We Interrupt This Patch Site for a Birthday Greeting
We're 1 year old today -- let's take a look back at the top stories of the last 12 months
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Strongsville Patch is celebrating its birthday today! The website launched one year ago today.
To commemorate the day, especially because our anniversary is perfectly timed for a year-end review, here's a look at some of the top stories in Strongsville from the last year.
1. Former Councilman Pat Coyne pleads guilty to fraud charges in the Cuyahoga County corruption probe and is sentenced to nearly five years in prison.
2. The Mad Cactus is featured on the Food Network's Restaurant: Impossible series.
3. A Hollo Oval man is awaiting trial on charges he attacked his wife and daughter with an ax during a domestic dispute in August.
4. Giant Eagle announced plans to close its store at Westfield SouthPark and build a 90,000-square-foot supermarket on the Strongsville Golf property on Pearl Road.
5. A Cleveland-based rapper organizes a flash mob at Westfield SouthPark, leading to his arrest and a mini-riot at the mall.
6. A Strongsville police officer shoots and wounds a suspected drug dealer in the Walmart parking lot.
7. Borders closes its doors on Royalton Road when the national chain goes under.
8. Voters reject a school levies in May, August and November. The first was an ill-fated 9.9-mill issue, followed by a 6.9-mill try for new money in August. In November, the schools sought a 6-mill renewal.
9. Fiat relaunches American sales by opening a handful of dealerships, including one on Pearl Road in Strongsville
10. A kid dressed as a banana attacks a kid trying to drum up business for Verizon Wireless by waving to cars in a gorilla suit. You wouldn't think this was a top story of the year, but it was picked up by national news outlets and even made the Yahoo! home page.
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The Mad Cactus
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Giant Eagle
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Fiat of Strongsville
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jim mclaughlin
7:32 am on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Happy Birthday to the patch and all of the staff, so glad you are around, the Patch is an asset to our comunity and i whish you many more years of good fortune!
Michelle Norton
7:58 am on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Happy birthday and many happy returns! I don't know what I did before I had Patch to turn to for all the news in Strongsville. Thanks, and keep it coming!
Melissa Hebert
8:19 am on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Congratulations, Debbie! Here's to another great year!
Lauren Williamson
10:44 am on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Congratulations! Even though I live in Chicago now, I follow Strongsville Patch to keep up with all the news in the area where I grew up. Here's to another great year!