Thanksgiving is a wonderful day and time of year. We get to stop for a moment and count our blessings. Be grateful for our family & friends and hopefully for our good health as well. The Holiday season also poses a challenge when it comes to making healthy choices. Unfortunately, I’ve witnessed some of my … Read more
The Lake Effect Concert Band, under the direction of Greg Hillis, will present its popular “Holiday Pops” concert on Saturday, December 7th. The concert begins at 3:00 p.m. at Harvey High School, 200 W. Walnut St., Painesville, OH 44077 and will last approximately one hour. The performance is family-friendly and free of charge; donations are always … Read more
Planning has already begun for the sixth annual Home & Lifestyle Expo produced and organized by the Lake County Chambers of Commerce, which is comprised of the Eastern Lake County Chamber of Commerce, Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce and Willoughby Western Lake County Chamber of Commerce. The event is built around one full day of … Read more
Now that colder weather has taken hold, Blackbrook Audubon will search the Lake Erie shore, a prime birding area for the variety of gulls and waterfowl present this time of year. Jaegers, predatory seabirds, may even be spotted. Bring binoculars and spotting scopes to the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, 8701 Lakeshore Blvd., Cleveland at 9:00 … Read more
Blackbrook Audubon will host “Asian Carps: Understanding the Threat” by Tory Gabriel, Fisheries Educator with Ohio Sea Grant Extension, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 19th at the Holden Arboretum. Media coverage of Asian carp is often accompanied by video of large fish jumping several feet out of the water and striking boaters. Imported from China and … Read more
In observance of Veterans Day, Laketran will be offering free rides to veterans on Monday, November 11th. Riders on Local Routes and Park-n-Ride will need to inform their driver that they are a veteran when they board the bus, and their trip will be free. Dial-a-Ride customers should inform Laketran of their veteran status when … Read more
Voters sent a strong message of support to Laketran, as they went to the ballot box and supported the one-quarter of 1 percent sales tax levy to sustain Laketran’s door-to-door Dial-a- Ride service and improve transit services to key job corridors. Final, unofficial results from the Lake County Board of Elections, show the issue passed … Read more
Laketran has started to introduce passenger vans into its Dial-a-Ride fleet as another way make the service more efficient as it combats the cost of growing ridership. Dial-a-Ride ridership has been rapidly increasing since 2015 and Laketran first took action by transitioning its Dial-a-Ride buses to propane in 2017 to reduce fuel costs and next … Read more
A new era in public transportation is about to begin as 13 transit agencies prepare to launch EZfare, an app-based, cashless, fare payment solution that will make riding public transit easier and more convenient than ever before. Laketran will be available to demonstrate EZfare to the media and customers at four community events that coincide … Read more
Several years into a large-scale restoration, Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve is teeming with life again. Blackbrook Audubon invites everyone to hear about the renewal of native plants, birds and other wildlife to the 691-acre marsh at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15th at Penitentiary Glen. Becky Donaldson, a naturalist in the Natural Areas Division … Read more