by Peg Furnas | Mar 14, 2024 | EA Stories
The Irish arrived in Cleveland as laborers in 1825 when work began on the Ohio and Erie Canal and reached their greatest numbers when the Ireland potato famine brought immigrants to the US. They settled around the east and west banks of the Cuyahoga River, with many...
by Peg Furnas | Mar 8, 2023 | EA Staff News, Featured Bloggers, Neighborhoods & Housing, Recruitment & Relocation, Schools & Education, Volunteering
By Peg Furnas In Women’s History Month I stand tall surrounded by the strong women who have come and gone and those that remain. I grew up in a family of six with three sibs – two of them sisters. My mom was my first mentor and guide, showing me what a woman...
by Margy Judd | Jun 2, 2021 | NE Ohio in the News
Every town has colloquialisms and historic references that the locals all understand but that might make a newcomer scratch their head. How confusing is it for a recent transplant to hear locals refer to a building by it’s previous tenant/name even though it was...
