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 he discovered he had a knack for “training champions.”
Since 1986, Saffo has.
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Have A Great Idea for Your Neighborhood?
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 nonprofit organization to apply. Any community-led group in the city of Cleveland and.
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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 following schools received a rating of "Excellent" from the Ohio Department.
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No comments Community Leader Antoine Moss, Ph.D.
By Mansfield Frazier, NV Columnist
It’s not always easy growing up in a tough part of any city, but Antoine Moss (now Doctor Antoine Moss, since receiving a Ph.D earlier this year) and five of his junior high school friends in East Cleveland developed a strategy: They formed a clique and called themselves “6 Deep.”
“A ‘clique’ is simply another word for a gang, but a gang.
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No comments The Grub Shop: Healthy Food, Affordably Priced
By M. LaVora Perry, NV Reporter
EAST CLEVELAND - Move over big-name burger and chicken joints — a local kid’s back with delicious, healthy burgers and more.
James Peterson’s Grub Shop reopened in April just east of University Circle.
The restaurant now offers catering and vegetarian dishes. The meatless selections are in honor of Peterson’s late brother, who was a vegetarian. There are veggie burgers, chili, Polish boys.
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By Joe Jerdonek, NV Contributor
EAST CLEVELAND- The long white farmers’ market building at Coit and Woodworth roads has been transformed. Neubert Painting of Lakewood selected the market from 50 other nominees to fulfill their Charity Painting Event for 2011. Instead of a chipped-paint exterior, the market now features a Kale Green roof, ripe apple red walls and cream colored trim more fitting to the fresh produce and dairy products sold at.
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