Posted By Sam Allard on Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 3:51 PM briankeithdiaz/Instagram
Since this summer, the City of Cleveland has loaned roughly $1.6 million to local small businesses in an effort to help offset the costs of hardship and lost revenue suffered during the pandemic.
The loans of up to $10,000 each disbursed to 161 Cleveland businesses were meant to be applied to standard operations such as rent, utilities and capital costs.
When the loans were announced in June, the city said that payments would be deferred until Jan. 2021, providing enough lag time, it was assumed, to help businesses weather the storm.
But the storm still rages on. Cleveland s Covid communications team confirmed to Scene this week that they have now administratively extended the first loan repayment date to April, and said they may consider future extensions based
Posted By Sam Allard on Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:49 AM Courtesy CSU
The scorching hot Cleveland State University men s basketball team will receive a rare honor Friday evening: getting televised nationally. The Vikes will tip off against their Horizon League opponent, the University of Milwaukee, at 9 p.m. on ESPN2.
The Vikings are playing more competitive basketball than they have in a decade. On Saturday, they fell to Wright State for their first Horizon League loss of the season. Prior to that defeat, the Vikes had rattled off nine straight wins, its best start to intraleague competition in the program s history.
The terror is still fresh in Congressman Steve Chabot’s mind. The Cincinnati Republican recalls cowering under a desk on the House floor, weeping as urine.
Posted By Sam Allard on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 6:45 AM click to enlarge Martin Sweeney addresses the Lakewood Democratic Club (3/29/18), A battered region watched in disbelief as one of its slimiest career politicians weaseled his way back into elected office this weekend. Martin Sweeney, the former double-dipping Cleveland city councilman and Ohio state rep with a sordid history of sexual harassment accusations and corruption-adjacent behavior, beat two other candidates in a vote among Cuyahoga County Democratic Party precinct committee members in District 3. Sweeney will now serve the remainder of retiring Councilman Dan Brady s term. Both the result of Saturday s vote and the mechanisms by which it was achieved should be considered nothing less than travesties. They are the latest and among the most explicit answers to a
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the midst of challenging times, volunteers throughout Ohio are showing their commitment to improving their communities. For the Martin Luther King.