FreshWater managing photographer Bob Perkoski provides a peek into the everyday lives of Clevelanders going about their business in the neighborhoods and streets of Cleveland. 

Need a job? Check out the latest edition of FreshWater Cleveland's “Who’s Hiring” series, where we feature growing companies with open positions, what they’re looking for, and how to apply.

Brandon Chrostowski and his EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute staff launched a cook-from-home Zoom cooking class series this month—offering classes for all skill levels and ages.

As the Towpath Trail Extension Project nears completion, community development leaders envision how connectivity will make a social and economic impact on their neighborhoods and residents.

Thanks to $750,000 in state capital funds, the Western Reserve Historical Society is moving ahead with plans to update and broaden the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum's space.

Waterloo Arts has come up with an artistic way to drench Waterloo Road in color and greenery while also bringing the neighborhood together. 

Angry and frustrated by the racially-motived murders this past summer, and stifled by the inability to practice their dance returns because of COVID-19, the members of Buck Out Cleveland's Diamond Dance Company showed their emotions through a powerful dance video.

The Putzfrau, a boat designed by Northeast Ohio native Frank Samsel and used in the early 1970s to clean up the Cuyahoga River, was spotted yesterday—restored and back in service.

Many people are struggling to keep the lights and heat on while also trying to navigate assistance programs and changing moratoriums during the pandemic.

The best things in life are free, indeed, and our monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up all the free #CLE events that get our "stamp" of approval.

Most people would agree, 2020 has been a difficult year. But Northeast Ohio has also witnessed some bright spots amid the darkness. Here's a look back at FreshWater Cleveland's most-read stories of 2020.

Northeast Ohio is changing. These are the people shaping its future. Our latest installment.

After nearly eight years in business, Cleveland Whiskey is busting at the seams and is moving to a new—yet historic—facility in the 1911 Consolidated Produce Auction Company building in the Flats. The new facility will accommodate a restaurant, bar, garden, and, of course, plenty of whiskey.

The pandemic has hit the restaurant industry particularly hard, and even with $7.5 million in Cuyahoga County CARES act funding set aside for small business, many minority-owned suburban eateries are struggling to stay in their communities.  

Cleveland community development corporations have adapted to change all year due to the pandemic. Now, they are using those lessons to help neighbors in need for the holiday season.

CHN Housing Partners' fund for utilities assistance on delinquent bills has run dry, a spokesperson says, while Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland still has some assistance money left. With thousands of Clevelanders facing large bills, here are some options for help.

Ariana Johnson wanted to find a way to support the Black community in Cleveland neighborhoods gets the mental and physical health resources they need. So she started the Black Diamond foundation and wasted no time in setting up a pajama drive with the Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church.

As the moratorium on utilities shutoffs ends, Army veteran Terrance DeWalt shares his fear of living through a Cleveland winter with no heat, water, or electricity.