East Cleveland, Fairfax, Glenville,
Hough, Little Italy
and University Circle, written by citizen journalists
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
Eight months ago when my tongue changed colors to red, white, black and blue, I went to Huron Hospital to see about my tongue. What I experienced was one of the worst bedside manners that a patient of any kind should have to be subjected to! When I went to Huron Hospital, they were preparing [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 26 April 2012
Ask an African-American senior citizen about the old Allen E. Cole Photography Studio on Cedar Avenue. She may share her memories of Cole’s signature advertisement in telephone books from days gone by: “Somebody, Somewhere Wants Your Photograph.” The senior may even point out an old Cole portrait that's tucked inside a family album or [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 11 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
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
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
Have you made your New Year’s resolution for 2012 yet? Many of us have at least thought about some changes we would like to make in the new year. We may want to start an exercise program, cut back on our stress-filled and often chaotic schedules or figure out the best way to shed those [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 04 January 2012
Check out the Cleveland Metropolitan School District's Parent University. Help your student succeed. The winter session starts Jan. 9 and includes workshops on everything from healthy cooking to raising leaders to filling out the FAFSA and helping students prepare for the Ohio Graduation Test. Classes take place at schools throughout the city. Registration is ongoing, [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 22 December 2011
This year take on an oath and pledge. Make a promise to yourself to try one new healthy habit each week and stick with it. Annually, we all make resolutions usually related to our financial, spiritual, educational or physical health. I want you to think about your most important possession: your health. It’s the most [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 20 December 2011
By M. LaVora Perry, NV Columnist FAIRFAX – Nurse Aimee Vance aims to see more people utilizing a great andtotally free resource. She runs the Cleveland Clinic Community Health Center at the Langston Hughes Center on the corner of E. 79th Street and Quincy Avenue. It opened in 2009 to serve anyone, age 18 [...]
Posted by: Robert Rozboril Posted on: 23 August 2011
**By Alisha Memaran, NV Contributor** FAIRFAX – We have all seen it, a group of teenagers congregating on a street corner. Some might see a bunch of troublemakers, but if you are looking through the eyes of Fred Wilson, you see an opportunity. Back in 2001, during a community meeting, Wilson and a group of [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 02 August 2011
By Mansfield Frazier, NV Contributor FAIRFAX – Passion. Excellence. Commitment. Vision. Ask anyone familiar with Terrence Spivey and his body of work and these words are constantly repeated. As the artistic director of Karamu House, the nation’s oldest performing arts theater focused primarily on African-American life and culture, Spivey brought just as much to the position [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 02 August 2011
By Lila Mills, NV Publisher CENTRAL – Domanick and Robin Leach raced each other to the children’s library at the Outhwaite Estates on a hot summer day last month. Retired Judge Sara J. Harper, who grew up at the estates along with Carl and Louis Stokes and first founded the children’s library in 1992, greeted [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 02 August 2011
Opportunity Knocks Residents Attend Public Meetings About Proposed Corridor By Lila Mills, NV Publisher FAIRFAX-A third round of public meetings about the Opportunity Corridor project kicked off last Tuesday. More than 100 residents attended two sessions at Calvary Hill Baptist Church on Cedar Avenue near East 105th Street. Two more meetings were scheduled for later [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 02 August 2011
Owner Bob Borders inside Bodario's. Bob Borders, in a weathered black ball cap and a white apron, turns on the lights that dangle like glistening cobwebs from the walls of Bordario’s. The Italian restaurant on Carnegie Avenue is decorated with a curious mix of Cleveland memorabilia and Italian knickknacks. Beneath an autographed poster of the [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 25 February 2011
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