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PB Cle plan postponed
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Monday, January 9, 2023; Participatory Budgeting Cleveland’s (PB CLE) People’s Budget Press Conference, Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue: Robin Brown, a PB CLE founding member and the founder of Concerned Citizens Organized Against Lead, would like to see a People’s Budget provide additional resources to address Cleveland’s long standing lead…
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Cleveland Cat Show
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Sunday, January 22, 2023; Cat Fanciers’ Association All-Breed Cat Show, I-X Center, 1 I-X Center Drive: Ladiluck’s Shoresy, a two-year-old Red Tabby & White, waits to be judged against the other Premiership Longhairs at the 105th cat show sponsored by the Cleveland Persian Society. PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Sunday, January 22,…
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Mayor Justin Bibb visits Clark School to promote education and literacy
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, January 23, 2023; Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Clark School, 5550 Clark Avenue: Mayor Justin Bibb reads from the book Thank You OMU by Oge Mora, while second grade students in teacher Damaris Sanchez’s class listen attentively. At a January 23rd visit to Clark School, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb read a…
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Legal Aid Can Help with Rental Housing Questions
by Tonya Sams There are a number of questions that may come up when you are tenant of a rental property. Renters may feel that they have very few rights because they do that own the property that they dwell in. If tenants are unaware of their rights, they can be taken advantage of…
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Teachers Union seeks seat at table in selecting for Cleveland Metropolitan School District Chief Executive Officer
by Chuck Hoven At the January 24th Board of Education meeting, hundreds of members of the Cleveland Teachers Union packed into the auditorium at John Hay High School in support of their union leadership’s call for more input in the process of selecting a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the school district. …
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Teachers and students ask Cleveland School Board to address security issues
by Chuck Hoven Over the past few months, teachers, school personnel, students and community members have raised security issues at the Board of Education meetings. The School Board meeting on January 24th at John Hay High School was no exception. Responding to some of the concerns raised at previous meetings, Cleveland Metropolitan School…
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Reyes Magos – Three Kings Celebration
PHOTO BY ERIK AULTTuesday, January 3, 2023; Reyes Magos, Three Kings Day Celebration, Buhrer School, 1600 Buhrer Avenue: Ward 14 Cleveland City Council Representative Jasmin Santana passes out grocery gift certificates to families picking up gifts for their children PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Tuesday, January 3, 2023; Reyes Magos, Three Kings Day Celebration, Buhrer School,…
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Danny Kelly replacing Ward 11 Councilman Brian Mooney
Councilman Brian Mooney has named Danny Kelly as his replacement to represent Ward 11 on Cleveland’s West Side. Kelly is very familiar with Cleveland, having grown up in Collinwood before moving to the West Side more than 20 years ago. A proud 45-year member of Laborers’ Local 310, Kelly worked as a laborer on jobsites…
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Ward 8 Councilman Michael Polensek speaks his mind
by Bruce Checefsky Ward 8 Councilman Michael Polensek speaks his mind. He has no plans to stop anytime soon. He has served the neighborhoods of northeast Cleveland since 1978, making him the longest-serving City Council member in the history of Cleveland. For nearly four decades, Councilman Polensek has represented the Collinwood Neighborhood. Polensek,…
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Cleveland Westside Village helps residents age in place
PHOTO BY JULIA VAN WAGENEN Cleveland Westside Village members gather at the Cleveland script sign by the Abbey Avenue Bridge. by Pat Murray and John Bazyk One certainty in life is that, if we are fortunate, we all will experience old age. Important to many older adults is the ability to age in place,…
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