I am the editor of Lakewood Patch and a local news enthusiast.
I joined Patch because the company is at the forefront of the future of journalism — and I am deeply committed to this changing media landscape. And, I love Lakewood.
I have delivered, printed, packed, stacked, written for, edited and, of course, read newspapers. My first reporting gig came in the fourth grade when Mrs. Williams ordered – since I talked so much — that I report news and weather to begin the class each day. No sweat.
So, the kid with soda-pop-bottle eyeglasses began his career, sharing the latest news and weather forecasts with a room full of confounded classmates.
Since then, I have worked in different media environments, and worn several different hats. I have picked up a camera; learned to handle video equipment and edited my own work. I have kept a blog. I have taped interviews and posted them to the Web. These are a few of the skills that I have acquired in an ever-changing media environment.
After stints in Chicago and Southern California, I returned to home to Northeast Ohio to attend the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University. I held a reporting internship at the Record Publishing Co. by day and worked in the Akron Beacon Journal production department by night, stacking newspapers.
I later worked as a reporter and wire editor at the Record-Courier and received several awards for news and sports reporting.
In my freelance work, most notably for hiVelocity, I have followed the changing economic landscape in Ohio. I have identified start-up bio-tech and biomedical companies as they sprout up around the fertile health-care industry, with area institutions of higher education propping them up. The state's economy is changing.
Not unlike my own industry.
I live in Lakewood with my wife, Kelly Flamos, and our children, Ruby and Clyde.
Kelly co-owns and operates Mahalls 20 Lanes with my brother-in-law, Joe Pavlick.
... In case you're curious, that will never affect my ability to report news professionally and fairly in this city that I love.
The following information was supplied by the Brecksville Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The gourmet pizza chain based out of Hudson opened in the 2,000-square-foot space most-recently occupied by the Four Seasons Tanning salon in the newly renovated Lakewood Plaza.
It was a night of good news for a school district that saw much of its 6.9-mill levy — passed in 2009 — “wiped out” by sweeping cuts to education from the state of Ohio.
Measure approved by nearly 1,000 votes.
Voters in the Lakewood City School district overwhlemingly passed a 3.9-mill new continuing levy today — to the tune of 68 percent of the vote.
There’s only one measure — for a 3.9-mill operating levy for the Lakewood City Schools — on the ballot.
Current occupant Burns Financial is expected move into the newly renovated space next door.
As construction of the first phase is under way — and all 17 units are sold —developers are hoping to build a few more townhomes on the former Irish Cottage property across the street.
With the recent settlement of Burmese residents in Lakewood, the store’s owner said a new market for them makes perfect sense.
The longest running show ever on Broadway will wrap up in Brecksville this weekend, with 8 p.m. shows on May 10 and May 11.
Local advocates say we can do better.
Local advocates say we can do better.
Here’s a highlight of the top stories from around Lakewood during the past week.
Here’s a highlight of the top stories from around Brecksville during the past week.
Family gets settled into new home at 1549 Lakewood Avenue; special ceremony marks its completion.
Margaret DeWolf and Tom Nero will be honored at a special event on May 14.
The final two meetings are slated at 10 a.m. May 11 and 7 p.m. May 29.
City finalizes list of streets; construction begins around town. Have a look at the attached map to see if your street is getting some new pavement.
The company boasts that the artesian soaps are hand-crafted, made with all natural ingredients. The store is expected to open by July 4.
The initial plans still “need a lot of work,” said one city official.
