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🌱 Patch AM: How Shaker Heights’ Arcadia became a model for future development

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Good morning Shaker Heights! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Shaker Heights' Arcadia became a model for future development
  • How did Shaker Heights stack up in Week 8 action?
  • What led this fatal crash case to Shaker Heights Municipal Court?

Also on today's calendar: Cle Feud Competition and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 73 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Sunday: Some rain, temps: high: 65, low: 59.
  • Monday: Warmer with clouds and sun, with a high of 75 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Cuyahoga County Launches New Site to Push for Transit-Oriented Development (clevescene.com) — Cuyahoga County is ramping up transit-oriented development, and Shaker Heights' Arcadia apartments are one of the showcase projects near RTA lines. A new online TOD Navigator and loan and tax incentives aim to steer more mixed-use, walkable development to places like Shaker Heights, potentially shaping future housing, streetscapes, and neighborhood amenities for local residents.
   

2. How cleveland.com NE Ohio Top 25 high school football teams fared in Week 8, 2026 (cleveland.com) — Shaker Heights football fell 42–3 to Mentor in Week 8, as cleveland.com recaps how all Top 25 Northeast Ohio teams performed. The roundup gives local fans quick context on where Shaker Heights stands against regional powerhouses and how other nearby programs fared heading into the final stretch of the season.
   

3. Wrong-way driver in fatal freeway crash indicted: Pepper Pike Police Blotter (cleveland.com) — A wrong-way crash suspect was moved from Beachwood jail for an initial appearance in Shaker Heights Municipal Court after a fatal I-271 collision that killed an Uber driver and injured a passenger. The Pepper Pike blotter also details local pumpkin thefts, a Shaker Boulevard fraud case, a domestic disturbance, and a business banking dispute, offering a snapshot of nearby public safety concerns.
   

4. Flock Deal Pulls Back Curtain on 20 Small-Town Cameras Wired into Nationwide Network (tennesseestar.com) — Shaker Heights is cited as one of several cities leasing Flock license-plate cameras at about $3,000 per unit annually, tying local spending into a vast nationwide surveillance network. The piece compares costs in multiple communities and explains how Flock's data-sharing and search tools work, while also noting new bipartisan efforts in Congress to rein in federal use of these systems.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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