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Cleveland to Close McCafferty Health Center in Ohio City, Redevelop Site for Affordable Housing
The city is looking for another location for the clinic in the neighborhood
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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As Cleveland City Council Begins Redistricting, Concerns About Ward Boundaries and Representation Rise
“I’m kind of waiting to see the map like everybody else”
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Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad to Reopen Complete Track Line By Year’s End
Issues had nearly halved the 26-mile route, which typically links Akron and Independence
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Cleveland’s North Coast Land Bridge Gets $20 Million Closer to Reality
Ohio’s latest spending bill included funds for the project, as well as cash for the Rock Hall, Bedrock and Irishtown Bend
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As Cleveland Kicks Off Memorial Program for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Killed in Accidents, an Urgency for Protective Infrastructure
Danielle Chronister died in November 2021 after she was hit by a dump truck. On Thursday, a sign was installed in her honor—and as a city-led warning to drivers
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Residences at 700 in Former United Church of Christ Building Downtown Set to Begin Construction After Receiving State Tax Credit
K&D plans 120 market-rate apartment units
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At Recent Panel, Sports Stadium Financing Experts Warn Against Massive Public Subsidies for Cleveland Browns
“There’s zero evidence in 30 years of peer-reviewed academic research that a professional sports team in a city generates any substantial jobs, raises wages, raises income, raises property taxes”
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Every Shell a Fingerprint: Northeast Ohio Crime Gun Intelligence Center Will Help Crack Down on Illegal Firearms, Feds Say
It’s the third center of its kind in Ohio
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Crowds, Booze, Vandalism, Staffing: Cleveland Suburbs Shift Pool Policies for Non-Residents in Midst of Summer Heat Wave
Some are only allowing residents in to swim
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Plans for Superman Statue in Cleveland, Eighteen Years in the Making, Advance With Hefty Funding Campaign
Supporters are trying to raise $2.5 million for a Man of Steel statue, and three honoring Jerry Siegel and Joe and Joanne Shuster, on a revamped plaza downtown
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Homeless Literature Anthology to Feature Personal Tales From Cleveland’s Unhoused
The collection, to be released June 27, is a collaboration between Literary Cleveland and the 2100 Lakeside Men’s Shelter