Behind The Lens

My article about Melt (as I wrote about here ) is in this week’s issue of the Lakewood Observer. You can download a PDF copy of the issue here.
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Last night, I attended Lakewood Mayor Ed FitzGerald’s first State Of The City address at the new Garfield Elementary. Mayor FitzGerald gave an excellent overview of what his administration has accomplished in his first 100 days in office, and his plans for the future.
His speech, in its entirety, with photos, are on the Lakewood [...]

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Last Thursday, I attended the final 2008 fiscal budget hearing for the City of Lakewood. When Mayor Ed FitzGerald took office in January, Lakewood was, and still is, faced with a $4 Million deficit. In order to address the budget, the possibility of cuts in city services is staring city officials and residents [...]

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Former President Bill Clinton appeared today at Lakewood High School, and spoke to a nearly filled-to-capacity crowd.Both Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in the Cleveland area, making one final push for votes before the Tuesday, March 4 primary election.
More photos are available at The Lakewood Observer website.
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Lakewood, Ohio is very much an ethnic ‘melting pot’. Bearing the distinction of being the most densely-populated city between New York and Chicago, with nearly 56,000 residents crammed into just under 5 square miles, it is often called the ‘City of Homes’ as well as the ‘City of Churches’.
Saint James is among the oldest of [...]

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After I shot this photo of the Stokes Federal Courthouse in Cleveland, I thought about our justice system, and the recent case in Mansfield of a drug informant lying on the witness stand and framing innocent people.
Is justice really blind?
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I received this email today:
 
Are you Mormon? Maybe thats too forward… Well I am and the wrestle between comfort and guilt has been real for me in my life. I know it can be said for many religions but since I am a Mormon it hit home. Thanks for the post all the same.  
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This image represents my first journalism project. You could say that this is when I got the ‘journalism bug’; what better way to be initiated than during a dangerous police standoff.
I was listening to my police scanner when I heard the call go out for Westshore SWAT, that a man had holed himself up with [...]

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After a hard-fought Mayoral Election in Lakewood last November, there are still reminders of what we once had.
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From the same High School that spawned Phil Donahue, Michael Symon and Terrence O’Donnell, the Trash Talkers are an extension of the St. Edward Marching Band.
These guys remind me of Stomp, but without all the dancing and theatrics. They’re a loud, cacophonous bunch; they can be heard blocks away when they perform.
This was shot at [...]

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