Email- Mitch.Cooper@patch.com
Phone- (330)-212-2241
Hometown- Suffield, Ohio
Birthday- November 8
Patch is my first crack at professional journalism.
I graduated from Kent State University in 2010 with a degree in broadcast journalism. During that time I had two great internships with local media, spending nearly six months writing and reporting online and over the air for WAKR and AkronNewsNow.com in Akron. After that, I worked on the web with WKSU in Kent.
I am proud to say I was a finalist in the 2010 William Randolph Hearst Awards for Television News. If you don't know news, that's a pretty high accomplishment.
Away from the web, I love spending time with my family, friends and beautiful wife Shannon.
A life long NE Ohio boy, I love (and sometimes hate) watching the Browns and the Buckeyes, occasionally screaming at the television! I love meeting new people and have been incredibly blessed to get to know the cities of Twinsburg and Solon and their people.
I strive to live for Christ, loving and serving others as he did.
As far as politics, I am not a huge fan of the system. However, I would say that I'm liberally conservative.
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Encourage children to love the earth and all will bloom naturally. Here are some family activities you can do to foster environmentalism in Westlake.
Give blood this week at the Twinsburg Community Center.
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Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Brecksville opened it's doors in 1973.
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A Brecksville resident was signed up to run the famous race, which was rocked by two explosions about three hours after the winners crossed the finish line.
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The high school is staging a Stephen Sondheim classic.
The award provides students an opportunity to thank extraordinary educators.
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