At the Cleveland Heights High School Instrumental Music Department fall concert on Nov. 13, current students were joined on stage by alumni who had gathered for a reunion from the era of Music Director John Farinacci (1949-'62). The grand finale was John Phillip Sousa's Stars … [Read more...] about Stars & Stripes Forever – or at least a really really long time
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We Need Some New Ideas
A couple of weeks ago, the Cleveland Heights 6:00 pm curfew for teenagers under 18 years of age in the Coventry and Cedar/Lee business districts was expanded to include the Severance Business District. Councilwoman Bonnie Caplan cast the lone dissenting vote. It isn’t easy to … [Read more...] about We Need Some New Ideas
The police are using Twitter – and look who’s got something good to say
On Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, a 16-year-old boy named Artwon Oliver was shot and killed at the intersection of Lee and Superior roads in Cleveland Heights. According to the reports (here are 2 from the Plain Dealer: first report, Nov. 27; follow up, Nov. 30), he had been … [Read more...] about The police are using Twitter – and look who’s got something good to say
Wanted: Transparency
Transparency was a frequent topic of discussion with voters during my campaign to win a seat on City Council in Cleveland Heights. If you attended this month’s special Municipal Services meeting on the Taylor Road resurfacing project, you got to witness a problem that resulted … [Read more...] about Wanted: Transparency
Oakwood Requiem
I am finally able to write something about Oakwood. I have been struggling to come to grips with the loss of the referendum which will lead to the destruction of the last large greenspace in our community; this generation will leave no Metropark. If you only want to hear … [Read more...] about Oakwood Requiem
