May 14, 2021
The third Eastern Produce Council Leadership Class experienced key aspects of the produce logistics and distribution system with a tour of the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market and Holt Logistics on May 11. “In this first event of our current leadership program we were excited to engage this group of talented industry professionals with such crucial supply chain partners such as PWPM and Holt,” said Susan McAleavey Sarlund, EPC executive director.
The group started the day at PWPM with a presentation on the market’s history, evolution and current technology from John Vena of John Vena Inc., a former member of the PWPM Board of Directors and current “unofficial historian.” Vena explained how the PWPM traces its roots back to the days of William Penn and noted the current modern facility will celebrate its 10th anniversary this June. “Terminal markets have always played an important role in the distribution of produce,” he said. Participants had the opp
Brecksville drafts revision of laws regulating signs, including political signs
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
Sergio DiGeronimo, Brecksville s assistant law director, helped prepare a revision of the city s sign code. This photo was taken from a livestream of a City Council meeting. (Bob Sandrick, special to cleveland.com)
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BRECKSVILLE, Ohio A proposed revision of the city’s sign laws would define a flag as a sign and therefore subject to regulation if it were held down or fastened at more than one edge.
Also, residents posting temporary signs including those that promote political candidates could have no more than 32 square feet of signs on any one property, and signs would have to stand at least 72 inches apart.
Brecksville-based Republican club denies it planned ‘protest trip’ to Washington D.C. Jan. 6 Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio – A local political club called Cuyahoga Valley Republicans and Brecksville city officials are denying a claim that the club, on Jan. 6, sent a busload of Donald Trump supporters to Washington, D.C., where violence erupted at the Capitol building.
The claim was made by A Better Brecksville, a political group with a strong Facebook presence, although at least one group member said it was more than a claim. Whatever it was, the group is standing by it.
“The people on the Better Brecksville Facebook page were merely reporting what the Cuyahoga Valley Republicans had already posted in their website,” Gretchen Corp Jones, a Better Brecksville member and former Brecksville City Council candidate, said in an email to cleveland.com.
Political firestorm erupts after Brecksville councilwoman, planning commissioner sign letter supporting Trump’s election fraud claims Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio A Brecksville councilwoman and a member of the city’s Planning Commission believe that former President Donald Trump’s claim of massive voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election is true and their expression of that belief has fueled a political firestorm in the city.
Kim Veras and Dominic Sciria speaking as recording secretary and president, respectively, of the Cuyahoga Valley Republicans club voiced support for Trump in a Dec. 31 letter to U.S. Reps. David Joyce and Anthony Gonzalez and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, all of whom represent the Brecksville area in Congress.
Thornton-Cleveleys care home resident died after getting trapped in bed rail
The 80-year-old died at Thornton House Home for Older People at Thornton-Cleveleys in November 2017
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Thornton House Home for Older People in Whimbrel Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys (Image: Google)
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