Cleveland’s original Mac ’n’ Cheese Throwdown is back for its 10th anniversary, bringing veteran champions and new challengers together for an all-access afternoon of unlimited tastings, live music, interactive activities, and People’s Choice voting. Proceeds benefit W.A.G.S. 4 Kids, which provides service dogs to children with disabilities.

The Geauga County Maple Festival is gearing up for its 2026 centennial and is calling on local bakers to enter its annual baking contest. Entries must be made from scratch and use real maple syrup, not extract, with drop-off set for April 23 at the Chardon VFW. Organizers say newly uncovered historical footage from early festivals will be featured during the anniversary weekend.

Two Medina teens turned after-school window washing into KDM Outdoor Services, now serving five counties and more than 300 clients across Northeast Ohio. As the founders graduate, they are moving into a fully licensed, insured operation, expanding into commercial work and snow plowing, and pledging 5% of annual profits to UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.

The Akron Art Museum is hosting an adults-only twist on a spring classic: Sip & Search, an egg hunt with sweets, prize tickets, and even bottles of wine. One hidden golden egg comes with a signed and numbered print by Devo co-founder and Akron native Mark Mothersbaugh. The event runs 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 28, with limited capacity and tickets expected to sell out.

More than 1,000 Cedar Point fans packed the Lake Erie shoreline for the park’s annual Winter Chill Out, raising $120,000 for A Kid Again. Park leaders previewed several 2026 updates, including a July 4 celebration and a new Regional Gold Pass, while crews prepare Siren’s Curse and Top Thrill 2 for the season ahead.

More than 120 ice sculptures will take over Medina Square and the South Town district as the 32nd Annual Medina Ice Festival returns Feb. 20-23, 2026. Speed-carving rounds begin Friday evening, followed by individual and team carving competitions Saturday and Sunday. Organizers say the free event offers a full weekend of winter art if temperatures hold.

Cleveland artists have one week left to submit qualifications for a major asphalt art installation in the Gateway District, turning 20,000 square feet of downtown pavement into a permanent outdoor gallery. Backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the project aims to boost walkability and create a new visual landmark near Progressive Field and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

A Beachwood startup has launched an autonomous property-maintenance system designed for Northeast Ohio’s extremes, from thick summer grass to lake-effect snow. Lawncare Robotics says it is focused on residents 50 and older, aiming to reduce the risks of falls and cardiac events tied to driveway clearing. Rollouts are expected to start in the greater Cleveland area.

University Hospitals has been awarded the International Cardio-Oncology Society’s Gold Status Center of Excellence designation for 2025-2028, recognizing its work treating cancer patients whose therapies can cause heart complications. The announcement highlights Shaker Heights resident Mia Pruzin’s treatment for Stage 3 Hodgkin lymphoma while pregnant and the program’s multidisciplinary approach.

Ohio’s GoBus will double its footprint starting March 2, 2026, adding four new routes and 26 new stops across the state and into Pennsylvania. The expansion aims to better connect rural and underserved communities with major job centers, transit systems and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, with fares expected to range from $5 to $40.

Valentine’s Day is more than a holiday at The City Mission. Laura’s Home Women’s Crisis Center marks 23 years since opening, and on Feb. 14, 2026, Rothstein Village will reach its one-year milestone. The transitional housing community helps families move from emergency shelter toward lasting independence, offering a bridge past the “cliff effect” that can derail recovery.

A DowntownCleveland.com roundup says 21 new storefront businesses opened in downtown Cleveland last year, from coffee and ice cream to pizza, entertainment and retail. The list spans Euclid Avenue, East 4th Street, Public Square and more, offering a look at new spots now open across the city’s urban core.

Burt “Burt” Saltzman, the longtime chairman and leader of Dave’s Markets, died Jan. 13, 2026, at 88. Local nonprofits and community members credited him with years of support for hunger relief and other civic efforts, including the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, which recently named a space in his honor.

Sheetz says former President, CEO and Board Chairman Steve Sheetz died the night of Jan. 4, 2026, at 77. The company credited him with helping launch Made-to-Order food, entering fuel sales and driving multi-state expansion, and noted philanthropic work with Penn State Altoona. Funeral arrangements were not included in the release.

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Construction crews began work at the East Wing’s main entrance, where guests traditionally arrive. While it remains unclear how much of the wing will be removed, early images show that the original corridor remains visible in renderings of the new ballroom design, suggesting the extension will expand outward from the existing structure. The East Wing, completed in its current form in 1942 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, has historically housed the Office of the First L

The incident exposed the fragility of digital systems heavily reliant on a small number of cloud providers. Despite being a regional fault centered on the US-EAST-1 data center, the disruption spread globally due to deeply integrated dependencies. AWS services like DynamoDB, essential for real-time data handling, were especially affected when endpoint resolution via DNS began to fail.

One American living in France, who documented her experience on TikTok, said she was turned away at two separate La Poste locations when trying to send Halloween cards to her family in the United States. Both offices told her all mail, including letters, was barred from being sent due to new tariffs and customs rules. “They were so confident,” she said in a video posted on October 13. “They told me there was absolutely no way.”

The message, delivered by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and produced by the Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration, states, “Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government.” The clip links the shutdown directly to TSA operations and highlights that many employees are working without pay. The explicit partisan blame in the video has drawn criticism and is the central reason multiple airports have refused to dis

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