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Here are 10 things you can do to prepare your yard for the upcoming winter:

• Rake leaves: Rake up fallen leaves and other debris from your lawn and garden beds. This will help prevent mold growth and keep your lawn healthy.

• Fertilize your lawn: Apply a slow-release fertilizer to your lawn before the first frost. This will help your grass grow strong roots and stay healthy throughout the winter.

Continue reading “PREPARE YOUR YARD FOR THE UPCOMING COLD WINTER MONTHS”

 City funded contract with RIP Medical Debt expected to serve 50,000 residents. 

 Eligible Clevelanders may soon see some or all of their medical debts erased through the city’s contract with RIP Medical Debt.  

The medical debt cancellation contract with the New York-based 501(c)3 was fully executed earlier this month, with an estimated goal to acquire and cancel $81 million in Clevelanders’ qualifying medical debt by the end in 2023 and another $100 million by the end of 2024.   Continue reading “PROGRAM SET TO ERASE AN ESTIMATED $181 MILLION IN CLEVELANDERS MEDICAL DEBT”

By Malik Shakir

After more than 10 years, The Metro Urban News Student Journalism Program appears to be picking up speed faster than a Halloween pumpkin being rolled down a hill. Now, the program has found a home at Our Youth Our Future, a vital afterschool program with mini-college courses aimed at youth between the ages of 6-17.

Housed in the former Harriet Tubman Museum and Cultural Center, located at 9250 Miles Park, this program had children waiting anxiously to write, write, write. And write they do. They have even written and recorded their very own rap song entitled, “After School Special”, under the guidance of Alan McClendon. McClendon is one of many professionals who lend their time and talent to the students at the center. Continue reading “METRO URBAN NEWS JR. JOURNALIST PROGRAM IS IN FULL SWING”

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) today issued its Special Reconnect Order for the upcoming heating season. The Special Reconnect Order helps Ohioans served by PUCO-regulated utilities reconnect or maintain electric and natural gas service during the winter heating season between Oct. 16, 2023 and April 15, 2024.

Any residential customer of a PUCO-regulated electric or natural gas company may take advantage of the provisions contained in the order once per winter heating season. Last winter heating season more than 198,000 Ohioans used the Special Reconnect Order.    Continue reading “PUCO issues special heating season reconnect order”

 

Metro Urban News 1 Radio , Cleveland’s newest face on the music and entertainment front, is making a huge slash and everyone appears to like it.  According to the word on the streets, MUN1, is the choice station for those listeners who are on the smoother side of life. These smooth listeners are a population that would rather hear the cool sounds of Motown over the thuggish ruggish tones of Mo Thugs. Who, by the way is a Cleveland act. So, big ups and much respect y’all.

Still, so many stations are littered with songs that contain more four-letter words than a dictionary.  So, they have reached out to one of the long-time radio voices who has been on station s all across the nation. Vivian Louuise Sharp has joined the team of broadcasters at the station and her voice is surely recognized and welcomed. Continue reading “METRO URBAN NEWS 1 RADIO ADDS LONGTIME VOICE OF RADIO, VIVIAN LOUISE SHARP”

 By Ray Robinson

 

 

Many times, when faced with having to write an essay, a homework assignment or any other formal writing task, people are stuck with fear. What do I say..,and even worse…what should I do? 

Well, there is an easy answer to this age-old problem, and it is called, “The 5 W’s of writing”. These 5 very simple words will transform you from someone stumbling and bumbling their way through a written piece into a super writer in no time at all. 

Let’s look at the 5 magical words. Who. What. Where. When. Why.  Continue reading “THE HOMEWORK CHEAT SHEET OF LIFE”

 

 Well guys, we’re two-thirds of the way through the year. Have you stuck to your goals and plans as you promised that you would at the beginning of the year ?

Have you shredded those unwanted pounds around the midsection like you vowed to do before this winter’s upcoming high school reunion ? Or, are you at this very moment online in search of   the latest waist-cinching item in hopes of hiding your personal battle of the bulge ? Continue reading “THE PUBLISHER’S PULSE”

The new Lead Safe Ohio Program, which is part of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s ongoing efforts to make more of Ohio’s homes lead-safe for children and families, will invest $150 million toward state and local efforts to prevent lead poisoning and remediate homes of contamination.

Funds can be used for lead-safe building certification, screening and testing for lead poisoning, education and outreach, and early intervention for children and families impacted by lead.

Remaining funding will be used by the Ohio Department of Development for workforce development, recruitment and retention of lead contractors, and lead safe renovations such as window and door replacement in single-family homes, congregate care shelters and childcare facilities constructed before 1978.

The Ohio General Assembly funded the program in House Bill 45, with money appropriated through the American Rescue Plan Act. Governor DeWine signed the bill into law on Jan. 6, 2023.

The program will be administered by the Department of Development, in coordination with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).

More information on the program, including guidelines for how to apply, will be released as it becomes available.

By Mikki Hardwick-Lett

There’s nothing better to get you going that a nice hot cup of coffee and a small slice of a Honey Bun Cake. It’s just as delicious as a brunch coffee cake.

Ingredients

1 (18.5 ounce) box yellow cake mix

4 eggs

1(8 ounce) carton of sour cream

¾ cups vegetable oil

½ cup of water

1 cup of brown sugar

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 cups confectioners sugar

¼ cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup of chopped nut ( walnuts or pecans)

 

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 cake pan. In a mixing, whisk together the cake mix, eggs, sour cream, vegetable oil, and water to make a smooth batter, fold in chopped nuts. 

In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon.

Pour half of the cake batter into the prepared baking pan and sprinkle the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture over the batter.

Pour the remaining batter over the brown sugar/  cinnamon and gently swirl the batter a few times with a table knife. Bake the cake in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown approximately 40 minutes. 

Stir the confectioners’ sugar, milk, and vanilla extract together in a bowl to make a smooth, runny icing. Pour the icing over the cake while it’s still hot; allow to cool before serving.

By Yarbor Lamont

Cleveland Clerk of Courts headmaster, Earl Turner, has for decades headed up one of the city’s largest departments and has done so to the delight and satisfaction of the residents that he represents. 

Turner has held his position with the city since 1996 and has yet to rest on his laurels. Nope. Not for one second. 

Just a few weeks ago, Turner was out in the community with his,”In the Neighborhood”, initiative that offers individuals who may have arrest warrants out in their names to meet at a safe  place in that individuals neighborhood. Turner has promised that no one would be arrested.  Continue reading “Earl Turner is still “ In the Neighborhood””