From the banners lining the store’s windows to the trading cards and championship memorabilia displayed inside, the decorations at the Rozaypoke store in Painesville Township point to its owners’ interest in the Pokemon trading card game. Brian and Marina Ross opened their store in spring 2023, after moving into the 1334 Mentor Ave. building the […]
Developers are manufacturing houses to build on and near the former Lake East Hospital site, and their proposal recently received another needed approval from Painesville’s Planning Commission. The commission unanimously granted Payne and Payne Builders a conditional use permit on Jan. 23, allowing it to add residences on the former hospital site and neighboring vacant […]
Lake Metroparks naturalists taught kindergarteners about space under the light of an inflatable planetarium’s stars and constellations during a Jan. 23 astronomy lesson at Elm Street Elementary School. The lesson was part of a partnership between the park system and the Painesville City School District. Through the beginning of April, park staff will visit each […]
Painesville park officials are working to complete a splash pad and dog park at Kiwanis Recreation Park this spring while applying for state funding to add more amenities next year. The park’s planned splash pad is “moving along” and “on schedule” to open around Memorial Day, said Public Lands and Recreation Director Michelle LaPuma. “They […]
Kids learned about solar balloons and static electricity, took home bottle tornadoes and got sprayed in a lake effect snow demonstration during Lake Metroparks’ Jan. 15 Weather Day. Weather Day was hosted at Jordan Creek Park’s Environmental Learning Center in Concord Township. Outdoor Education Manager Heather Freeman said that the goal was “getting families interested […]