Category: Policies

Judge Jean Murrell Capers was Cleveland’s first Black woman to sit on the city council, WEWS, March 29, 2026

Judge Jean Murrell Capers was Cleveland’s first Black woman to sit on the city council
Her ‘godson’, James Lamb, shares her story during Women’s History Month
by Mercy Sackor, WEWS,

Think the latest Browns debate was ugly? It was tame by 1996 standards, Cleveland.com Jan 3, 2026

Michael White, who was Cleveland’s mayor at the time, takes a tour of the Browns lakefront stadium in 1999. To White’s right is project director Diane Downing.Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer

Think the latest Browns debate was ugly? It was tame by 1996 standards.
History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes, especially when it involves the mayor, City Council and the Cleveland Browns.
by Sean McDonnell, Cleveland.com
January 3, 2026
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01/think-the-latest-browns-debate-was-ugly-it-was-tame-by-1996-standards.html

End nears for a piece of Cleveland’s bridge history after nearly a century, Cleveland.com December 30, 2025

The Eagle Avenue lift bridge, the oldest vertical lift bridge in Cleveland, will be torn down. Rich Exner, cleveland.com
End nears for a piece of Cleveland’s bridge history after nearly a century
The deteriorating Eagle Avenue lift bridge, frozen in upright position since 2005, represents an important piece of Cleveland’s industrial heritage
by Rich Exner, Cleveland.,com
December 30, 2025
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Sewer District recommends removing Lower Lake Dam in Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights by Steven Litt 7/24/25

 

 

 

Sewer District recommends removing Lower Lake Dam in Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights
by Steven Litt 7/23/25, Ideastream

Lower Shaker Lake (Google Maps)

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will soon recommend removal of the Lower Lake Dam in Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights, resulting in the draining of Lower Lake, replacing the lake bed with 17 acres of park land.

The link is here

Cleveland’s role in Earth Day? Bigger than you’d think – Signal, April 18, 2025

Cleveland State University students march to the Cuyahoga River on the nation’s first Earth Day in 1970. Credit: Photo courtesy of Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections

Cleveland’s role in Earth Day? Bigger than you’d think
by Celia Hack, Signal, April 18, 2025

Cleveland students marched in support of the nation’s first Earth Day in 1970, and journalists and politicians advocated for funding and policy change.

Finding Sustainability: Cleveland (part 1)—from a Forest to a Fire to a Flight – by Richey Piiparinen (2012)

Finding Sustainability: Cleveland (part 1)—from a Forest to a Fire to a Flight
By Richey Piiparinen for Teaching Cleveland (2012)
A pdf version is here

Richey Piiparinen passed away in early 2025. This bio is from his obit:
Richey was an accomplished Author, writer and urban affairs researcher. He worked at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University as the Director of Center of Population Dynamics., part of the Levine College of Urban Affairs. Richey recently published a book titles “Octopus Hunting” a book of essays linking the author’s fight for life and a city’s fight for life.

Richey appeared in “The Daily Beast, The Plain Dealer and Huffington Post. His research has been highlighted by the Wall Street Journal, CBS Evening News, NPR’s Morning Edition to name a few.

Sustainability in Northeast Ohio (part 2) – by Richey Piiparinen (2016)

 


Sustainability in Northeast Ohio (part 2)
Better  than  it  was, not  where  it  needs  to be
by Richey Piiparinen (2016)
for Teaching Cleveland
The link is here

Richey Piiparinen passed away in early 2025. This bio is from his obit:
Richey was an accomplished Author, writer and urban affairs researcher. He worked at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University as the Director of Center of Population Dynamics., part of the Levine College of Urban Affairs. Richey recently published a book titles “Octopus Hunting” a book of essays linking the author’s fight for life and a city’s fight for life.

Richey appeared in “The Daily Beast, The Plain Dealer and Huffington Post. His research has been highlighted by the Wall Street Journal, CBS Evening News, NPR’s Morning Edition to name a few.

The Cuyahoga River was so polluted, it used to catch fire. Now it’s making a comeback, NPR Oct 12, 2024

Firefighters stand on a bridge over the Cuyahoga River to spray water on the tug Arizona as a fire, started in an oil slick on the river, engulfs docks in Cleveland on Nov. 1, 1952.
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The Cuyahoga River was so polluted, it used to catch fire. Now it’s making a comeback

by Scott Neuman, NPR October 12, 2024
https://www.ideastream.org/2024-10-12/the-cuyahoga-river-was-so-polluted-it-used-to-catch-fire-now-its-making-a-comeback
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