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Way Cool Video, Throwback Movie Rental Shop, Opens in Lakewood
Owner Galadriel Olson is tapping into her 1980s childhood while DVDs and VHS tapes regain popularity with younger generations.
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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Final Phase of New 238-Unit Public Housing Project Opens in Central
“It’s really just thinking about how we can create a holistic neighborhood where there’s not just housing,” said Matt Schmidt, a development chief with CMHA. “But services that support everyone, from younger kids to seniors that live here.”
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Cuyahoga County Agrees on $150 Million Repair Plan for Justice Center, Allowing New Jail Site to Move Forward
The Garfield Heights site will break ground in June—if County Council can agree on how much that jail will cost and how to fund it.
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Clevelanders Deliver Opposition to Proposed RTA Cuts, Including Elimination of Downtown Trolley
Many of the two dozen commenters on Monday night urged the RTA board to initiate a transit levy instead of going through with cuts.
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Cleveland’s African American Cultural Garden Breaks Ground on Final Phase
The $2-million second portion of the long-gestating project is set to be completed by October.
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Cleveland Hunts for New Eastside Market Operator
The city ended its least with NEON, the non-profit lately engulfed in serious financial turmoil, after it accumulated more than $200,000 in back taxes and missed utility payments.
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Polly Karr, a “Mom With a Blog,” is Cleveland Schools’ Most Fervent Watchdog
The 53-year-old mother of three has been holding CMSD’s power to account and sharing public records via her growing Substack. “I mean, you get this information and you gotta tell people about it,” she said.
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Ohio Craft Brewers Lobbying for Override of THC Beverage Ban
“Everything THC was like whipped cream on a sundae,” a co-owner of Great Lakes Brewing said. “It was all to profit.”
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RTA May Scrap Last Downtown Trolley, Scale Back Waterfront Line in Service Cuts
In 2015, three downtown trolley routes combined for more than a million rides. Ten years later, only the B-Line remains.
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Reserve Square Residents Say Water, Heat, Other Repair Issues Persist
Tenants told Scene they’re still living without functioning trash chutes and working elevators despite the building receiver’s claim progress has been made and pressure from Cleveland City Hall.
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The Checkered Shelf Opens in Former Appletree Books Space
Owner Mary Pat Jolivette wants her store to be an epicenter of experience. “I want people to come in and spend a half hour in here,” she said.
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A Golf Course, Beach Promenade, Walking Trails, a Hotel: City Releases Possible Plans for Burke Lakefront Space
A recent survey, taken by 2,500 Clevelanders as of Wednesday, showed the overwhelming majority support closing the airport for development and public spaces.