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New Nonprofit Newsroom Signal Akron Launches Today
Its staff of 11 will help fill a news gap left by media layoffs over the years
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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Upright, a Cleveland-Based Fintech Company for Real Estate Investors, Lays Off Roughly Half its Employees
Located in Downtown’s AECOM Building, the company had won accolades as one of the region’s best places to work
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He Moved From Hollywood to Convert a Small Town Ohio High School Into a Film Production Studio. Will Business Follow?
With Ohio’s Motion Picture Tax Credit increasing, Schoolyard Studio hopes to draw even more movies and TV shows to film in the state
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In Cleveland’s Post-Covid DIY Revival, Queer Black Drag in Midtown and Hardcore in Taco Bell Parking Lots
New spaces and voices are guiding Cleveland’s homegrown music scene into inclusive and interesting places
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Their Home Would Be Taken by Eminent Domain for Proposed I-71 Interchange. The Family’s Been Here Before
Two of Scott Claridge’s relatives had land and homes taken for I-71’s original construction. Now, he and his family face the same fate if the Boston Rd. exit is built
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Baldwin Wallace Thought It Faced a $3 Million Budget Deficit. Then It Discovered It Was Actually $20 Million
Significant cuts to programs and staff are likely
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Lakeland Community College to Lay Off 10% of Staff
66 will lose their jobs come January despite steady enrollment
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Superior Midway, City’s Biggest Bike Lane Project, Debuts to Public for Feedback
With general support and some concerns from businesses along the road, the revision phase of the Midway project begins
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Greyhound Riders Believe West Side Cleveland Station Replacement Would Be Inconvenient
Plans would move Greyhound to Puritas, some 11 miles from downtown
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Cleveland City Council Okays Demolition of Eagle Avenue Bridge
Its razing will help usher in a new residential era for Scranton Peninsula
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CMSD CEO Warren Morgan Sets Lofty Goals, Emphasizes ‘Listening’ in First State of the Schools Address
Morgan wants to see graduation rates climb by 15 percent in the next five years