Port Fest returns with new rides at Black River Landing
The 17th annual Port Fest opens Friday at Black River Landing Lorain featuring new attractions including Paratrooper Big Chicken and Superjet rides plus a 100-foot slide and merry-go-round. Five Ohio wineries join a Beer and Wine Garden with attractions such as helicopter rides and Lorain Lighthouse tours priced at 20. Major acts run all weekend with fireworks Saturday night.
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Vanessa Knipper
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Lorain Lighthouse
Community Days kicks off in Sheffield Lake festival week
Sheffield Lake hosts a five day Community Days festival at Shoreway Shopping Center from Lake and Lake Breeze roads with fireworks parade rides and funnel cakes. About 30 organizations march at 7 p.m. today from the community center to the shopping center. Proceeds fund 13 local groups including scouts bands and churches.
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Lake Breeze Roads
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E. Lake Road
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Brookside
Hanks
Lake Erie
Community Civic Council
Ice Cream Social to Spotlight 1907 History in Elyria
Lorain County Historical Society hosts its annual Ice Cream Social at the Hickories on Washington Avenue from 1 to 5 PM. Displays will review 1907 including the Middle Avenue streetcar crash and EMH Regional Medical origins. Aimed at boosting attendance toward an expected 600, with jazz by LCCC and organ music, tickets are 5 dollars.
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Lorain County Historical Society
Lorain County Historical Society Board
Terry Wacker
Middle Avenue
EMH Regional Medical Center
Wacker
Washington Avenue
Bill Bird
Lorain County
Rosalie Gainer
Bird
Sacred Heart Parish Festival honors Hispanic culture
The 52nd Sacred Heart Parish Festival in Lorain runs Friday through Sunday at 4301 Pearl Ave. Highlights include salsa merengue music food a pig roast and a parade with 41 entries featuring Latin American country flags. Organizers Laura and Kerwin Rios say the event promotes culture and church spirit with trophies for parade categories and performances by local groups. Admission is free.
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Sacred Heart Parish
Chapel of the Sacred Heart
Pearl Ave
Sacred Heart
Laura Rios
Kerwin
Cleveland
Rios
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