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.
While the first four suspects have all been found guilty and sentenced, the Joshua Stafford case has been held up because of "psychiatric" issues.
Last week, the Lakewood Planning Commission voted — in a split decision — that the home at 13474 Edgewater Drive should not be designated a historic property.
Mike Guyot showing his collection in the Jean Bulicek Galleria at Beck Center from today through March 10.
While the first four suspects have all been found guilty and sentenced, the Joshua Stafford case has been held up because of "psychiatric" issues.
City’s architectural board of review OK’s facelift to the property at Madison Avenue and W. 117th Street.
The following information was supplied by the Brecksville Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Detectives are looking into whether the thefts are related.
While the first four suspects have all been found guilty and sentenced, the Joshua Stafford case has been held up because of "psychiatric" issues.
The 100-year-old company, which manufactures specialized fasteners, once employed nearly 400 people. It’s now eyeing a move to Elyria, which could cost the city as much as $70,000 in lost income taxes.
Last week, a federal court judge issued a temporary restraining order that would keep Ferry Cap employees from refusing to work overtime — despite the union agreement.
It’s not yet clear what’s going to become of the vacant gas station across the street at Detroit and Manor Park avenues.
LoveLakewood.com shares the causes of 13 of the 15 fires in Lakewood in 2012, and how they could have been avoided.
Project More gives a literacy boost to students who struggling.
Squad is the first to capture the conference tittle in 17 years.
We thought we'd list a few of them in case you're thinking of ditching red meat for the fish and chips.The Lenten season is here a little early this year.
We thought we'd list a few of them in case you're thinking of ditching red meat for the fish and chips.
At the last public safety committee, council members asked for a cost-benefit analysis. That discussion — and more — continued on Monday night.
Police responded to a report that a man acting “suspiciously” had knocked on the door of a Miller Road asking to use the phone.
In an effort to attract more students to STEM — science, technology, engineering and math disciplines — the district decided to go with a statistics course to compliment its other high-level math offerings.
A “Celebration of Life” Service took place at the A. Ripepl and Sons Funeral Home in Middleburg Heights at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 9.
