The 28th in a series of articles to be published as a walking tour of Lake Road by the Bay Village Historical Society in 2026. The articles profile the oldest to the newest minimum-century-old ...

Summer is officially here! Mayor Dennis M. Clough opened the Westlake Aquatic Center & Peterson Pool on Saturday, June 5, by once again “testing” the waterslides at the facility. This year, he raced ...

My family and I have called Bay Village home for seven years. We have two boys: a sixth-grader attending Bay Middle School and a preschooler. We love this amazing community and have a vested interest ...

The 12th in a series of articles to be published as a walking tour of Lake Road by the Bay Village Historical Society in 2025. According to Foote genealogy and “Bay Village: A Way of Life,” David ...

40 years ago, my husband and I chose Bay Village because of its excellent schools and its commitment to the whole child. Our daughter attended Bay Schools through graduation and today, she and her ...

Some 18 volunteers from the Bay Men's Club, the city's oldest and largest civic organization, took time recently to rake leaves and clean the yards of 15 needy and worthy Bay Village residents. The ...

For the Observer's annual last-issue-of-the-year feature, students from Mrs. Sarah Gency and Mrs. Kate Gallo's first-grade class at Westlake Elementary School share favorite family traditions. My ...

Worried about the security of elections in Ohio? Questioning the results of recent elections? Afraid that we are losing a critical component of our 225-year-old democracy? If so, turn off the TV, ...

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Healing Hearts and Minds is a faith-based recovery group experience to alleviate the stigma and encourage understanding of mental illness. It is a confidential group discussion of shared experiences ...

The Westlake & Bay Village Observer brings you fresh local news for the Westlake / Bay Village area, written and produced by local residents.

Joel's Place for Children provides peer-based grief support groups for children, teens and their families who have experienced the death of someone special. The non-denominational groups meet twice ...