In a formal groundbreaking ceremony, crews began work Thursday toward building a public park at the old SeaWorld property at Geauga Lake.

In this June 22, 2005, AP file photo, Josh Bingham begins riding down a waterslide, with roller coasters visible in the distance, in the Hurricane Hannah section of Geauga Lake Park in Aurora. Geauga ...

For more than 100 years, Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, was an amusement park destination. From its earliest days in the late 19th century, when Geauga Lake was just a train stop with picnic tables and ...

AURORA, Ohio — There's great news for folks with fond memories of Geauga Lake. The city of Aurora has approved the purchase of the lake and surrounding land with plans to develop it into a dynamic ...

The city plans to turn the 47 acres of lakefront property into a public park that will include a beach, swimming pool, non-motorized boating, and other attractions.

In her address Wednesday at the Bertram Inn & Conference Center, Womer Benjamin also paid tribute to city staff and county officials, as well as a list of businesses that expanded over the past year ...

Public use of Geauga Lake for people with kayaks and canoes and sunbathing on some of the tiny Sea World beach may be in the offing if the city of Aurora succeeds in snagging the gems. Mayor Ann Womer ...

What would become Geauga Lake Park started in 1887 as a train stop with a picnic grove. The park added its first roller coaster, The Big Dipper, in 1925 and later had Ohio's first looping roller ...