From Cleveland.com

The federal Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $300,000 grant to the city to help establish a youth violence prevention program with the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance (CPA - pictured).

“In this new relationship with the CPA, we will embark on what will be one of the more impactful programs in the city to create the non-violent community we want to live in,” Mayor Kahlil Seren announced at Monday’s (Oct. 2) City Council meeting.

The grant award through the branch of the U.S. Justice Department will also free up qualifying funds the city already planned to request through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), reducing Seren’s original $500,000 federal pandemic recovery funding recommendation for the CPA.

“To avoid violent attacks starting a spiral of violence and retaliation, people need two things: trust in our institutions to pursue justice and the tools and commitment to solve our problems without resorting to violence,” Seren added.

From Cleveland.com

Cedar Hill will soon become a bottleneck for several weeks, leaving many drivers to weave through smaller side streets to avoid construction hassles.

On Monday (October 9) traffic on the road, also known as Cedar Glen Parkway, will be reduced from three lanes in each direction to one as the city works on a sanitary sewer replacement. The street runs from University Circle to Cleveland Heights and serves as a major artery for East Side commuters, college students and residents...

From WEWS News Channel 5

The Mayor of Cleveland Heights is seeking to add protections for students who are under the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland's revised policy around gender identity and sexuality...

From WEWS News Channel 5

Cumberland Pool in Cleveland Heights opened in 1927. It’s a city landmark that Mayor Kahlil Seren said is “past its useful life."

“We've got leaks in the system. We've got issues with our wading pool,” Seren said.

The city also pointed to a failing boiler and other outdated facilities including restrooms and locker rooms.

The city said minimum repairs are estimated to cost at least $100,000, which doesn't take into account a failing boiler and upgrades needed to the bathhouse.

Seren has authorized two feasibility studies being conducted by architecture firm GPD Group, looking at the future of aquatics in the city...

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For Cleveland Heights, the grant application culminates a series of meetings in 2018-19 with NOACA and shareholders along the street, including the proposed Cain Park Village and the Taylor Tudor restoration, as well as the segment heavily populated with Jewish synagogues and schools.

While the plan provides for at least two traffic options on the east that would be further explored through the TLCI -- one proposal (has) a designated parking lane on the east side of Taylor, and the other with dedicated and protected bike lanes on either side -- there are features that would be included in both configurations.

Both proposals would also reduce motorists’ tendencies toward “lane-jockeying” along Taylor, a safety hazard for other drivers as well as the large number of pedestrians crossing the street.

Safety would also be enhanced with the proposed center left-turn lane that is incorporated in both options.

“Not only will this lane improve traffic flow by allowing turning vehicles to wait without blocking traffic, center left-turn lanes are proven to reduce vehicle crashes,” the initial Cleveland Heights study states...

The CH-UH City School District congratulates the fifty-seven Heights High School students (classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025) who were recognized by The College Board for their outstanding performance in their 2022 Advanced Placement classes. This is an increase compared to the previous year and is the highest number of scholars recognized in the last seven test administrations.

The College Board, a non-profit organization that administers Advanced Placement tests, honors students who score at a consistently high level on the annual exams. Twenty-nine Heights High students were named AP Scholars for earning scores of 3 or higher on three or more exams.

In addition, eleven students were recognized as AP Scholars with Honor for earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more exams.

Seventeen Heights High students were named AP Scholars with Distinction for receiving an average score of 3.5 or higher on all exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more exams. This represents the second-highest number of scholars since 2017 to be named an AP Scholar with Distinction.

Congratulations to the students who stepped up to the challenge of enrolling in AP classes!

From The Land

Jasmine Golphin, the associate artistic director at Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, experiments with video, photography, VR, and performance in her own artistic career.

After graduating from Cleveland Heights High School, needing an affordable way to achieve her childhood dream, Jasmine began looking into several colleges and decided to attend Cleveland State University, entering the School of Film and Media Arts, only in its third year when Jasmine enrolled. It felt right, since she knew she wanted to stay in Cleveland to make her art. 

Jasmine was deep into film studies when she discovered that what she wanted to do went beyond filmmaking, but didn’t know what to call herself. “I didn’t know how to articulate all the things I wanted to do, so I used ‘filmmaker’ cause I knew it covered everything – the music, the collaborations with actors, and people behind the camera,” she explained. “That encompassed all the other things I wanted to do artistically...” 

From Cleveland.com

The state’s ramped-up enforcement of new distracted driving laws begins in earnest Thursday.

In April of this year, Ohio’s new law restricting texting and other phone use while driving took effect. Besides phone use limitations, it gave law enforcement officers newfound authority to initiate traffic stops if they see drivers swiping, tweeting, scrolling, or texting from behind the wheel. Previously, they couldn’t pull a driver over solely for a phone-related offense.

The soon-to-be fully implemented law puts Ohio on a growing list of states cracking down on ever more powerful electronic devices in the hands of distracted drivers, who kill an estimated nine Americans each day, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Sunday | October 15, 2023 | 3:30 pm

First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, 3630 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland, OH, 44118

The evening's program includes "Anthem of Hope" by Anthony DiLorenzo, "El Amor Brujo" by Manuel De Falla, Vivaldi's "Concerto for Violin" and Bizet's "L’Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2".

Guest Conductor Travis Jürgens has conducted the Rochester Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Boulder Philharmonic, and Denver Philharmonic, among others.

Violinist Emily Cornelius has served as concertmaster of the Heights Chamber Orchestra since 2011. An active freelancer and a passionate performer, she is currently a member of the Canton Symphony, the BlueWater Chamber Orchestra, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, and the Lancaster Festival Orchestra.