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Big news for the CLE from the RNC today as Cleveland and Dallas are the final two cities in the running for the 2016 Republican National Convention. Whatever your political leanings might be, an event like this could bring much attention to Cleveland in a very positive way. Of...
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What was recorded and posted to YouTube in the style of an exposé is actually a great educational resource to better understand pollution sources and their impacts on Lake Erie. YouTube user pmc291 recently posted this video to our Facebook page under a very ominous title, “NORSD NOT WHAT...
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Cleveland, baseball, and Randy Newman are forever linked. Ever since Major League hit the big screen in 1989, Newman’s song “Burn on” (1972) has come to be synonymous with Cleveland, the Cleveland Indians, and the start of summer. For us and our responsibility to protect Lake Erie, it means...
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Midges, mayflies, muckelheads, this can all be very confusing. And all of them can be very annoying. We’d like to help clarify a bit of the current bug conundrum. Let’s start here: There are midges (also known as muckleheads), and there are mayflies. They are different, but they’re both...
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“16 reasons Cleveland is not as bad as you think”? We guess 16 is a fine place to start, but the list could go on and on, and there are a few glaring omissions. This week, Buzzfeed posted a fun piece with that title, noting examples like Charles Ramsey’s...
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In recent weeks, hikers along Metroparks streams or winter-stroll beachgoers may have seen a surge of dead fish washed up on the shore. Is the die-off of these silvery blue-green fish a sign of environmental turmoil, or a natural occurrence? It’s the latter, and it happens regularly. Shad can’t...
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Our @WallyWaterdrop came across this tweet from Ohio Problems @Ohio_Probs late yesterday. It’s still getting RT’d today. In typical “Only In Cleveland” fashion, even Wally had a chuckle at this, but the sewage issue caught our attention. While our work can’t improve our baseball team’s standings or locals’ dietary...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd We are supporting and participating in the Great Lakes Week Summit and Great Lakes Restoration Conference starting September 11, discussing the challenges and opportunities facing Lake Erie and our entire Great Lakes region. You can still register to attend, and you can also follow more than 25 hours of...
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So when a caller to the WMMS 100.7 Alan Cox Show during Wednesday drivetime reacted to the hosts’ conversation about Lake Erie’s poor beachwater quality, he rightfully touched on the Sewer District’s multi-billion-dollar program to fix some of the problems plaguing the lakefront. We heard about the call yesterday...
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