from the locals

Fall is getting underway throughout our great lake city on our Great Lake coast.

The weather is turning cooler, and the leaves are starting to change color and fall to the ground. But that doesn't mean things are slowing down any. In fact, the festivities are continuing to dash on ahead, if you will.

The summer closed out with a bang over Labor Day weekend, thanks to the Flowers in the Sky fireworks display and celebration honoring the life of Marie Bonaminio. Mrs. Bonaminio loved and appreciated the people of this city and owned Bonamino's Lorain Flower Shop for nearly 50 years before she passed away in February of this year. Her son, James Boniminio— who some in the Cincinnati area may better recognize as Jungle Jim—helped organize the event as his mom's final thank you to the city of Lorain, the city she always loved.

Helping to celebrate more people who love our city, The Latino Lorain History Project is now taking place and celebrates 100 years of Latino history here in Lorain. The project is a public history partnership between El Centro de Servicios Sociales, Lorain Historical Society, Oberlin College, and community leaders that will help preserve the history of the Latino community of Lorain. The first exhibit of many initiatives that will capture and preserve this history runs through October 30 at Lorain Historical Society's Carnegie Center on Tenth Street.

Also now on permanent display outside of the Carnegie Center sits a historical marker honoring Toni Morrison, a Nobel Prize-winning author from right here in Lorain. Born here in 1931 as Chloe Wofford, she worked in this building when it was the Lorain Public Library and formerly Carnegie Library. An installation ceremony took place on August 12, and the marker now stands at the northeast corner of the property. More information is available at lorainhistory.org.

Black River Landing has also seen some recent additions, including a StoryWalk made possible by Lorain Public Library System. This exciting new feature allows people to walk along a path while a children's picture book unfolds before them on frames throughout their stroll. The stories will change monthly from April through November, weather permitting, and the current selection is available to view at lorainpubliclibrary.org.

Throughout this issue, keep an eye out for some amazing things that have taken place recently or are taking place soon. Not that this amazement is anything new, but we continue sharing the stories of the wonderful people we get to call our neighbors and look forward to doing so well into the future.

There are constantly new things in the works, so thank you for your patience as we make each issue the best it possibly can be. And, just to let everyone know again, we are now mailing copies of Lorain Local Magazine directly to people's doors—for free. If you would like to subscribe to reserve your copy, please visit lorainlocal.com/magazine.

Now, we hope you enjoy this issue and discover more about everything Lorain has to offer.

Happy fall, y'all! Stay well!

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