Swensons In Willoughby Opens July 19
Update: Put a toothpick with an olive on it on July 19th on your calendar, because that’s when Swensons’ newest operation goes live in Willoughby. Willoughby… who’s ready!? 🚨 Opening day: 7/19. What’s your first order? pic.twitter.com/c944156mUo — Swensons Drive-In (@SwensonsDriveIn) June 22, 2021 The location (34725 Euclid Ave.) is the regional chain’s first spot…
Update: BorderLight Festival Postponed Until 2022
Update: Due to continuing concerns about the spread of COVID-19, the in-person portion of the 2021 BorderLight International Theatre + Fringe Festival, which was slated to take place in downtown Cleveland from July 22 to 24, has been postponed. “This decision is heart wrenching and was not taken lightly,” reads a statement issued by BorderLight’s co-founders and Board…
Update: Kindred Spirit Opens Tomorrow, March 11, in Former Sawyer’s Space at Van Aken District
Update: Right on cue, Kindred Spirit, the latest venture from Cleveland-based Forward Hospitality, will open for dinner service tomorrow, March 11. The upscale-casual restaurant is set in a completely reimagined Sawyer’s space at Van Aken District. Weekend brunch will follow at some point. Here’s the original Preview from February. ********************************************************** Since taking over the former…
Young Lefty Stefan Knaack Running for Cleveland City Council in “Forgotten” Ward 11
At 23 years old, Stefan Knaack is far and away the youngest candidate for Cleveland City Council in 2021. The recent Cleveland State University alum and diehard Cleveland sports fan has announced his candidacy in Ward 11, a west side ward that includes the eastern sliver of Jefferson, the western sliver of Cudell and the…
Federal Monitor Report on Cleveland Police Actions During May 30th Protest Paints Clearer Picture of Use of Force, Corrects City’s Narrative
The federal monitor team overseeing the city of Cleveland’s consent decree with the DOJ this week released a report on Cleveland police actions during the May 30th George Floyd protest downtown that found the department failed in ways minor and major. Released yesterday, details were first reported locally by Cleveland.com. (The full report is embedded…
Who on Earth is “Dick Knoth” and Why is He Running for Mayor of Cleveland?
Who is the man pictured above? Is his name truly Dick Knoth? Believe it or not, yes! Dick Knoth is a partner at the law firm of Baker-Hostetler. (Ho ho!) Dick Knoth is a father of three and a former board chairman at a number of prominent local organizations. Dick Knoth has had, by his own…
Read Poems From the Cleveland Poets Featured in This Week’s Cover Story
Before or after you dig into this week’s cover story on a young, politically engaged group of Cleveland poets who are building community through their art, read some of their poems for yourself. *** Megan Neville (she/her) is an educator and writer. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in The Academy of American…
Chef Ben Bebenroth to Launch Virtual Food Hall Featuring Multiple Concepts
Chef Ben Bebenroth wasted no time closing his farm-to-table bistro Spice Kitchen at the onset of the pandemic. It wasn’t because he knew precisely what to do next; it was because he was certain that he did not. “We were trying to navigate in the middle of a dust storm,” Bebenroth told Scene a year…
A Young, Politically Engaged Group of Cleveland Poets is Building Community Through Art, On and Off the Page
At its most basic and foundational level, an artistic movement is a shift in ideological persuasion. The disposition of the field is contrary to some position and a group, or many groups, will push back against it. But I would argue, however, that there is a fractal nature to ideologies, that many are occurring in…
BLM Cleveland Launches Docuseries on Police Injustice Across Ohio. First Up: Euclid
Black Lives Matter Cleveland and two local filmmakers have launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance production costs associated with a new docuseries about police injustice across Ohio. The first four-episode season of the series, titled State of Injustice, will focus on the systemic abuse of the Euclid Police Department. The first episode in the series…
Singer-Songwriter Lauren Lanzaretta Offers Spiritual Message on New Album
While writing the songs for her new album, Deliverance, local singer-songwriter Lauren Lanzaretta says she struggled with self-doubt. But she persevered, and the souful songs on Deliverance simmer with emotion. Prince-like album opener “Burden” features a compelling mix of rock, pop and hip-hop that properly sets the tone for the album’s other five songs. “I was calling…
City Council Has Removed Ken Johnson From His Precious Committee Chairmanship
In the midst of marathon budget hearings, Cleveland City Council issued a statement from Council President Kevin Kelley Tuesday afternoon announcing that Ward 4 Councilman Ken Johnson, who was arrested Tuesday morning on federal corruption charges, will be removed as chairman of the municipal services and properties committee. Ward 2 Councilman Kevin Bishop will step…
Local Filmmaker Debuts “Out For Fame,” A Short Film on the Ethos of Graffiti Art
Local filmmaker Graham Emerson Beck’s short, poetic documentary film “Out For Fame,” which meditates on the art of graffiti, premieres this week in the 2021 Short. Sweet. Film Fest. “Out For Fame” shows on Feb. 28th at the Alex Theater at the Metropolitan at the 9. Beck, who with his notorious ‘ginger’ beard and thick-rimmed glasses…
Cleveland Councilman Ken Johnson Arrested on Corruption Charges
Cleveland City Councilman Ken Johnson was arrested by local FBI officers Tuesday morning after a federal grand jury indicted him on 15 corruption-related charges. The charges stem, per the Department of Justice, from a scheme in which Johnson and his assistant, Garnell Jamison, defrauded the city by submitting false monthly expense reports for a decade.…
Cleveland Baseball Team Hopes to Welcome Some Fans Back to Progressive Field in April
The Cleveland baseball team announced today that, pending approval from state and local health officials, some fans will be allowed in Progressive Field at the start of the season. No fans saw live action at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario last year, and MLB only welcomed fans beginning with the National League Championship Series.…
Black Lives Matter Leader Aisia Jones Announces City Council Candidacy in Ward 8
Local activist and Black Lives Matter organizer Aisia Jones has announced her candidacy for Cleveland City Council in Ward 8. Jones, who says her campaign will be built on transparency and the pursuit of opportunity for all Clevelanders, will challenge longtime incumbent Mike Polensek in an area that includes Collinwood. “Cleveland needs new, fresh leadership…
Popular Concord Township-Based Pub Frato Snags Former Grove Hill Spot in Chagrin Falls
Since 2013, Pub Frato (7548 Fredle Dr., 440-867-2441) has been a staple of the Concord Township dining scene. The popular gastropub was launched by Chris and Lynda Frate, a husband-and-wife team taking their first stab at restaurant ownership. Through hard work and trial and error, the pair devised a formula for success that has served them,…
In Advance of This Week’s Beachland Show, Outlaw Country Singer-Songwriter Ward Davis Talks About His Stellar New Album
Singer-songwriter Ward Davis, who grew up in the tiny working-class town of Monticello, AR, says he became hooked on music at about 7 after his dad bought a piano. “I discovered Garth Brooks when I was about 10, and I started playing his songs on piano and started singing and playing county fairs around town,”…
Local Rockers Dive Bombs Release New ‘Head-Banging’ Single and Accompanying Music Video
A local rock band that draws inspiration from acts such as the Black Keys, Tracy Chapman, Walk the Moon, Queen and AC/DC, Dive Bombs have just released “How Many Times?,” a grunge-y new single and an accompanying music video that shows off singer-songwriter Jamie Horten’s powerful pipes. The up-and-coming group has recorded with locally based…
Rock Hall To Stream Special Series Featuring Members of Sly & the Family Stone
An online music program, Tough Cookies regularly streams every Saturday at 6 p.m. on Low Cut Connie’s socials and every Thursday at 6 p.m. on the indie rock band’s Patreon. Low Cut Connie frontman Adam Weiner and guitarist Will Donnelly have been doing the shows live from Weiner’s South Philly home since the beginning of…
New Compilation Features All of Local Singer-Songwriter’s 25 Singles
The chief songwriter in mid-2000s alt-rock act the Rails, singer-songwriter Jeremy Willets took a hiatus from music to start a family but started releasing music again as the Light Never Goes Out in 2018. Willets recently released his 25th single as TLNGO and decided to put all the tunes together on a compilation. Dubbed How…
YouTube Pulls Ohio House Hearing Video for COVID-19 Misinformation From Attorney
The opening testimony Wednesday in support of a legislative effort to allow lawmakers to vote down public health orders went far enough off the rails for YouTube to remove footage of the speaker. Tom Renz, an attorney for Ohio Stands Up, filed a lawsuit in federal court in September seeking to overturn any and all…
Special Enrollment Opens for Federal Health Insurance Marketplace
Ohioans without health insurance have a rare opportunity to sign up for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. A special COVID-19 enrollment period opened this week and runs through May 15. Dr. LaShawn McIver, director of the Office of Minority Health Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said there are roughly 30 million Americans without…
Market Garden Brewery, Bar Cento, Bier Market and Nano Brew All to Reopen on Wednesday, March 10
“It’s official,” says Sam McNulty. The decision has been made, he confirms, to finally reopen Market Garden Brewery, Bar Cento, Bier Market and Nano Brew, all located in Ohio City. Speakeasy, the subterranean nightclub, will remain closed for the time being. The production brewery, located behind the West Side Market, has never stopped brewing beer…
State Reps Skindell, Upchurch Introduce Bill to Dramatically Increase Public Transit Funding in Ohio
Ohio State Reps. Mike Skindell and Terrence Upchurch have introduced legislation to increase state funding for public transit to $150 million annually. The bill arrives only days after Gov. Mike DeWine proposed cutting such funding to only $7 million, which would represent a 90% decrease from the current funding level of $70 million. Lakewood’s Skindell…
New “Stronger Voice” Fights to End Ohio’s Death Penalty
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio lawmakers from both parties and in both chambers are joining forces on a bill to abolish the death penalty in the state. Sen. Nickie Antonio said she’ll introduce legislation to replace execution as a punishment for murder with a sentence of life without parole. The Lakewood-area Democrat worked on a similar…
Cleveland Public Affairs Chief Natoya Walker Minor Resigns for RTA Gig
One of Mayor Frank Jackson’s top deputies has resigned after 17 years at Cleveland City Hall. The City announced quietly Thursday night that Natoya Walker Minor, Jackson’s Chief of Public Affairs, was stepping down and taking an executive position with the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. The news appeared in the city’s daily coronavirus briefing. “On…
Local Singer-Songwriter Charlie Mosbrook To Perform at Upcoming Virtual Folk Unlocked Festival
Local singer-songwriter Charlie Mosbrook will perform as part of Folk Unlocked, an upcoming Folk Alliance International (FAI) virtual festival taking place from Feb. 22 to 26. The festival will feature more than 800 hours of music from all 50 states and 30 additional countries. “In a time of social distancing, the Folk Unlocked virtual festival…
Bipartisan Bill Might Finally Abolish the Death Penalty in Ohio
A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers will soon introduce legislation to abolish the death penalty in Ohio. State Sen. Nickie Antonio in a virtual press conference today said, “There is a team right now that is dedicated to ending the death penalty in Ohio. And that team can only get larger.” The bill will be similar…
Pour Cleveland Permanently Shutters Downtown Retail Location
Charlie Eisenstat has permanently closed his downtown coffee shop Pour Cleveland, which he opened in 2013. The retail establishment had ceased serving customers in March and never reopened. “We were trying to hold out hope that something would change sooner, but it’s going to be a while before downtown will be able to sustain a…
Birdigo in Solon Hopes to Make a Splash in Crowded Fast-Casual Fried Chicken Market
Three or four years ago, Imperial Wok owner Michael DuBois sat down with 56 Kitchen owner Jay Leitson to hatch a plan for a new restaurant venture. The top contender was fried chicken, a sector that in the years since has seen incredible growth. “We’ve been looking at concepts around the country and trying to…
Ohio Gets a D Grade for Gun Safety From Gifford Law Center
According to the Giffords Law Center’s annual Gun Law Scorecard, Ohio is one of the least safe states in the country. Released Feb. 17, the Scorecard grades states on their gun safety initiatives and compares those with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s data on gun-related deaths. For 2021, Ohio earns a “D” grade…
Cuyahoga County, in “Worst Case Scenario,” Bails Out Downtown Hilton Once Again with $15 Million
In accordance with the “worst case scenario” projections of budget analysts, Cuyahoga County will bail out the Hilton downtown Cleveland hotel with an infusion of nearly $15 million. This payment — which has been approved by county council, and which officials have hastened to underscore is contractually obligated — will cover mostly debt service and taxes…
Coroner Says 7 People Froze to Death in Cuyahoga County Since Feb. 1, Mostly In Homes Without Heat
As temperatures in Cleveland remain in the teens to 20s, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner said that there have been seven winter-related deaths since Feb. 1 with five coming in the last five days. The majority of the cases involved homes where there was no heat. “There has been a spike in cold-related deaths, particularly…
A Family-First Focus for Children Services in Ohio Thanks to New Law
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Work to reform foster care in Ohio is getting a boost from a new federal law. The Family First Prevention Services Act will be implemented this fall. It changes how federal dollars for foster care are spent. Rob Myers, deputy director for Stark County Children Services, explained counties will be partially reimbursed…
Will Sports Gambling Finally Be Legalized in Ohio? Lawmakers Giving It Thought
Ohio lawmakers are taking a fresh start to approaching the issue of legalized sports gambling in the Buckeye State. There are not yet any specific proposals on the table in 2021. Instead, seven state senators make up the Select Committee on Gaming, which has begun meeting weekly to hear general testimony on the subjects of…
Kate’s Good Fish Company Pop-Up Now Running Every Weekend Through Lent
After a two-day test run in January, Kate’s Good Fish Company will now run every Friday and Saturday through the duration of Lent. The collaborative pop-up from Tom McIntyre of Kate’s Fish and Brett Sawyer of Good Company is a take-out and delivery-only venture operating out of the Good Company kitchen in Battery Park. The menu…
Watch This Insane Poster-Worthy Dunk by Medina High School Senior
With slow-no replay. pic.twitter.com/X4i8WhpU5c — Craig Lyndall (@WFNYCraig) February 17, 2021 A dunk by Medina High School Senior Corey Tripp was the talk of the town Tuesday night and into Wednesday. The soaring third-quarter jam from Tripp was the highlight of the Medina victory over Avon in their final regular-season contest of the year. Tripp…
Annual Short. Sweet. Film Fest. To Be Available Online For First Time
As Michael Suglio began to receive submissions for his annual Short. Sweet. Film Fest., he noticed the majority of the nearly 500 films he received fell into a couple of different categories. “Either the films were clearly made before the pandemic and the filmmakers just finished editing them, or they were clearly made in isolation,…
Savage Love: The Pandemic Has Tanked My Significant Other’s Sex Drive
I’m a gay guy living in New York in his late 20s. My boyfriend has really been emotionally impacted by the pandemic, having been a frontline worker. I think he’s suffering from some mild depression or at the very least some intense anxiety, so I just want to preface this by saying I completely sympathize…
Local Musicians Collaborate on Single To Benefit Cleveland Clubs
Local singer-songwriter Ariel Karas and Brent Kirby recently teamed up to organize a special collaborative music project to help save Cleveland’s independent music venues. Karas and Kirby recruited 18 musicians, many of whom had been recent recipients of the Northeast Ohio Music Relief Fund grant provided by the local non-profit, Cleveland Rocks: Past Present and…
Clevelanders for Public Transit are Once Again Calling for a Transit Rider on the Transit Board
Next month, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will elect a new president and vice president and confirm new appointments to its 10-member board of trustees. Current member Justin Bibb, a Cleveland mayoral candidate who served one four-year term on the board, will not be re-appointed by County Executive Armond Budish, Bibb’s campaign team has…
Cleveland: J.J. Watt? Or Not? — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Andre and Zac talk Cavs, NASCAR and a little bit of baseball. Andre then makes his case for why the Browns should sign J.J. Watt. Subscribe to A to Z or stream below.
‘Re-Fund Cleveland’ Project Lets Residents Imagine How City Could Allocate Budget Differently, Better
As Cleveland City Council begins hearings on Mayor Frank Jackson’s proposed $1.8 billion 2021 budget, which he officially introduces this morning, and in the wake of a year where Black Lives Matter protests brought renewed attention to how cities devote budgetary resources to police compared to social services, a local project aims to educate and…
Local Indie Rockers Sergio From Rio To Release First New Album in Seven Years
The local rock band Sergio From Rio — Dennis Quigney and Kevin Buchanan — features two cousins who’ve been making music together since 2004. The band just announced it plans to release Juxtaposition, its first new album since 2014’s Maturation by Association, later this spring. “[We’ve] essentially [been] a rock/pop punk/emo/acoustic band in the past,…
Skating on the Cuyahoga and Poopin on the Lake — How Cleveland’s Enjoying the Frozen Tundra
With the weather weathering pretty weather-like this winter, there’s plenty of ice coverage in Northeast Ohio, which isn’t super rare but infrequent enough that folks are taking advantage of the opportunity to do a few things they otherwise can’t. Like skating on the Cuyahoga River: Someone with a hockey stick currently skating on the Cuyahoga…
Cleveland Area Man Showcases Horrible Fake Southern Accent on Cable TV
Josh Mandel may have an accent, but there is no Southern accent where he comes from (Beachwood). And yet the newest and most soulless entrant into the race for Rob Portman’s Senate seat pretended to have one while being interviewed on Fox News, an arena in which Josh Mandel, an eastside Cleveland suburbanite, feels the…
moCa Cleveland Funds “Imagine Otherwise,” An Exhibition and City-Wide Initiative Partnering With Black Organizations
La Tanya S. Autry, the Gund Curator in Residence at Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland and first on-staff Black curator in its 52-year history, has organized “Imagine Otherwise,” a multimedia exhibition and city-wide initiative sited at moCa Cleveland, ThirdSpace Action Lab in Glenville, and Museum of Creative Human Art (MOCHA) in Lakewood. The Exhibition opens February…
How Coronavirus Variants May Drive Reinfection and Shape Vaccination Efforts
Vaccine rollout in the United States has been undeniably slow. And while we wait, worrisome new coronavirus variants are emerging, heightening the urgency to control the pandemic. Some variants, including ones first identified in Brazil, South Africa and the United Kingdom, have mutations that help the coronavirus evade parts of the immune system, raising the…
Grand Jury Declines to Charge Cleveland Off-Duty Cop Who Shot and Killed Desmond Franklin
A Cuyahoga County grand jury has declined to bring charges against the off-duty Cleveland police officer who shot and killed Desmond Franklin in April, 2020. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the decision in a Friday evening press conference, explaining the grand jury’s decision and re-capping the police narrative. In that version of events, portions of which…
Jesse Jukebox To Perform Free Gathering Place Concert on Sunday
The Gathering Place’s Emerging Leaders Council, a group of teen leaders, will present a free concert with local singer-songwriter Jesse Jukebox at 4 p.m. on Sunday on the Gathering Place’s Facebook page. Jesse Jukebox along with special guest Jaison Anderson will present tracks from Jesse Jukebox’s new album Awesome! along with classic children songs. The…
Instead of Announcing Mayoral Run, Kevin Kelley Launches “Neighborhood Listening Tour”
City Council President Kevin Kelley is launching a neighborhood listening tour that will help him determine, he says, whether or not he will run for Mayor. From Feb. 17 through Mar. 23, Kelley will host Zoom meetings with each of the City of Cleveland’s 17 wards to hear residents’ concerns about the city. “Many Clevelanders…
Local Singer-Songwriter Atomic Houdini Releases Debut Music Video
A local songwriter/producer who records and performs as Atomic Houdini, Chelan Riebe recently wrapped up his multimedia project Dandelion Fireworks with a cinematic music video for “People Don’t Say.” The intense video for the synth-pop tune finds the singer wandering through a dense forest. It was shot during the fall of 2020 and was produced and…
Ohio Leads in Long-Term Care COVID Vaccinations
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is at the head of the pack when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine into long-term care facilities. According to data by state updated yesterday, Ohio has administered the fifth-highest number of doses nationally through the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. Peter…
Inspired by City Council, Cleveland’s Poor Hold Fundraisers for Rocket Mortgage
At 69, retired nurse Lucinda Brown uses Social Security and a modest savings to help support extended family, including three grandchildren. Some months she barely makes the rent. But Brown’s not worried about herself. She’s worried about Rocket Mortgage. “The Lord tells us to care for the neediest first,” she says. On a recent morning,…
Local Indie Rockers Kid Tested Release New Music Video for Track From Upcoming Album
Local indie rockers Kid Tested just debuted a new music video for their unreleased song “If You Love Me, Let Me Sleep.” The song is part of a video series of acoustic songs, which the band began releasing at the end of 2020, and was taken from some old live footage. The song and the…
New Music Video Features Collaboration Between Musicians in Havana and Cleveland
Elkarnal Decuba, a rapper who lives and works in Havana, Cuba, has collaborated with a few Northeast Ohio-based musicians for his new music video for the tune “Que Bonito Es el Amor.” “This love song is inspired by pride in his African roots but also his experiences of prejudice because of them,” reads a press…
Orchids Forever Show Opens Today at Cleveland Botanical Garden
The pandemic won’t stop the 15th annual Orchids Forever show from taking place at the Cleveland Botanical Garden. It opens today and runs through April 11. You can see a slideshow of photos from the exhibit here. “Orchids are one of the world’s most beautiful flowering plants and we are thrilled to be able to…
New CMA Exhibit Features Treasures from Museum’s Vaults
When the pandemic upended international travel last year, it temporarily delayed Cleveland Museum of Art projects that had been in development for years, so the museum pivoted and drew up a new exhibit, Stories from Storage, based on items that are part of its permanent collection. The exhibit, which just opened this week, features seldom-seen works…
Local Singer-Songwriter Shelby Olive Promotes Body Positivity with New Single
In advance of Valentine’s Day weekend, local singer-songwriter Shelby Olive has released “Nothing Wrong With Me,” an anthemic, Alanis Morissette-like song that promotes self-confidence and body positivity. The song is currently available on all streaming platforms. “I wrote this song as a love letter to myself and to others; to be a little kinder, a…
City Council Issues Two New Subpoenas, Wants to Learn Extent of FirstEnergy’s Dark Money in Cleveland
After issuing a subpoena last week to determine the unknown funding sources of a nonprofit designed to discredit and destroy Cleveland Public Power, Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley signed two new subpoenas Friday, council announced. These subpoenas are targeting both the Delaware and Ohio iterations of Generation Now, the nonprofit which last week pleaded…
Rick Doody to Close Lindey’s Lake House in Beachwood and Reopen as Bar Italia
“I’m humble enough to say that if it doesn’t work, that’s okay. We tried,” says Rick Doody, owner of Cedar Creek Grille, 17 River Grille, Bar Italia and, at least through Valentine’s Day weekend, Lindey’s Lake House in Beachwood. Just last month, Doody announced that he was re-concepting his two-year-old Lakewood eatery, Lindey’s Lake House,…
Cleveland’s Now in Flavortown Thanks to Guy Fieri Ghost Kitchen
Cleveland’s among the cities in which Food network personality, restauranteur and low-key swell fellow Guy Fieri is bringing Flavortown straight to every doorstep with his new ghost kitchen Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Kitchen, a collab between Fieri and Robert Earl, is a delivery-only concept that connects you and your taste buds with Fieri’s extravagant concoctions in the…
DeWine Lifts Covid Curfew, Bars and Restaurants Can Resume Normal Hours
With Covid hospitalization numbers continuing to fall, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced today the statewide curfew, which expired today, would not be extended. Fewer than 2,500 Ohioans had been hospitalized for seven straight days as of earlier this week, which led DeWine to roll back restrictions the state instituted in mid November that mandated bars…
City of Cleveland Finally Selects West Side Market Consultant
As Kate’s Fish continues to wage a public relations war against the City of Cleveland for its mismanagement of the West Side Market, and as prominent mayoral contenders Justin Bibb and Dennis Kucinich have emphasized the market’s woes early in their campaigns, (which in Kucinich’s case remains unofficial), the city announced Thursday that it had…
Ohio Undercounted Covid Deaths By 4,000, Department of Health Says
The Ohio Department of Health announced Wednesday night that it may have missed as many as 4,000 coronavirus-related deaths in recent data counts. In a Feb. 10 news release, the health department says issues affecting deaths that were recorded through the state’s reporting issues began in October. The deaths will be added to Ohio’s death…
At Long Last, Tost Sandwich Cafe in Lakewood is Days from Opening
After more than a year of delays, Tost Sandwich Café (13427 Madison Ave.) in Lakewood is just days from opening its doors. Described by owner Tommy Karakostas as a “European-style deli and café,” the business will be a casual, comfortable destination for coffee, sandwiches and pastries. “In Greece and Italy there are a lot of…
Virtual Testimony Bill Gets Hearing at Ohio Statehouse
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio lawmakers will hear more today about a bill that would allow virtual testimony at the Statehouse. House Bill 55, if approved, would permit people who want to weigh in on pending legislation to do so virtually. Desiree Tims, president and CEO of Innovation Ohio, which is among the dozens of organizations…
