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.
Owners Bret Adams, Dave and Fran Miller and managing partner Ian Hopkins opened the first Burntwood in 2010 in Chagrin Falls, and have since opened locations in Brecksville, Rocky River and Solon.
The following information was supplied by the Brecksville Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Check out our interactive map of police incidents around Lakewood. Click on each marker to see the details.
The restaurant is making the switch on Aug. 1.
The city ironed out an agreement with the Brecksville-Broadview Heights School District for a $1 per year lease.
The city is expected to have an answer this week as to when the closure — and the project — could begin.
The store is hosing a going-out-business sale at the store on Sunday.
Here are this week's most bizarre police reports.
Did you miss anything around town this week? Here’s your chance to get caught up.
Did you miss anything around town this week? Here’s your chance to get caught up.
Here are this week's most bizarre police reports.
The buyer and the seller weren’t able to agree to terms.
This 5-bedroom, 3-and-half bathroom, 3,565-square-foot home at 15430 Edgewater Drive was built in 1922.
For more details on this home at 9741 Forge Drive, see its Zillow listing.
The following information was supplied by the Brecksville Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Bond was set for Lakewood resident at $50,000. He remains in jail.
The festivities began with the annual Lake Avenue parade, and ended at Lakewood Park with a glorious fireworks spectacle.
Find homes for sale in Brecksville on this page every week, from our partners at Zillow.
Find homes for sale in Lakewood on this page every week, from our partners at Zillow.
There will also be plenty of live music around town: in the parade, as well as the pre-fireworks show.
