Beachwood voters will select candidates for a number of local offices on Nov. 2 including mayor, city council, school board and Shaker Heights municipal court. The Beachcomber submitted questionnaires...

On June 27, 2019, Beachwood patrol officer Blake Rogers shot at a 20-year-old Jaquan Jones, who was suspected of stealing a $59 hat fromDillards at the Beachwood Mall. At the time of the shooting, Jones...

A two-year-old confrontation between an off-duty Beachwood police officer and a high school student has ricocheted into censure and criminal charges against a city council member, a separate suit against...

Marc Wilson, an African American Beachwood resident and owner of the spa Everything By Face,  sat at home after an unremarkable day. He scrolled through his phone when he came upon a post from Cleveland...

Beachwood City Council held a public meeting with special counsel on Oct. 30 to discuss an investigation into allegations of workplace harassment by Mayor Martin Horwitz. After a dramatic airing of...

Martin Horwitz was sworn in on Jan. 8, making him Beachwood’s 17th mayor. Horwitz won by a close margin of 33 votes against incumbent Merle Gorden and outgoing School Board President Mitchel Luxenburg. “It’s...

Along with 72 other municipalities in the Cleveland area, the City of Beachwood will hold mayoral elections on Nov. 7. The three candidates are current Beachwood Mayor Merle Gorden, City Council President...

The Beachwood City Council passed a motion on Sept. 5th amending the City’s charter to enable northbound traffic from Richmond Road to turn left into the BHS parking lot. The motion, penned by Councilman...

President Trump’s executive order on Muslim immigration might have felt like something happening far from the Beachwood community, but it did impact some residents. In an e-mail sent out to students,...

On Monday, April 20 the Beachwood City Council voted 6-0 to pass a  new ordinance that will not allow any mayor to pocket gratuities from officiating weddings or to cash in unused vacation days. In...

On Feb. 3, the proposed amendment for term limits in Beachwood was defeated. The narrow margin -- 48.1% in favor to 51.9% against -- was somewhat surprising. Given the fact that the election was in...