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Do you have favorite family recipes that you cherish? Is there a special dish, bread, or dessert that your Grandmother or Mother always made for certain holiday celebrations? Is there a story behind some of the family celebrations that you pass along from generation to generation? If so, you are not alone. [...]
It looks as though Geauga Lake will be auctioned of in its entirety June 17th and 18th. Here’s your chance to get a ride for your backyard. My kids want the Space Needle (think zoning would allow it?)! The end for the once grand park.
http://nortonauctioneers.com/upcoming.htm
During the storm on Saturday, the Aurora Service Department did a good job of keeping the roads passable. I had to drive to Macedonia in the morning to get a part for my snowblower and the roads in Aurora were great, much better than T-burg and Macedonia.
Olive readers might have noticed that there weren’t any new postings or comments the past 4-5 days. The site has had problems with a variety of issues from content to spam to glitches or hacks. But the primary reason for no new posts was nobody was changing anyones minds with their rhetoric. So, in [...]
Here’s a better look at the plans that were approved by Landmark Commission. click for larger image
THE GARDENS AT TOWN CENTER POINT
General Layout:
Landscape bed is higher in middle and gently slopes at edges. Annual flowers dominate the edges for big color impact. Edge plantings are small and plant material gets gradually taller toward middle. Nice [...]
olive: this was sent to me last week, sorry for the delay, from uffadave.
For the past few months the webmaster of OliveAurora, and I have been trading emails concerning the use of anonymous postings on the blog and forum. My thesis for my second master’s in journalism is on ethics. I have tried to counsel [...]
You might not know his name but, Dan Melcher had an enormous effect on the City of Aurora. He was a long-time member and past president of Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland and a member and Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission. He was an environmental advocate. A great deal of the present Aurora zoning [...]
The levy committee has set up one more open public meeting for questions and answers about the levy. 7:00, Wednesday night, February 27th in the High School gym.
Russ Bennett and Bill Volosin will be available to respond to any questions the public might have and clarification of any issues pertaining to the levy.
If you support the levy, tie on a green ribbon to your mailbox, or tree, or minivan or dog.
Then sweetly ask your neighbor “where’s yours?” don’t you support the levy…
Show your support.
The students of Harmon Middle School are hosting a special American Red Cross school blood drive and they need your participation! Friday, February 29th, 2008 from 3-8 p.m. in the middle school commons
Another local business closes in Aurora. I think that store has been in Aurora for over 20 years? It was previously in the other shopping plaza. Too bad.
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I wrote a post a year ago, here it is again for your consideration
You should review this very important document, and voice your approvals or concerns to the Planning Commission, your Councilman or the Mayor. This plan ought to generate as much discussion as the school levy. Your voice can affect the final draft approved by council. The plan seems to be vague in many important areas.
The [...]
US News and World Report judged over 18,000 public high schools, Aurora ranked in the top 500. IÂ figured that’s the top 2%? Am i right?
Aurora High School Ranks at the top for high schools across the nation, scoring in the silver category. The news agency in collaboration with School Evaluation Services, a K-12 [...]
Continue reading about Aurora H.S. Ranks At Top In National Survey
John Olivier has left his position as youth sports coordinator for the Aurora Rec. Dept. He took another job with the Muskingum Park District, just south of Canton. He had worked there before and inquired about a job several years ago, before he came to Aurora. Well, something came up and they offered him a [...]
The Board and Superintendent Invite the Community to Public Hearing
The Aurora Board of Education and Superintendent invite the community to share its feedback and concerns regarding the levy failure, recent cuts, and the district’s plans to move forward. The Community Meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 5 at Aurora High [...]
To Be Jolly! here is last year’s holiday lights highlights
Here is a link to the school website which announces the reasoning for cutbacks and full effect of the levy failure.
Does anyone care that the fron of the Aurora library looks like it’s a vacant lot? Sure the grass is cut but that’s about all. The walk has loose and broken bricks, somebody is going to trip and fall there. The front sitting area is overgrown with weeds. The brick patio has weeds and grass [...]
Aurora firemen get the call they’ve been waiting for, dirty, dirty woman at Sunny Lake needs them, now! Bring your hose too. But really, this is why you should stay out of the mud surrounding Sunny Lake!
There is so much more that could be written! Clickable photos…
Firemen hosed her off afterwards. (not with lake water [...]
Aurora candidate petitions court over ballot
An Aurora City Council candidate thrown off the November ballot because of a residency issue has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to intercede. Richard Duncan has requested that the court grant a writ of mandamus requiring the Portage County Board of Elections to put his name back on the [...]
If you have questions about the upcoming school levy you can go here
Here is an informational site for the levy.
Aurora’s schools created all day kindergarten to help families and the kids. But thanks to the Ohio Attorney General ruling everybody will loose.
The Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann released an opinion this month stating, in part, that charging for all-day kindergarten is unlawful. The State mandates a ½ day of kindergarten and helps fund [...]
