Karin Connelly Rice
Stories by: Karin Connelly Rice
Karin Connelly Rice enjoys telling people's stories, whether it's a promising startup or a life's passion. Over the past 30 years she has reported on local community members and businesses for publications such as Inside Business, Cleveland Magazine, the Rocky River/Lakewood edition of In the Neighborhood, and the Amherst News-Times. At Fresh Water Rice focuses on Clevelanders who are shaping and embracing Cleveland—especially those making positive changes in the city's underserved neighborhoods.
Forget Punxsutawney Phil. Want to know what kind of spring Cleveland will have? Get Casimir the Cat a pierogi with sour cream.
Five Cleveland medical organizations are teaming up to help paralysis victims regain partial movement. Called the Cleveland FES Center, this consortium is featured in a documentary, "I Am Human."
Larchmere has a new health-conscious hybrid coffee and entertainment spot. UnBAR Cafe recently opened, serving up a peaceful atmosphere instead of alcohol.
The tree canopy is declining in Cuyahoga County at an alarming rate, experts say. They offer suggestions on how we can reverse the trend.
A neighborhood group is installing historically accurate replicas of the original 1920s street signs in the East Cleveland portion of Forest Hill.
The cafe lifestyle is the focus of the second location of Fawaky Burst Smoothie and Juice Cafe, now serving breakfast in Cleveland Heights.
Picnic Hill Market Cafe is the first of several new dining options coming to Fairmount Circle, near the campus of John Carroll University.
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The City Mission's New Horizons program is helping deserving families avoid homelessness, with assistance from a lot of donations and volunteers.
City of Cleveland officials make their case for building a new police headquarters in the Kinsman neighborhood next to the Opportunity Corridor.
Nosotros Rock Climbing Gym in Lakewood is so successful, a second one is coming to downtown Cleveland.
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture awarded grants to 277 nonprofit groups in November, including four profiled here: Dunham Tavern and Museum; Ensemble Theatre; Hasani Management; and Food Strong.
It's an invasion of Southern Hemisphere dinosaurs. They're taking over the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in a cool new exhibition called "Ultimate Dinosaurs."
Forced to relocate his Sides to Go BBQ food truck business, Ben Holbert found a new location in Bedford which came with its own unique problem.
We always have trouble finding the right presents to complete our holiday shopping list, so we asked some diehard Clevelanders to share their go-to gifts with us. Unsurprisingly, they all suggested locally made items.
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AsiaTown's new project manager, Karis Tzeng, is making a difference in the Cleveland neighborhood with a variety of projects, including new street signs proclaiming Stanley Eng Way.
Downtown Cleveland is developing a dazzling new holiday tradition with the Lake Effects Pop-Up Holiday Bar at the Kimpton Schofield Hotel.
New restaurants featuring vegan cuisine are opening regularly in Cleveland, as a plant-based diet gains followers for ethical, environmental and health reasons.
Art students at Cleveland's Menlo Park Academy are getting a taste of the real world by making handmade signs for two grocery stores.
Chef and restaurateur Douglas Katz's newest restaurant, Zhug in the Cedar-Fairmount District, combines flavors from the historical spice trade routes that passed through the Middle East.
Business is booming on Lee Road in Cleveland Heights, where the trend is toward makers of craft food and beverages.