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  • Knowledge innovation center to open in library June 2

    The new Heights Knowledge and Innovation Center, across the street from the Heights Libraries' Lee Road branch in Cleveland Heights, is ready for public use behind Nancy Levin, director of Heights ...

  • Fire department complaint has anti-Semitic overtones

    In a case with anti-Semitic overtones, a former platoon chief of the Shawnee Township Fire Department in northwestern Ohio has lodged a discrimination grievance with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, accusing the department of firing him ...

  • Cleveland Indians Terry Francona right at home in Fenway return

    Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona, left, is surrounded by members of the media in the visitor's dugout before a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Francona was Red Sox manager for the 2004 and 2007 World Series championship seasons. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) BOSTON -- Terry Francona felt right at home in the visiting dugout. Back at ...

  • Israeli activist Anat Hoffman brings Women of the Wall mission to Cleveland

    The complete archive of the Cleveland Jewish News is now accessible to everyone. Search for relatives, friends and events; and see every article, every photo, every ad since ...

  • 3-2-1 – Fairmount first local synagogue to do live streaming

    PHOTO / ANSHE CHESED FAIRMOUNT TEMPLE Bilsky family Scott and Amy Bilsky of Orange and their children, Justin, left, and Sam, watch a test from their home of the streaming service available through Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in ...


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Mean Creek [DVD]

Mean Creek [DVD]

Weve seen the scenario in Jacob Aaron Estes Mean Creek countless times, in which a group of kids finds themselves stranded at a moral crossroads, usually because of an accidental death. Its been treated with heavy gravitas in films such as Rivers Edge (1986) and George Washin ... ...

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  • Cleveland East side bar fight leads to overnight homicide

    CLEVELAND -- A fight at an east side bar ended when a 27-year-old man was shot and killed early Friday morning. The fight started at the Your Place and Mine Bar near E. 55th Street and Broadway Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. The fight spilled out of the bar and into the parking lot where police say several shots were fired. One man was struck in the torso by gunfire. He was taken to MetroHealth ...

  • Tribes Masterson goes after fourth straight win

    Unlike Thursday's series opener between the Indians and Red Sox, which had a total of 15 runs scored on 23 hits, Friday's game at Fenway Park could be quite the pitchers' duel. Justin Masterson will be on the hill for Cleveland, while John Lackey toes the rubber for Boston. The Indians right-hander has won three straight games and was named the American League Player of the Week ...

  • Terry Francona proud of Cleveland revival

    Terry Francona knew the drill, and that helped. But in the end, the best coping mechanism for making his emotional return to Fenway Park was one that he’s relied on throughout his life - the game of baseball itself.Francona arrived in Boston yesterday at 5 a.m. after an 11-7 loss to the Tigers on Wednesday, and he knew it wouldn’t just be any other day. But he also knew he was coming ...

  • Night Out for Missing Persons draws out community tips

    CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Division of Police, RTA and FBI hosted an effort to raise awareness of missing persons cases in two neighborhoods. At East Heath and E. 93rd Street families with young children lined up to receive kids' identification kits. Officers took photos and fingerprints, and entered the children's information into a database. Parents received credit card-sized IDs ...

  • Indians pound Red Sox in Franconas Fenway return

    Stubbs opens scoring with bloop RBI double BOSTON -- Terry Francona did not want his return to Fenway Park to create any kind of distraction for his players. That was tough to pull off prior to Thursday's game, when a huge crowd of reporters gathered around the Indians manager in the visitors' dugout. As Cleveland's players made their way to the field, they glanced at the mob ...

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