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Avon Superintendent Ben Hodge leaving districtAVON —- Avon Schools Superintendent Ben Hodge announced he intends to leave the position at the end of July. Hodge has been superintendent since 2021 and will depart to join Middleburg Heights’ Polaris Career Center, a career-technical education institution, as its assistant superintendent effective Aug. 1. He first joined Avon Schools in 2014 as curriculum director. “Avon has been an amazing place for me for 11 years,” Hodge said.
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2 months ago | 
chroniclet.com | Richard Perrins
The Avon Lake school board issued a signed letter denying rumors circulating online about improper behavior by a district administrator. The letter, dated March 20, asserted that any claims that a member of its district level leadership team had been considered for disciplinary action, suspension or termination were false and warned against spreading misinformation.
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2 months ago | 
chroniclet.com | Richard Perrins
Oberlin Elementary School students begin "One School, One Book" literacy initiativeOBERLIN — On Friday afternoon, Oberlin Elementary School students waited in eager anticipation as principal Felicia Webber led a schoolwide countdown before revealing a book that each student would soon receive. School staff had wrapped 500 copies of Betty Birney’s “The World According to Humphrey” in brown paper, which students in Brittany Leader’s second grade class had soon ripped open excitedly.
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2 months ago | 
chroniclet.com | Richard Perrins
North Ridgeville firefighter honored as Cleveland Cavaliers 'Everyday Hero'In December, Ron “Chip” Peloquin noticed an email from the Cleveland Cavaliers organization, requesting nominations for its Everyday Heroes program. Immediately, he thought of his brother-in-law, North Ridgeville fire Lt. Rick Knowlton. “I thought my brother-in-law and sister were basically what they were looking for,” Peloquin said.
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2 months ago | 
chroniclet.com | Richard Perrins
Friendship Animal Protective League seizes 54 dogs from two Lorain County incidentsFriendship Animal Protective League has seized 54 dogs from two Lorain County properties in the last week. The seizures were related to two separate incidents in which league’s Humane Investigations Department responded to homes in which animals were living in unsanitary or inhumane conditions.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
chroniclet.com | Richard Perrins
Ford's Ohio Assembly Plant construction moving to next stepThe construction of Ford Motor Company’s expansion of its Ohio Assembly Plant will move to the interior of the facility in early April. Ford announced the expansion in 2022 as a $1.5 billion investment that would produce a new commercial electric vehicle line and double the workforce of the plant, which straddles Avon Lake, Sheffield and Sheffield Lake.
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Mar 13, 2025 | 
chroniclet.com | Richard Perrins
Growth is the highlight of Avon Lake State of the City Avon Lake’s 2024 was defined by growth, according to its mayor Mark Spaetzel. “We’re over 26,000 residents,” Spaetzel said. “We are seeing our community continuing to grow, particularly residentially. With that comes challenges… but with challenges come opportunities.”About 200 people crowded into a conference room at the Avon Lake Public Library on Wednesday evening for the state of the city event, sponsored by Kiwanis.
