Not-so-yellow brick roads polarize Clevelanders
Pavers seem to draw more praise than criticism online, with locals enjoying their unique aesthetic.
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Northeast Ohio voting advocates: ‘Under no circumstances will we stop’
Despite a push to increase voting restrictions, advocates say they're "jazzed to do this work."
Grandparents for Vaccines don’t want Clevelanders reliving the brutality of polio, meningitis
Grandparents for Vaccines was founded by Dr. Arthur Lavin of Shaker Heights, a retired pediatrician and a grandfather of four. The group recently won $250,000 from the Mt. Sinai Health Foundation to promote vaccines around the country.
Cleveland Public Library chosen to expand national digital collection
CPL is partnering with the Digital Public Library of America to improve and expand an online archive of more than 50 million items.
Stream work continues at Shaker Lakes amid dam controversies
Sixty years ago, residents created the pioneering Nature Center at Shaker Lakes in response to a threat to the lakes. Now the lakes’ fate is being hotly debated again, and the center is quietly restoring its section of streams connecting them.
Meet the Cleveland scientists working to reverse Parkinson’s disease
A team at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine has created a protein, called CS2 for short, that helps in mice, human cells and human tissues to undo a brain malfunction behind the progressively debilitating disease.
Lawyers, dams, money: The Shaker Lakes saga’s next chapter
Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights have jointly hired a lawyer to consider options and responsibilities for Lower Lake’s dam. Meanwhile, the new Shaker Lakes Conservancy is posting signs and circulating petitions to preserve Lower Lake and bring back the former Horseshoe (also called Upper) Lake.
‘What are you doing here?’ Cleveland transplants say why they stay in Northeast Ohio
“A lot of times,” he says, “folks don’t want to talk about the good things in the city of Cleveland.”
Councilman Mike Polensek nears half a century of sparring, serving Clevelanders
Polensek (with an accent on the second syllable) is Cleveland’s longest-serving council member at nearly 48 years and counting, dwarfing a predecessor who died in office after 34 years.
Case Western grads clean up microplastics in the wash
Three young alumni of Case Western Reserve University have started a business on campus to make and market filters for microplastics.
