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Ideastream’s Rick Jackson, Prominent Voice in Cleveland Media for 20 Years, Will Retire in June
The beloved broadcaster is calling it a career after four decades in radio and TV
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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Millennia Says Construction on Centennial Project Could Begin This Fall, Adjusts Total of Workforce Apartments
The company gave a update on its renovation of the historic, and massive, Union Trust building into apartments, office space and a hotel this week
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RTA Eyes Newest Rail Cars In 40 Years—Plus Four New Possible Rapid Routes
The combined heavy/light rail fleet of 60 could arrive in three or four years
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With End of Pandemic-Era Bonus SNAP Benefits, City of Cleveland Launches Monthly Free Food Pickups
About 114,000 local households will lose their extra $100 a month
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Faced With Crime and Apathy, Some in Slavic Village Take Trash Pick-Up Into Their Own Hands
“I look at this here every day. I see the users shoot up, I see the needles on the sidewalk. And everyone just doesn’t care.”
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Cuyahoga County Yet Again Delays Reopening of Cedar Point Road Bridge
“The bridge will remain closed with a revised completion date in mid/late 2024”
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Downtown Cleveland Alliance’s 2022 Year In Review Notes Struggles of Remote Work, Promise of Future
Retail vacancies and homeownership rates remain challenges, but foot traffic was up and development projects continue
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Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park Residents Rally Against Displacement, Deliver Petitions to Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Residents will have to vacate by September 2024, the Western Reserve Land Conservancy said
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Reverend of Chesterland Church Says Drag Event Will Go On as Planned After Building Was Vandalized Last Weekend
With protests planned, they’re wondering: “What can we do to be more secure but without losing our ethos?”
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Ahead of Proud Boys Protest of Drag Event in Chardon, Host and Performers Face Threats, But Also Support
“People say that we’re dropping the property values and, ‘We hope your place burns down!’ Now, how Christian is that?”
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New Study From MetroHealth Pulmonologist Shows Racial Disparities In Lung Cancer Outcomes
With the help of an AI program, the doctors “leveled up” the racial treatment gap
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I’m From Cleveland, Curator of 216 Culture, Hopes to Leverage Growing Following Into Fashion Territory
What started as YouTube channel and digital zine has evolved and blossomed in the past decade