Around the Patch: Sleepovers in the Park & Murder in Kent

1. Let's start on a pleasant note.

North Chagrin Reservation, a park that covers parts of Gates Mills, Mayfield Village and Willoughby Hills, hosted a campout recently.

Families pitched tents, played games and made s'mores.

Best of all, Katherine Kurkov was there to  for Hillcrest Patch.

(Personally, I've always wanted to spend the night in Squire's Castle.)

2. And now the unpleasant stuff.

A Kent man has been charged with murder in the June 6 stabbing death of Jeffrey A. Sipes, 57, in his Silver Meadows apartment.

Leonard J. Armstrong, 49, was arrested without incident by  just after 10 a.m. Wednesday and charged with first-degree felony murder.

Sipes was found dead just after 8 p.m. June 6 in Apt. 303 at 933 Lawrence Court, where police had been dispatched to conduct a well-being check on behalf of someone who knew him.

For ongoing coverage of the murder investigation, .

3. The LGBT Pride Weekend will include a Shabbat service this weekend in Beachwood.

 to hear more about the history and struggles of the Jewish gay and lesbian population.

4. Ohio Chautauqua kicked off its 2011 traveling show in Lakewood Thursday.

Check out the .