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Cleveland students are standing watch while adults debate CMSD’s spending.
After pushback from students (and Cleveland City Council), the district announced on Thursday the “Get More Opportunities” program will be relaunched before the end of the school year. Stay tuned for more information.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor veteran vs. newcomer.
Waging the first contested race for Cuyahoga County prosecutor since 2016. Kudos to Michael O’Malley and Matthew Ahn for taking questions from CMSD Civics 2.0 students, most of whom aren’t old enough to vote.
Garrett Morgan gets his own day.
Garrett Morgan, the Cleveland inventor best known for creating the forerunner of the modern traffic light (the inspiration for Signal’s name and logo) and the modern gas mask, will be celebrated on his birthday, March 4.
Is the Cleveland Cavaliers strength of schedule a looming crisis?
With the team trying to get back to pre-All-Star break form, the week ahead looks daunting: first-place Celtics, then Atlanta, then the top defensive team, the Wolves. Paris seems like so long ago.
Are daffodils the unofficial flower of Cleveland?
They’re reliable, returning year after year like the Buzzards to Hinckley; they celebrate the first sign of spring; and they just shrug when it snows again the next day.
Cleveland fish frys are the best part of Lent
Blessed are the cod, haddock and walleye, for they sustain the region’s 600,000-plus Catholics during this solemn season.
Dorothy “Annie” Todd is the new leader of Cleveland Police.
The second female police chief in the city’s history grew up in Cleveland, graduated from St. Joseph Academy and has served the Division of Police since the late ’90s. At her swearing-in ceremony, she said to her daughter, “This one’s for you.”
The SEIU Local 1 union is speaking up for janitors.
The union, representing about 700 janitors, is making sure working people aren’t forgotten amid all the grand plans for downtown.
“It’s Giving Day! Give it up!” -Toby Raps
Cleveland State University alum Toby Raps wrote and performed a catchy song for the school’s Giving Day. “It’s up to us to keep a legacy lastin’, and if we don’t do it then what’ll happen to Magnus?” They raised more than $850,000.
Airlines agreed to fund Cleveland Hopkins Airport renovations.
Airport officials lured them in by asking for just $79, then adding $175 million in “fees.”