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Literary Cleveland Launches Yearlong Celebration of Toni Morrison
“This is our opportunity to celebrate the greatest artist in our state’s history,” Literary Cleveland head Matt Weinkam said.
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Why City Hall Decided That Drivers Will Now Pay to Park on Weekends
Clevelanders are pissed, but transportation specialists at the city say its forthcoming parking hike for Downtown and Ohio City rests in good intentions.
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Cleveland City Council Wants Your Thoughts on Closing Burke
Should we really shut down the city’s oldest airport for the sake of new apartments? Councilman Charles Slife wants to know.
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WCSB Sues Cleveland State, Alleging it Had ‘Secret Plan’ To Shut Station Down
The suit, filed Monday in county court, claims that Cleveland State violated civil rights law when it covertly drummed up plans to shut WCSB down in October and transfer its signal to Ideastream.
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Bibb Picks Ryan Puente as New Chief of Staff
Bradford Davy, who advised the mayor for the past four years, announced his departure this week.
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Blaine Griffin Re-elected as Hopeful Council Sworn in at City Hall
Be unified, don’t be performative, don’t give in to the haters, was the general advice for Council’s three newcomers on Monday night.
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First Seasonal Homeless Shelter in Years Opens in Downtown Cleveland
“From this point forward, there will never be a scramble for space, or a last minute search for basements,” NEOCH Director Chris Knestrick said.
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Coalition Urges Cleveland Public Power To Reconsider Solar Project on Abandoned Slavic Village Site
Advocates and neighbors want CPP to be more transparent as to why it reneged on a plan to install solar panels on a former landfill site that’s been an eyesore for the last decade in Slavic Village.
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Who Will Pay for Capital Repairs at New Brook Park Browns Dome? It’s Entirely Unclear
“For Brook Park to not have tied down the responsibilities long term for routine maintenance and capital repairs at this late of a stage is a major problem,” said Ken Silliman.
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Lauren Welch Running for Ohio State Representative Seat
After just three months as Cleveland City Council’s Ward 3 rep, Welch is campaigning for Ohio House District 20.
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HUD Policy Shift Presents Obstacles for Cleveland’s Housing-First Program, Likely Cuts to County’s EDEN Network
Local leaders have prioritized permanent housing for the region’s homeless. But new HUD policy emphasizes transitional housing, with significant funding cuts likely coming to EDEN and Home for Every Neighbor.
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DigitalC On Track to Hit Subscriber Goal as Cleveland Model Replicated Elsewhere
7,600 Cleveland households now subscribe to the nonprofit’s $18/month service. Many of those had no previous internet access.