Around the Patch: Movie Filming, Dead Dog and Fracking

Want to find out what's going on in other Patch communities around you? Check out this edition of Around the Patch:

Beachwood Patch: Camera crews were busy filming for the movie Fun Size  The movie, which features Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice and Jackass star Johnny Knoxville, has also filmed in Lakewood.

Twinsburg Patch: The Twinsburg Police have .

Hillcrest Patch: A Mayfield Village man is upset because the driver who killed his dog wants him to to pay for damages to the driver's car.

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Kent Patch: More than 70 people from communities throughout Portage County attended a public forum Saturday at the  on the topic of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," hosted by the Kent Environmental Council.

Moderated by Robert Heath, an ecosystem ecologist and retired director of the Water Resources Research Institute at , “What the Frack?” included a panel of four scientists and environmental activists who took questions from the audience after presenting information on the fracking process.

Fracking is a drilling method used to obtain natural gas trapped in underground shale. A drilling fluid, composed of water and sand with some chemical additives, is injected at high pressure into the rock to break it and release the natural gas.

"The goal is to get the discussion going," said Jeff Ingram, a KEC member. "Let’s see what’s going on under the ground, especially with something as important as drinking water."

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Brecksville Patch: Brecksville celebrated its Home Days over the weekend. from the event.