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Brooklyn Football Coach Resigns After Using ‘Nazi’ Playcall Against Beachwood
Officials also said Brooklyn players used racial slurs during the game
Mark Oprea
Mark Oprea is a staff writer at Scene. He's covered Cleveland for the past decade, and has contributed to TIME, NPR, Narratively, the Pacific Standard and the Cleveland Magazine. He's the winner of two Press Club awards.
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Biden Issues Executive Order To Ensure Norfolk Southern Is ‘Fully Held Accountable’ for East Palestine Disaster
A disaster recovery coordinator will be stationed there until no longer needed
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Cleveland Charges 50 Property Owners For Lead-Related Violations Following Massive Housing Code Overall
Those landlords and LLCs could, due to ignoring lead hazards, receive up to a $5,000 fine and 18 months in jail, if convicted
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Cleveland Ranked 4th Worst U.S. City for Asthma Patients
“All these [rates] follow the same pattern, which is in neighborhoods that have been redlined and systematically underinvested in. It’s all related to and stems from structural racism”
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Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance Gets Five-Figure Grant to Boost Work Amid Violent Year
The Everytown Community Safety Fund gave the violence interrupter organization $40,000 to reduce gun violence
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Few Answers From Fairview Park City Hall as Residents Detail Persistent Flooding Issues at Tense Meeting
“If I talk to another neighbor who has poop flowing in their basement,” one resident complained
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Cleveland, One Fair Wage to Give $100,000 in Grant Money to 20 Local Restaurants to Boost Worker Pay
Mayor Justin Bibb waited tables at Fat Cats to tout the grants
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‘This is a Hail Mary’: Akron DIY Music Venue Looks to Raise $135,000 to Save its Digs
The house of It’s A Kling Thing!, a haven for Midwestern punk and hardcore shows since 2007, is up for sale
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Archaeologists Uncovered Tens of Thousands of Historic Artifacts at Irishtown Bend Site
The archaeological team has extracted 60,000 artifacts from the two-month-long dig this summer
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New Life at Calvary Church, Scarred by Last Week’s Tornado, Seeks Help with $4M Repair Costs
Calvary’s tornado woes add to a preexisting $105,000 repair campaign
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City to Close Market Avenue To Cars Permanently Starting This Week
“Now it’s happening, and it’s forever. Now, there’s no looking back.”
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Shaker Heights Trump Supporter Convicted of Voter Fraud Gets Three Years in Prison
James Saunders, who voted twice in the 2020 and 2022 elections, will also have to pay a $10,000 fine