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🌱 Patch AM: Will Lakewood City Hall really move to Warren Road?

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Hello Lakewood! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Will Lakewood City Hall really move to Warren Road?
  • How Lakewood’s late rally fell short against first-place Rocky River

Today's riddle: What did the hammer say after getting an A on a test? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 40 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 51, low: 48.
  • Friday: Occasional rain and drizzle, with a high of 58 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lakewood mayor makes case for city hall move, but council seems skeptical (cleveland.com) — Lakewood officials are weighing Mayor Meghan George’s push to move City Hall operations to the former Board of Education building on Warren Road, a project now estimated at about $32 million. Council members questioned the lower cost estimate, the removal of a criteria architect, and the mayor’s request for a Feb. 17 decision tied to the city’s 2026 bond planning.
   

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• Rocky River vs. Lakewood girls basketball: First-place Pirates improve to 8-3 on record-setting night (morningjournal.com) — Lakewood’s girls basketball team fell 56-48 on Jan. 5 in a hard-fought road game at Rocky River, slipping to 6-5 overall and 4-2 in Cleveland West Conference play. Despite strong scoring from Charleigh Doxley and Ari Hueter, the Rangers couldn’t overcome a record-setting shooting night and late surge by the Pirates’ Claudia Roche.
   


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    Saturday January 10
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • This kitty was on my front porch on Lakeland.
    I think it’s just a local cat but I can’t remember so I’m putting them here. If someone is missing him, he went to the east side of Lakeland. (Nextdoor Kauffman Park)
  • Neighborhood Family Practice Community Health Centers posted a job opening for Medical Office Specialist in Lakewood. Apply here.
  • Allied Universal posted a job opening for Security Shift Supervisor - Hospital in Lakewood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lakewood here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rocky River

  • Rocky River Mayor Pam Bobst delivers remarks at swearing-in ceremony (cleveland.com)
  • Akron Children's buys large office building in Rocky River (crainscleveland.com)
  • 1 dead after car found in the Rocky River near local yacht club (news5cleveland.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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