Top 5 Stories: Underwear Intruder, a Restaurant Review and Transformed Track Star

Welcome back from a long holiday weekend. It’s time to get back to work, but not before catching up on our Top 5 stories you may have missed while summer recreating over the Fourth of July.

 Here are 5 items that are worth repeating.

   From the crime files: This man had one too many and walked into a stranger’s house at 4:30 a.m. He told police he was landscaping.

  What happens when an overweight eighth-grader goes on a diet? He loses 50 pounds and becomes a high school track star.

  Have a boat or jet ski? Here’s a few tips to most effectively get your watercraft in the water this summer.

   Avon Lake’s crime rate remains low, but it’s not without its quirks.

  With reasonably priced food, a great menu and one of the best patios in the area, this restaurant is a good choice.

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