Here's a look back at the biggest stories of the past week
A Westlake man is accused of nailing a door shut to stop his wife from leaving, threatening to kill her and burn their house down, and then attacking police officers. Westlake City Schools have gotten a $100,000 grant from the state for the International Baccalaureate program it plans to start jointly with Avon Lake and Berea schools. As we get into holiday party season, we looked back on the DUIs of 2012. What's the highest blood-alcohol level found so far this year? It's a stunning number. Westlake Police reported thefts from cars and homes around town recently. The school shootings in Newtown, Conn., transfixed the nation since Friday. For some of us, the tragedy was literally close to home. And it raised the question of school safety …
Friday's tragedy in Newtown, Conn., hits way too close to home for me.
My first memories of Sandy Hook are of it being "the back way." After we moved to Southbury, Conn., when I was five, my father's preferred route back to Danbury to visit our grandparents and other relatives was through the Sandy Hook district of neighboring Newtown on secondary roads, rather than the more direct, but crowded, Interstate 84. To this day, we refer to taking that route through Sandy Hook as going "the back way." I remember it being very quaint and country, with a small shops and old New England homes nearby. And I remember going to a food co-op there with my mom during the 1970s crunchy-granola health food fad. This past New Year's Eve, my husband John and I went to dinner with my sister, brother-in-law and parents at Figs in…
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Friday's horrific school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., have shocked the nation. You can get the latest on the shootings at Newtown Patch. Here's what they have so far:
Melissa Hebert
7:06 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Thanks, Jennifer. Love to everyone back home. more ›