Relay For Life fireworks show May 30

As part of the annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, Hudson Relay For Life will have a fireworks show May 30 at Lavelli Field. The fireworks will begin at 9:35 p.m. and end at 10 p.m.

Akron Children's Hospital's Dr. Adorkor Allotey and EMS Coordinator Tracy Beavers will teach a class on breath holding spells in children and other pediatric issues next Monday, June 1, at the Hudson EMS Training Center, 40 S. Oviatt St. All are welcome to attend; certification is not required. Pediatric CE will be awarded to certified providers. The class begins at 8 p.m. Contact EMS Training Coordinator Cris Methvin at 330-523-9370 or cmethvin@hudson.oh.us with any questions.

City Council will hold a public hearing regarding the sewer rate adjustment June 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall (27 E. Main St.). Sewer rates were last adjusted July 10, 2014. The 2015 Five-Year Plan projected the need for a 5 percent sewer rate increase. The City is reducing the General Fund subsidy to the Sewer Fund by $200,000. The rate adjustment will cover the overall increased operating costs for the sewer department. The new rates would go into effect August 10. For more information, click here.

Join us for a ribbon cutting ceremony to open our newly upgraded Cascade Park playground June 6 at 10 a.m. at 130 Lynn Drive (located at the end of Lynn Drive at the intersection of East and West Case Drives). Dessert and treats will be provided.

The playground is one of four playgrounds renovated this year. These include: Hudson Springs Park, Colony Park and Middleton Park. The City of Hudson spent approximately $200,000 on safety upgrades and additional equipment to make the playgrounds fun and safe for our children. Read the full story. 

Ellsworth Meadows Golf Club will host the seventh annual Jarod M. Dean Memorial Scholarship Golf Outing Saturday, June 6 in support of the Northwest Fraternal Order of Police Annual Scholarship Fund. Dean was a Boston Heights police officer who lost his life in the line of duty in 2009.  
 

The event will feature a four-person scramble and skins game. The registration fee for those wishing to participate is $90 per person and includes greens fees, cart, breakfast, lunch, complimentary beverages and a chance to win thousands of dollars in prizes during the tournament play and luncheon. Golfers can also participate in a $5 skins game.

The tournament begins with registration at 7 a.m., and an 8 a.m. shotgun start will follow. For sponsorship information or to register for the outing, contact Brian Battaglia at 330-472-1378 or print and complete the online registration form and mail it with your check to Northwest Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #123, P.O. Box 2249, Hudson, Ohio 44236.

City officials and representatives from the Summit Metro Parks celebrated the grand opening of Wood Hollow Park with a ribbon cutting ceremony last Tuesday. Wood Hollow is the first Summit Metro Park in Hudson. 
  

The park is a little more than 300 acres and includes the 1.2-mile Downy Loop. The trail's name is a nod to the small woodpeckers that are among the species inhabiting "wood hollows" in the area's beech-maple woods and wetlands. Wood Hollow also includes a 55-car parking lot and a fishing pond. A playfield will be prepped this summer, and restrooms and a picnic shelter are coming. Wood Hollow Park is located at 2121 Barlow Road and is open 6 a.m. - 11 p.m.