North Ridgeville museum highlights firefighting history
The North Ridgeville Fire Museum chronicles firefighting from the 1600s to today with artifacts such as a 1930s city fire truck, Freckles the Dalmatian, fire grenades, and NYFD air tanks from 9 11. Gene Kleinholz leads tours and aims to engage younger generations for succession. Visits by appointment via the fire station call.
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North Ridgeville
Old Town Hall
Center Ridge Road
Gene Kleinholz
Kleinholz
Freckles
New York City
Ground Zero
Steve Fogarty
Sfogarty
Chroniclet.com
Senior Art Gallery Award Won by Maria Hernandez
North Ridgeville High School senior Maria Hernandez won the Senior Art Gallery Award at the annual Senior Breakfast. Her winning artwork will hang in the Media Center for two years before Maria can reclaim it or it becomes part of the school collection. The 14th annual award was presented to Principal Patricia Bahr, with matting and framing provided by the North Ridgeville Arts Council.
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North Ridgeville
Maria Hernandez
Maria
North Ridgeville High School
Patricia Bahr
North Ridgeville Arts Council
Georgann Blair
Jerry Teich
Nancy Bowman
CPR and first aid recertification and youth classes
Local Red Cross chapter in Elyria offers June programs including CPR recertification at 9 a.m. June 13 and adult CPR and standard first aid sessions on June 23 and 25. Baby-sitting basics for ages 11 to 15 run June 15 16 and 18. Community blood mobile June 16 in North Ridgeville. Information lines provided.
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The
American Red Cross
West River Road N
Elyria
North Ridgeville City
Craig Phillips
Arabica
Center Ridge Road
Pioneer Center
Saw Mill Trace
Community events span scholarships, fundraisers and learning
Ohio Byrd Scholars receive federal support including a full $6,000 award. Spirit of Joy Church hosts a family vacation Bible school with meals and activities at South Central Park. North Ridgeville groups promote networking, a mattress fundraiser, and summer reading programs at Lorain Public Library. The North Ridgeville Chamber plans Garage Sale Days and class reunions for NRHS alumni. Shepherd of the Ridge Lutheran School seeks preK to 4 year olds for 2009 10 year.
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Byrd
Rohrer
Spirit of Joy Church
Bender Road
South Central Park
Spiritofjoyl.org
Injeans
Gmail
Shepherd of the Ridge Lutheran School
Chronicle Seeks Community Photos for YourTown Page
Readers are invited to submit community photos for publication on the YourTown pages. Include the image and a caption with names and context, and send via ctphotos chronicles.com for review.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
North Ridgevile Srefichiters
Foster
Lel
End
Kirt Sténic
New York
LifeShare Community Blood
Mobile
Center Ridge Health
Red Hat Society
Call
Lear
Nagle Road
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
North Ridgeville Senior Center
Avon Belden Road
metro@chroniclet.com
North Ridgeville Middle School
Route 83
Lorain Public Library
Toys R Us
Cial
Joyce Buick Pontiac Gmc
Lorain
Biagio Sidoti
Mills Creek Lane
Sidoti
Craig
Nrhs79
Janet Johnson Detzel
Joan Bement Buckhannon
Carol Berciak Smith
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!