 24/7, three home-cooked meals served daily, all utilities except personal phone, numerous actives, and more, according to a news release.

Community reportThe public is invited to visit the Willoughby Library at 6:30 p.m., June 19, for a special viewing of the movie "School of Rock."The event is part of Willoughby-Eastlake Public Libraries' Summer Reading Program theme "Libraries Rock!"Register to attend this free event by calling 440-942-3200 or visit

Community reportMentor Public Library is throwing a throwback party.Teens can celebrate the 1980s, '90s and '00s. Jam to the music, make sweet buttons, and play retro video games on Nintendo, Gameboy and PlayStation, according to a news release.The party will be at 2:30 p.m., June 30, at the Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave.

Community reportWheels for the World, a program by nonprofit Joni and Friends, will host a drive for used wheelchairs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Aug. 4. The public is invited to donate used manual wheelchairs at the St. Noel Church parking lot, 35200 Chardon Road in Willoughby Hills. All donations are 100 percent tax deductible, and receipts are available.

Friends of Morley Library will host the July book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 14, in the Friends Bookshop at the library's lower level, 184 Phelps St. in Painesville. Most books are 50 cents while vintage and collectible books are individually priced. Specially for July, romance and general fiction paperbacks are $1 a bag.

After numerous delays from bad weather, the special all-accessible field at the Miracle League Ballpark located at Classic Park in Eastlake is ready for play.Although the field is complete, work still continues on the handicap-accessible restrooms which will include adult-size changing tables and the dugouts.

Property owners along the Lake Erie shoreline have noticed the rising water levels. And the erosion.It was standing room only as over 75 people filled the board room at the Northern Career Institute in Eastlake for a town hall meeting June 14 on erosion damage caused by the near record high water level of Lake Erie.