NEOhio Daily Briefing — April 5, 2026

Good morning — happy Sunday and welcome to spring in Northeast Ohio. We’ve got a compact update to help you start the week informed and ready for what’s happening in Northfield Center and nearby communities. Public safety officials are warning residents about an active phone scam. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office says callers are impersonating deputies and even using real officer names pulled from court records, then demanding payment in gift cards or Bitcoin. If you get a suspicious call asking for money, hang up and contact the sheriff’s office directly — don’t follow payment instructions from a caller who claims to be law enforcement. Local government and zoning developments dominated recent township meetings. At its March 2 meeting trustees approved nearly $435,000 for the Bayberry Drive Drainage and Roadway Improvement Project and set a public hearing next month on a proposed zoning change. Trustees later authorized a settlement in a long-running zoning dispute with property owner Craig Sko and reinstated the township’s zoning inspector at a March 16 special meeting. The Zoning Commission also voted March 9 against expanding the number of recreational vehicles allowed on properties and is beginning to look at short-term rental (Airbnb) challenges. Meanwhile the Board of Zoning Appeals granted a temporary 4-1 variance March 26 so a Northfield Center family can keep a 4-H market hog on Vesta Avenue for their daughter’s project, and trustees are moving forward on an overhaul of the township’s property maintenance code. On the municipal side, the Village of Northfield is hiring: applications are open for a combined Finance Assistant and Lead Payroll Administrator role, a key administrative opening for anyone with municipal accounting or payroll experience who wants to work locally. For lighter news, our student reporter Christopher Hovanetz filed the weekly Nordonia sports roundup covering tennis, flag football and baseball action from across Knight Nation — a good read if you’re following local high school athletics this spring. No new community bulletin board postings came in overnight. Stay tuned — we’ll keep tracking these stories and more as the week unfolds. Stay informed and have a good Sunday.