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Alice By Heart Opens at Beck Center This Weekend
Beck Center for the Arts, home to one of the oldest continuously operating youth theater programs in the country has teens tackling a story of love, loss, and coming of
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Cleveland Set to Host Historic First: USS Cleveland Commissioning Week Arrives May 9–16, 2026
Cleveland will host a first-of-its-kind Navy commissioning as the USS Cleveland (LCS-31) joins the fleet May 9–16, 2026, with a full week of public events along the lakefront.
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Tribe Shut Out in Rubber Match and Fall to Astros 2-0
Houston took the series finale 2–0 behind a first-inning Alvarez homer and six scoreless from Peter Lambert as Cleveland’s bats stayed quiet.
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Mayor Bibb Pushes $7 Million “Garden Level” Café at Cleveland City Hall, But Council Puts Brakes on the Plan
Mayor Justin Bibb wants to transform the basement of Cleveland City Hall into a welcoming public café — but City Council isn’t reaching for their wallets just yet. The proposal
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Cleveland Mayor Announces $5M Investment in Neighborhood Street Safety Upgrades
Mayor Justin Bibb unveiled plans Tuesday to install new LED streetlights, speed cameras, and pedestrian signals in high-crime corridors in Slavic Village and Hough.
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Lakewood’s New Waterfront Park Opens This Weekend with Free Family Festival
Lakewood residents will celebrate the grand opening of Edgewater Pier Park on Saturday with live music, food trucks, kayak rentals, and a 5K run.
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Free Narcan Training and Vending Machines Coming to Cuyahoga County Libraries
Cuyahoga County Public Library system and the Cleveland Department of Public Health are installing life-saving Narcan vending machines at six branches and offering free overdose reversal training every Saturday in May.
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Cleveland-Based Startup Secures $12M in Venture Funding for AI Job-Training Platform
Downtown Cleveland tech firm SkillForge announced it raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Ohio Ventures.
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Public Records Confirm Bizarre April 8 Overdose Call at Cleveland’s Sunbeam School: 6 Kids Reportedly OD’d on Viagra, Became “Unruly and Violent,” One Assaulted Principal
Documents released by the Cleveland Division of Police confirm the details of a startling call for service at Sunbeam School on April 8, 2026.
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