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Dodging Strike, Cleveland Snowplowers, Laborers Win Wage Increase In New Contract With City
Teamsters 507 claims overdue win for essential workers
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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Neighbor’s Battle Over Cleveland Heights Couple’s Backyard Pizza Oven Goes to Trial This Week — and Sets a Street on Edge
“In the beginning, we all laughed. You’re suing someone over pizza?” said one neighbor, who noted the oven had fostered a sense of community
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Clevelanders For Public Transit Challenge City, Cuyahoga County Leaders: Go Carless for a Week
The seven-day test coincides with a rally on Public Square and calls for better funding for transit
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Study Says Downtown Cleveland Among Slowest Recovering in Country in Covid Aftermath, But DCA Disputes Data
The report puts Downtown Cleveland second to last among 62 urban metros
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University Circle Inc. Selects Arizona Nonprofit Exec As New President
Kate Borders will take over from Interim Director Gary Hanson in June
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Cleveland Selects Nonprofit for Renovation, Management of Historic Highland Golf Course
Beyond renovations, the group will aim to protect the legacy of a course that has long served Black golfers
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Downtown Cleveland Has Seven Subway Restaurants In a One-Mile Radius. Why Is That?
Short answer: Selling the American Dream
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Search for Next CMSD CEO Begins With Common Public Sentiment: We Want Someone Like Eric Gordon
“He talks to you, he hears you,” one parent said, “he comes up with a solution.”
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Cleveland Extends E-Scooter Hours Until 11 P.M. — Finally and Mercifully
But the city will be monitoring how Clevelanders handle the late-night hours
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Search For CMSD CEO Eric Gordon’s Replacement Kicks Off Tuesday Evening With Week of Public Sessions
Some, like the Cleveland Teachers Union, ask: How much will the feedback be taken into account?
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REI’s Cleveland Workers File to Unionize, Following California and New York Colleagues
A “majority” of REI Cleveland’s 55 workers lean towards filing with RWDSU
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Could Veterans Memorial Bridge Become Cleveland’s ‘Low Line’?
The Veterans Memorial Bridge’s long-vacant rail level could be reborn as an above-river park