The skatepark's parking lot, benches and other work are already done; council just made it official.

City Council is amending a hunting ban to let the USDA thin a herd blamed for 49 crashes and hundreds of calls.

The $90,000 restroom replaces portable toilets at the Schady Road dog park. Parking-lot lighting is next, hopefully by Halloween.

Twelve players lined up to wait for a turn at Greenbrier Commons this summer. Fencing is still on the to-do list.

Strongsville's off-leash park on Lunn Road will feature a wooded nature trail and dog-wash bay, but the opening has slipped to spring.

Volunteers packed 32 native species into a plot the size of a tennis court, part of Solon's push to rebuild its shrinking tree canopy.

Fifty new parking spots at Willowick's lakeside park will also make room for Lake County's first Gold Star Families Memorial Monument.

New siding, a repaved lot and a bridal suite makeover round out years of work at the North Olmsted course. A $92,000 canopy plan, though, is stuck.

The Clark-Fulton hub keeps its 1910 bath house bones but adds a pool, gym and 3,500 handmade tiles telling neighbors' stories.

The cub has ballooned from 1 pound to more than 8 pounds since his July 1 birth at Asian Highlands. Donations to name him fund anti-poaching work in Russia.

Hikers get rerouted onto sidewalks while crews install riprap and a new ADA-accessible kayak launch at the Medina Township park.

The Ohio Plant Show hits the John S. Knight Center October 3-4, with rare aroids, bonsai, and a golf simulator for the non-plant crowd.

A new Storybook Trail opens near Marblehead, part of Ohio's push past 1 million kids served.