Category Archives: Press Releases

City Seeks Applicants for Volunteer Boards / Commissions Vacancies

The City of Mentor is accepting resumes and/or applications for the following volunteer positions: Two, 4-Year Terms on the Board of Building & Zoning Appeals One, 4-Year Term on the Municipal Planning Commission Three, 4-Year Terms on the Beautification Commission Two, 3-Year Terms on the Community Arts Commission One, 3-Year Term on the Fair Housing [...]


Mentor Fire Department To Hold AED Scavenger Hunt Contest

An AED (short for Automated External Defibrillator)  is a portable device that can provide a shock to the heart of someone in sudden cardiac arrest. AEDs play a critical role in the victim’s survival, but would you know where to find an AED if you needed it? The Mentor Fire Department is conducting an AED [...]


Mentor Police Department Announces Official Facebook and Twitter Pages

With just a click of the “Like” button or by choosing to “Follow”, anyone with a Facebook or Twitter account can be added to receive updates on traffic delays, areas of criminal concern and/or other safety-related events that may interest the public. Social media allows the police department to more effectively connect and communicate with [...]


Black Brook Offers Senior/Junior Rates on Weekends

Black Brook Golf Course Manager Tim Ausperk announced that Senior and Junior Rates will be extended to weekends during Winter Rates Season, now through April 14, 2012. Call (440) 951-0010 for tee time.


A Portion of Rt. 2 to Close Tonight from 8 to 10 p.m.

October 12, 2011; 4:13 p.m. AT&T must replace about 1,000 feet of cable before it can restore phone service to the approximately 600 customers who live in the Pinegate subdivision. Because the cable stretches across SR2, all lanes, east and westbound must be closed to through traffic to allow crews to make the necessary repairs. [...]


Some Phone Customers in Mentor without Service

MENTOR, Ohio; October 12, 2011—At around noon today, construction vehicles working on the SR2 improvement project in Mentor pulled down several power and utility lines. This caused the temporary closure of SR2 in both directions between Rt. 615 and Heisley Road. By 12:45 p.m., the wires had been cleared and normal traffic resumed. However, the [...]


Police Make Arrest in Recent Burglaries

On this date at 1:13 p.m., the Mentor Police Department arrested three people for a burglary on Stockbridge Rd. Suspects identified as two males, age 29 and 32, both from Madison Twp. A third suspect is a female, age 47, from Painesville. All three face charges including burglary, possession of criminal tools, and possession of [...]


It’s Better in Mentor Parade & Festival this Weekend

Plan your weekend around the 34th annual It’s Better in Mentor Days Festival. Held at Civic Center Park, the activities begin Friday at 5 pm with rides, Sparkles the Clown, a midway, business tent, live music and your favorite festival food. Saturday morning at 10 a.m. the parade kicks off from Shore Middle School and [...]


Route 2 Lane Closures this Weekend

Beginning Friday, September 16 at 7 p.m. crews will reduce SR 2 westbound to one lane between Hopkins Road and SR 44 until 8 a.m. Sunday, September 18 in order to install a culvert under the roadway. · On Saturday, September 17, crews will reduce SR 2 westbound to one lane between SR 306 and [...]


Mentor Cruise-In Cancelled due to Rain

Due to the unrelenting rain – the Mentor Cruise-In has been canceled. No rain date has been set.