🌱 Patch AM: How did a Cleveland Heights resident figure into a top 2025 case?

Hi there, Cleveland Heights! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How did a Cleveland Heights resident figure into a top 2025 case?
• Community remembers Cleveland Heights High alumna Maureen F. Roskoph

Also on today's calendar: HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very cold with a few flurries, with a high of 22 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Chilly with low clouds, temps: high: 26, low: 18.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 27 and low of 21 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A look back at some of The News-Herald's top stories in 2025 (news-herald.com) — One of the year’s major crime stories involved a suspect from Cleveland Heights among several people charged in a Willoughby homicide, tying our community into Lake County’s 2025 news. The roundup also covers school leadership changes, major fires, a new Fairport Harbor preK–12 school, and high-profile court cases and development projects across the region.
   

• Roskoph, Maureen (clevelandjewishnews.com) — Cleveland Heights readers may remember Maureen Roskoph as a Cleveland-born graduate of Cleveland Heights High School who went on to build a warm, community-centered life in Palo Alto. Her obituary recalls her decades of devotion to family, teaching, and extensive volunteer work at Stanford’s blood bank and children’s hospital, as well as her leadership in local Jewish and hospital communities.
   

📸 Around Cleveland Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cleveland Heights

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Thursday January 1

• THE HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre
  Plexus , 2340 Lee Road , Cleveland Heights
  7:30 pm

Friday January 2

• HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre
  Dobama Theatre , 2340 Lee Rd , Cleveland Heights
  7:30 pm

Saturday January 3

• HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre
  Dobama Theatre , 2340 Lee Rd , Cleveland Heights
  7:30 pm

Sunday January 4

• HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre
  Dobama Theatre , 2340 Lee Rd , Cleveland Heights
  2:30 pm

Sunday January 11

• Vision in Focus: Affirming Intentions for 2026
  Carve Your Own Path Office , 840 Rothrock Road Suite 203 , Copley
  1:00 pm
• Sourdough Bread and Butter Making Workshop!
  Cafe Honeycomb , 28601 Chagrin Blvd , Woodmere
  3:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Untapped Potential: Leveraging Accessibility in the Workplace
  The Cleveland Foundation , 6601 Euclid Avenue , Cleveland
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 2

• Facilities Closed
  Franklin D. Roosevelt Cleveland, OH 44108

Saturday January 3

• North Union Indoor Farmers Market at Van Aken District
  Shaker Heights, OH Calendar , 3441 Tuttle Rd. , Shaker Heights
  9:00 am
• Boy's Basketball (Varsity)
  Fairview HS Main Gym
  6:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Students Return
  Franklin D. Roosevelt Cleveland, OH 44108
• Architectural Board of Review
  Shaker Heights, OH Calendar , 3400 Lee Road , Shaker Heights

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Can anyone recommend a really good Italian restaurant in Cleveland that makes everything from scratch?
  I know about all the restaurants in Little Italy. I know about Crostata's that is temporarily closed for some reason. I know about Abos Grille,… (Nextdoor Navahoe-Sylvania)
• Male dog running free.
  didnt see a collar. Back yards between cle hts Blvd and Glenwood. Ran from me when I tried to catch it. (Nextdoor Mayfield)

• New Perspective posted a job opening for Life Engagement Coach - Activities Assistant in Beachwood. Apply here.
• Saber Healthcare Group posted a job opening for Revenue Cycle Billing Specialist in Beachwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cleveland Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Cleveland

• Snow squalls, heavy lake-effect snow to hit Greater Cleveland through Thursday (cleveland.com)
• Officers respond to home after man sends friend grisly message: Highland Heights Police Blotter (cleveland.com)
• Yvette Nicole Brown Shares Scathing Post as Former Community Costar Chevy Chase's N-Word Scandal Makes Headlines (people.com)

Shaker Heights

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-- The Patch AM Team

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