Unemployment Rates, Edgar Allan Poe & Embezzlement: A Week In Review

1. Let's start with good news -- great news, actually.

, the lowest it's been since December 2008, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

That gives Mentor one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state.

By comparison, the city's unemployment rate was , as well as 6.4 percent in September 2010.

2. More good news! (I'm trying to be optimistic; it's the weekend, after all.)

Lakeland Community College dedicated the Wednesday afternoon.

At the university center, Lakeland students can transition from community college to classes that will allow them to from nine different universities in Ohio.

3. Harry Fishleigh -- the man who until Thursday was the chairman of the Mentor Planning Commission and a trustee for Mentor Public Library -- on Sept. 27.

However, Fishleigh , let alone convicted, according to City Council President Robert Shiner.

Consequently, Fishleigh remained on both boards until recently.

4. Speaking of the Planning Commission, they approved a conditional-use permit for a new tenant at the former Center Street School Thursday evening.

who will each lease a "loft" where they can ply their trade.

5. And, now, something spooky for Halloween:

at James A. Garfield National Historic Site.