East Cleveland, Fairfax, Glenville,
Hough, Little Italy
and University Circle, written by citizen journalists
When people think of marathons, the image most often brought to mind is a mass of runners struggling and straining to reach a far off goal. The Sisters of Charity Foundation, the Downtown YMCA and other local organizations are using a locally run marathon to set children’s focus beyond a thin white line. The SOCF [...]
Posted by: JRutledge Posted on: 18 May 2012
East Tech High School senior Jimmy Horton signed a letter of intent May 17 to continue his education and play basketball at Ohio Christian University. OCU is a private Christian university just south of Columbus. Horton helped lead East Tech to a 16-7 record under the direction of head coach Brett Moore. The Golden Scarabs finished [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 17 May 2012
De'Angelo Knuckles' plot at the new community garden here is just a pile of dirt right now, but Knuckles sees something growing already — and it's better than any fruit or vegetable. It's the sense of community and safety that have sprouted in the area since the Buckeye Learning Farm first took root. This year [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 08 May 2012
Due to funding from the Internal Medicine Foundation of St. Luke's Clinic to enhance students’ knowledge of science, on April 3, Harvey Rice School’s third, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students visited the Greater Cleveland Aquarium. As the students watched attentively, listened, focused and engaged, Cleveland Aquarium instructor Meghan Strong explained water biomes, types of water (salt [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 07 May 2012
I have two children in Cleveland schools and I worry that we're setting our kids up to fail. The new juvenile detention center in the Fairfax community bothers me. The school district's budget cuts bother me. It’s a frustrating problem. Nonetheless, complaining neither adds nor subtracts any of the facts on this matter. I want [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 04 May 2012
About 80 students, community activists, and leaders joined together to POWER UP! Saturday April, 21. They participated in the inaugural Social Justice Student Leadership Conference sponsored by CWRU's Social Justice Institute. The university’s offices of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity; Multicultural Affairs; Planning and Institutional Research; as well as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 01 May 2012
East Cleveland Neighborhood Center presents free summer camps. There are several camp programs. The Freedom Schools Program offers literacy enrichment that will enhance the scholar’s love of reading. ECNC Freedom School scholars will also take weekly field trips to local museums and other local attractions that highlight the programs purpose. Scholars will complete daily [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 27 April 2012
Ohio's Scholastic Chess Championship held April 1 in Richfield was very competitive. Horizon Science Academy finished in sixth place and student Jonathan Clinton placed ninth individually and won a trophy. The second team finished fifth in the lower division and won an award. The championship is getting tougher and tougher every year. This [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 10 April 2012
The Free Medical Clinic of Cleveland is closed weekends — and Saturday medical treatment is available there. Confused? Listen up. Since fall 2011, the original Free Clinic has housed a tenant every second and fourth Saturday: Case Western Reserve University’s Student Run Free Clinic (SRFC). It’s open to walk-ins from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The SRFC [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 06 April 2012
Updated April 5, 2012 Know of college scholarships to add to this page? Please contact us at info@neighborhood-voice.com. For 2011-2012 11th Graders Calling all 11th graders with high GPAs! Questbridge.org offers scholarships to high-achieving 11th graders from households whose income is below $60,000. Harvard and Yale are among the colleges and universities that participate. To apply, complete summer [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 05 April 2012
So far, eight young boxers have turned pro thanks to Renard Saffo. The 59-year-old is a graduate of Shaw High School in East Cleveland. He began boxing in 1973 and went on to win three Golden Gloves amateur boxing competitions. Saffo trained his first boxers in 1994 when he became assistant coach at the Glenville Recreation Center. He told NV [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 05 April 2012
I’ve been counting down the days until I graduate from high school since my first day as a freshman. I always felt that school did not give me enough of a challenge. I often was frustrated with the amount of busy work. It seemed as though institutionalized education was nothing but an excuse to force [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 03 April 2012
In March, seven grassroots groups received grants up to $3,000 each for their resident-led projects. The Sisters of Charity Foundation’s Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood initiative and Neighborhood Connections partnered to create this new funding opportunity in Central to encourage involvement and leadership by neighbors in the Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood Initiative. All projects focus on [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 02 April 2012
PNC announced plans last week to create the “PNC Fairfax Connection,” a new community resource center in Cleveland’s historic Fairfax neighborhood. The space will offer residents and business owners a variety of resources, from education programs and online resources to events and unique local cultural programs. “PNC’s goal is to provide a new, innovative [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 28 March 2012
Growing up, I remember staring at my grandmother as she watched the 6 p.m. news, shaking her head and scorning the television. "It takes a village to raise a child," she said. "Lord have mercy. It takes a whole village!" It seemed there was a story about a child being killed, locked up at an [...]
Posted by: Shardé Lackey Posted on: 15 March 2012
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