Politics & Government

Week in Review: Sept. 5 – 11

From City Council updates to the closing of the Brecksville campus of the VA Medical Center, catch up on the week's news.

Did you miss a story or two this week? Don’t worry – you can catch up quickly by reading the summaries below. Just click the links to view the full stories. 

  • On Tuesday, the . The campus is closing after 50 years of service. Most patients and staff have been moved to the Wade Park facility, and the building will completely close in 2012.
  • that they won’t get applications for absentee ballots in the mail this fall, after all. 
  • There was a bit of a scare in the city on Thursday when a . The bomb squad found that the package wasn’t explosive and dismantled it.  
  • City officials talked a lot about construction this week. and discussed a lot of projects, including a new service department building at Blossom. And on Thursday, a new sign for Seared restaurant and approved initial plans for Clinical Technology, Inc.
  • And today is the 10th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11. Local Patches talked to residents to learn how the events of that day impacted their lives; . 

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