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Looking for an escape near Lake Erie, without spending all your retirement savings? This two-bedroom cottage on Willow Avenue in Vickery, down the street from the lake, could be yours for less than $60,000. The 864-square-foot, two-bedroom, 1 1/2-bathroom cottage was built in 1950 and still has original wood paneling. It has a new half-bathroom.…
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Imagine camping in a lighthouse, a mile into Lake Erie Karen and Jerry Killilea Jr. have spent summer vacations at the Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse since buying it from the U.S. Coast Guast in an online auction in 2011. Now that Jerry has cancer, though, the couple is selling the National Historic Landmark. “We…
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After 29 years of searching on-and-off, diver Rob Ruetschle found the shipwreck of the Margaret Olwill, a steam barge that sank carrying 900 tons of limestone from Kelleys Island to Cleveland in June 1899, the National Museum of the Great Lakes announced Thursday. The ship went down in a nor’easter, killing the captain, his wife…
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Meet Jason Kolar, a mate on a Great Lakes freighter. Kolar, of Cleveland, is the guy right below the captain, who takes care of payroll, manages the deck crew and plan how to load and unload the ship. Kolar, 28, who grew up in Olmsted Falls, spent his summers on Catawba as kid. His uncle…
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Lake Erie is a bastion of beach glass. Collecting beach glass (or sea glass, if you find it at the ocean) is meditation for thousands of beachcombers, who walk the shores hoping to find treasure: a rare pattern of sea pottery, a red sliver or purple jellybean of glass. A couple of reasons for the…
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During the season, as many as 750,000 visitors swarm Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island. They crowd the ferries, cram the bars, cover the roads in golf carts and the harbor with boats. The season runs April through October. But July and early August is when PIB’s bars are busiest, and when the resort pools and…
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will kick off a week of festivities tied to the 2018 Induction Ceremony with what could be a record-setting event along Lake Erie. The museum’s “Celebration Day,” presented by PNC, takes place from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Rock Hall’s…
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A 2016-built ranch in the Lake Erie Shores community in Painesville Township has access to a private beach on Lake Erie and scenic trails. Priced at $325,000, the 1,600-square-foot home features two bedrooms, three full bathrooms, main-floor laundry rood, an open floor plan and a gourmet kitchen. It has wide plank floors, upgraded hardware, custom…
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You can paddle a kayak. And with Hobie Mirage kayaks you can pedal. You pedal lightly with your feet, and two underwater flippers — modeled after penguin’s feet — push out beneath the kayak to propel you through the water. With a little effort, you could go 3-5 mph, said Buckeye Sports Center kayak expert…
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Want a free vacation on Lake Erie this summer? Visit the zoo, sip Ohio-made wine, take in the Erie Islands, dine overlooking the lake, tour the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, cheer on the Lake County Captains baseball team, zipline and see a play. The Tour the Shore trip from June 1 to 8,…
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