By: James Renner The kidnapping took place in broad daylight, in front of the Baskin-Robbins across the street from the Bay Village police station, at about 3PM (give or take a half-hour), on October 27, 1989. Amy Mihaljevic, a precocious 10-year-old tomboy with a penchant for tilting her [...]
By Jennifer Verrillo Oh yes! Football season has arrived. There is not much I enjoy more than the pre-game tailgate experience. Say what you want about Cleveland sports teams and their inability to bring home a championship. One thing’s for sure…we know how to tailgate in this town! One argument could be that we [...]
By Chad Zumock Give yourself a round of applause for reading this week’s “What’s So Funny, Cleveland?” In this week’s column, the hottest comedy show in Cleveland! Why is Hilarities still angry? And why is Mike Polk so damn funny? In our very first issue I wrote an article about the bookers of [...]
A memo circulated recently at the Plain Dealer announced that starting January 1, 2010, members of the management staff will be subject to possible layoffs. While champagne bottles are ready to be uncorked amongst the lowly laborers in almost every department, reporters in the sports department are practically giddy in anticipation of the departure of [...]
Speaking of Nehst Studios [“Nehst of Vultures,” September], following our report on the company’s strange expense reports for taxpayer money (for lingerie and fast food), their financial connections to Bernie Madoff, and their secret partnership with Al Ratner, the City launched an internal investigation. So they’re kicking them out of the convention center, [...]
The Independent was recognized by both the Plain Dealer and Cleveland Scene in recent weeks, as both papers followed up on our own investigative reporting. Scene ran a follow-up to Tim Russo’s September cover story on Jennifer Garrison’s gay-baiting, while the Plain Dealer ran their own piece on Nehst Studio’s connection to Bernie Madoff’s family. [...]
By: Larry Durstin THE RECENT PLAIN DEALER front-page endorsement of the Issue 6 reform proposal should have been a surprise to no one. Those who have closely watched the PD’s coverage of the debate surrounding Cuyahoga County reform were aware that the local daily has served as a PR arm for Issue 6 and its [...]
Editorial, By James Renner Revolution is messy. Revolution does not abide by timetables, it cannot be controlled, and it despises organization. In human history, there has never been a revolution of any merit that creates a perfect something new. The Constitution was not written the day the American Revolution ended. It was written [...]
By: Mark R. Mackert For years I have been intrigued that there is a restaurant on the old Superior Viaduct off W. 25th St. Not intrigued enough to actually go, mind you, but intrigued nonetheless. I’m a huge fan of retrofitting unique places and spaces for new uses (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). But a [...]
