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Highland Park Golf Course Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – Led  by Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, the city of Cleveland is seeking proposals for a vendor to lease, revitalize, and manage operations of the historic Highland Park Golf Course at 3550 Green Road, which is located in the largely Black village of Highland Hills but is owned by the city. Vendor responses are due by Oct. 20. First opened in 1928, Highland Park Golf Course is a 36-hole   course operated by an external management company. The mayor wants a tournament-ready course and a leader in community impact and sustainability.  "This course has a rich history of promoting diversity in the sport of golf," said Mayor Bibb, the city's fourth Black mayor and a progressive mayor who took office in January by beating the old guard. "As the golf course nears its centennial, this is an opportunity to elevate it as a premier public course for locals and a destination ...

  Cleveland Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett                                                                    Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Led by second-string quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who is Black, the Cleveland Browns won their season opener against the Carolina Panthers and lead quarterback Baker Mayfield 26-24 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina Sunday afternoon, the first time the Browns have won an away season opener in 28 years. Rookie Cade York kicked a 58-yard field goal with only eight seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter to give the Browns their first Week 1 victory since 2004, which was when they defeated the Ravens.  Browns head coach Kev...

From left: Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), whose largey Black 11th congressional district includes Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, former Ohio senator Nina Turner of Cleveland, NAACP National President and CEO Derrick Johnson, and United States President Joe Biden Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ohio Congresswoman Shontel M.  Brown  (OH-11), a Warrensville Hts Democrat whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes Cleveland and several of its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, released the following statement after President Joe  Biden 's announcement  of his executive order that relieves federal student loan debt for millions of Americans up to $20,000 per eligible person. "President  Biden  realized another promise that will bring  student  debt  r...

William "Silver B" Richards Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief Obituary-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Funeral services have been announced for Cleveland activist and community advocate William "Silver B" Richards, a Cleveland resident who passed away on Thurs., Aug 30, 2022 at Cleveland Clinic-South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Hts, Ohio after a brave battle with cancer. He was 69.  Warrensville Hts is a largely Black Cleveland suburb. Services are entrusted to Gaines Funeral Home in Maple Hts, Ohio. Viewing is on Fri, Sept 9, 2022 from 5pm-8pm at Gaines Funeral Home, 5386 Lee Road in Maple Hts. The Wake  will  be held on Sat, Sept 10, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 11115 Kinsman Rd. in Cleveland,  and will be followed by an 11am funeral.  "Silver B was loved and respected in the community and he will be sorely missed."  said Cleveland Ward 1 Councilm...

  The White House portraits of former United States president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, the nation's first Black president and first Black first lady.  Barack Obama's image was painted by Robert McCurdy and Michelle Obama's portrait  was painted by Sharon Sprung Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-WASHINGTON, D.C. - Barack and Michelle Obama, the nation's first Black president and first Black first lady, returned to the White House in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday for the first time together since 2017 for the unveiling of their official White House portraits, and they received a warm welcome from current President Joe Biden, Obama's vice president when he was president and one of his strongest political allies.  "This is the gift of the Obama presidency to the country and to history," said President Biden relative to the ...

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and United States President Joe Biden Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio— Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb will meet with President Joe Biden and members of his administration at the White House on Wed, Sept 7, the mayor  told Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com in a press release on Tuesday. Cleveland's fourth Black mayor and its second youngest, Bibb, 35, will be joined by mayors and leaders from across Ohio to discuss recent federal legislation such as American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the CHIPS Act, and the impact on such legislation on Cleveland and other communities across the state. The mayor said that the issues Cleveland is facing are in many instances similar to what other cities in Ohio are facing during a still existing pandemic and a vastly changing economic downfall. And he said that President Biden, a Democrat and form...