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Former Cuyahoga County Employee to Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges
The Feds accused Curtis McEwen of defrauding a Beachwood company out of $7.5 million
Mark Oprea
Mark Oprea is a staff writer at Scene. He's covered Cleveland for the past decade, and has contributed to TIME, NPR, the Pacific Standard and the Cleveland Magazine. He's the winner of two Press Club awards.
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With Tens of Thousands Across Cleveland Still Without Power, Residents Scramble for Food, Places to Stay, Medical Help
FirstEnergy has told customers it could be the middle of next week before power is restored
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City Council Approves Special TIF District For Bedrock Riverfront Project, Promising Up to $1 Billion in Subsidies
Dan Gilbert’s $3-billion development project includes a new Cavs training facility, offices, parks and thousands of apartments
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Joyce Brabner, Comic Book Writer and Wife of Late Harvey Pekar, Dies at 72
Brabner carved out her own distinguished career in comics separate from her legacy with Pekar
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Cleveland Unveils Latest Lakefront Master Plan, Calls for Major Shoreway Overhaul With or Without Browns
The highway would become a four-lane boulevard, and a host of other road projects would add safe connectors from downtown to Lake Erie
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As Cleveland Makes Stadium Pitch, Optimism in Brook Park After Meetings With Haslam Reps for New Dome
The team met with Brook Park officials the day before Bibb unveiled Cleveland’s latest offer and put a deadline on a response from the Haslams. “They’re building that dome,” a source said
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‘It’s Just Sad’: Drug Store Closures Could Make Some Cleveland Neighborhoods Pharmacy Deserts
“It’s a huge equity issue. It signals that we’re no longer a fully walkable neighborhood—in a community where many households don’t have access to cars.”
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Cleveland Moves, City’s Effort to Improve Bike and Pedestrian Infrastructure, Hits the Streets for Public Feedback
Cleveland is looking for resident input on what streets could use bike lanes, better crosswalks, traffic stops and other features
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Back Home in Lorain After Decades in California, Pro Skater Chad Muska Wants to Build Ohio’s Best Skatepark
The city and the skater are working in tandem to one day bring skate dreams to reality
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Frontier Ending Five Routes Out of Cleveland Hopkins Airport Citing ‘Market Demand’
Direct flights on the airline to and from Jacksonville, New Orleans, Myrtle Beach, Pensacola, and Savannah will soon end
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A Six-Acre Lot Has Sat Vacant for Years in Lakewood. Some Residents Want to ‘Save The Pit’
What could the old Lakewood Hospital site be in the future?
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Cuyahoga County to Plant 1,500 Trees in Canopy Restoration Effort, But Residents’ Role in Solution Looms
“Residents have a wide variety of attitudes towards trees that shed leaves on their property”