“Follow the Fish,” a new public art initiative, made its debut during International Festival at Black River Landing. Joan Perch — and she insists that really is her name — explained the project Sunday. By next summer “we hope all of these fish that are around here will be lining our lakefront communities, pointing the [...]

LORAIN — More than 22,000 people attended the Lorain International Festival bazaar this weekend, and as festivities wound down Sunday evening it was nearly impossible to find anyone with a bad word to say about it. “This has been an awesome, successful festival,” Lorain International Festival President Nina Wooldridge said. “We couldn’t have asked for [...]

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LORAIN — International Festival organizers say they’ve been praying for good weather this weekend. And, so far, it looks like those prayers have been answered. Sunny weather and temperatures that are warm but not too hot are the perfect formula for a good, steady bazaar turnout, according to Lorain International President Nina Wooldridge. “It’s been [...]

Taylor Cawthon’s family is pretty proud of her. And they should be. Besides being at the top of her class at Lorain High School, where she is involved in student government, she was crowned last night as 2012 Lorain International Festival queen. They put that pride on display Friday evening as International Festival’s bazaar kicked [...]