East Cleveland, Fairfax, Glenville,
Hough, Little Italy
and University Circle, written by citizen journalists
Zelma George Recreation Center is a diamond in the rough. Despite the fact that the Buckeye community is plagued with drugs and violence, Zelma George and its staff serve the community and give area youth a safe environment to learn and play. Zelma George hosts several house leagues including a basketball league. At the end [...]
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
When you wander into Diana Cooks’ Second Home Salon, 12910 Larchmere, you'll find yourself surrounded by one-of-a-kind home accents and fine furnishings that are looking for their “second home.” You'll also find yourself playing a role in Diana's personal campaign to reuse, repurpose, and refurbish the world's goods and help decrease our collective carbon footprint. [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 23 April 2012
The Cleveland Eastern Suburbs Rugby Football Club takes care of business off the field as well as on the field. Recently, the ESRFC collected toys and visited children at the Cleveland Clinic's Children's Hospital. During the winter months, most rugby teams are on hiatus, waiting for the ground to thaw before playing rugby [...]
Posted by: JRutledge Posted on: 16 April 2012
Strong Woman I hold her tight at night when the darkness creeps by slowly. my arms try to protect her from the nightmares and the cloud of things to come We both lay restless from dawn awaiting ticking clock pacing our breath, my worry, her tears because she cries silently yet loud weeping [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 12 April 2012
Kyrie Irving is a spectacular Cleveland Cavaliers point guard who was born in Australia and raised in New Jersey, where he played high school basketball for St. Patrick High. In college, Irving played for the Duke Blue Devils and opted to leave college early to enter the 2011 NBA draft. He was chosen as the [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 09 April 2012
Veyonne Washington is turning her passion for children and her community into a career. January marked the one-year anniversary of her store Grow Outs Resale Shop, 12206 Larchmere Blvd. After 12 years of running a child care center out of her house as her own children grew up, Washington decided she needed another challenge. She [...]
Posted by: Robert Rozboril Posted on: 11 March 2012
In the midst of the stylists and nail techs at A Touch of Rain & Cut Loose Salon and Spa last month stood MetroHealth pediatrician Dr. Robert Needlman. He came to the salon Feb. 11 with a dietician and his homemade vegetarian chili and set up shop in the lobby to answer questions about health issues. The two-hour-long conversation with [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 07 March 2012
Apply for a grant from Neighborhood Connections. Proposals are due at 5 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 10. Neighborhood Connections provides financial assistance to groups led by community members in the city of Cleveland and East Cleveland and funds projects that improve the quality of life in local neighborhoods. Groups do not need to be an official [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 07 March 2012
On most commercial airlines, there is a safety demonstration before the airplane takes flight. The flight attendant says: "In the event of cabin depressurization, the oxygen mask will automatically drop. Place the mask on yourself, and then help your child or others who may need assistance." The message? We can’t help anyone else, even those [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 01 February 2012
Readers who completed surveys helped us learn how to make Neighborhood Voice an even better resource for the community. Reader Barbara Paige, of Buckeye, won $50 in our drawing for completing the survey. Thank you for reading Neighborhood Voice!
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 01 February 2012
Cathy Whitehouse may look like a mild-mannered school principal, but she has a growing reputation as a revolutionary. Whitehouse co-founded and heads The Intergenerational School, one of the most highly-rated public charter schools in Ohio. The school, housed in the Fairhill Partners building at 12200 Fairhill Rd., earned the state’s top rating — excellent with [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 04 January 2012
The Intergenerational School was the only school in Greater University Circle, and one of only two charter schools in Northeast Ohio, to receive an "Excellent with Distinction" rating from the Ohio Department of Education for the 2010-11 academic year, the most recent ratings available. But, Greater University Circle is also home to other highly-rated schools. The [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 04 January 2012
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