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With just 24 homes on the market in Strongsville, Howard Hanna real estate agent Melanie Bowen says now might be the time to cash in
Nicknamed the “Crossroads of the Nation,” Strongsville has always been touted as the perfect location, dating back to the time when it was at the intersection between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Southwestern Electric Line that connected Cleveland to Wooster. After the railroads ceased operation in the early 1930s, the city’s...
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With SOGO Homes’ flat-rate fee structure, sellers keep more of their profits and contribute to the dream of home ownership for someone else
The newest real estate brokerage in town was founded not only to help homeowners and homebuyers but also the greater community. SOGO Homes—which stands for Sell One, Give One—is based on the innovative business model that for every house the company sells or buyer it helps find a home, it will donate a portion of the...
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20 years of Mimi
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Mimi’s first edition, which published on June 10, 2003. The cover featured the late Dominic Cerino, grandson of Carrie Cerino and co-owner of her namesake restaurant in North Royalton. He was photographed by longtime Mimi photographer Benjamin Margalit as the smiling restaurateur stood over a delivery of...
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A Final Thought: I Really Don’t Know Clouds At All
By the time you read this sometime in mid-May, I hope we will have experienced relief from the constant rain. But for now, here in early May, I have decided to build an ark, assuming I can find a place to construct it where it will not sink into Northeast Ohio’s soggy loam. By comparison, my wife and I spent a few days at the end of April in...
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For these three Sisters in service at Our Lady of Lourdes National Shrine, answering God’s call has been a blessing many times over
From “Nunsense” to “Sister Act,” “Sound of Music,” and “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up,” if you believe the portrayals of nuns in shows and movies, fearsome flowing robes and well-rubbed rosary beads, brandished crucifixes and stiff habits may come to mind. The reality is far different. Here are the...
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