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Year in Review: Lakewood’s Top Stories of 2012

Check out the top stories, and the links below to read what you may have missed in 2012.

 
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The Waterbury Avenue shooting that left one man dead, and another injured, attracted all sorts of interest in January. The shooting was the result of a robbery-gone-bad. Credit Kevin Kopanski
Sherwon Wanzo, a student at Lakewood High School, was shot and killed on Cleveland’s west side on April 15, after he left a party. His killer was never caught. Credit Julie Tittl
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The story of Mary Gannon, a teacher at Lakewood High School, went viral after Lakewood Patch reported her story in September. Gannon was born without arms. But she never let that get in her way of following her dreams. Credit Colin McEwen http://o2.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/PATCH/resize/273x203/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/patch/8648b7639d49f19b7584f9bb82338923
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This year, the city finished its comprehensive housing survey — an effort to examine every home in the city to determine which ones met the city housing code. Lakewood Patch compiled a complete database to look up the properties in Lakewood that needed some work. Many of those homes were improved since the initial survey was released. Credit Colin McEwen http://o5.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/PATCH/resize/273x203/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/patch/c2dd0901353e6d539534b5c6bc53644b http://o2.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/patch/f9317dcde492d2997084d0ddf7373d91
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Chris

7:54 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

Wow.. other than the inspiring teacher, there is a focus on the negative here for sure.

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Colin McEwen

12:17 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012

Tend to agree, Chris. These were the most-talked about stories... There are others, such as "Taco Truck Makes Its Debut in Lakewood" and "Eddie 'N Eddie Opens on Detroit Avenue"... I have to admit that I prefer writing "positive" stories. But when someone gets hurt/killed in our city, people are going to be interested in those stories. What were some of your favorite stories?

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DLSJR

9:47 am on Saturday, December 29, 2012

Agree. They could have at least added a few more good/positive stories, or 2 more to make it 12 top stories of the year.

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Colin McEwen

11:00 pm on Saturday, December 29, 2012

OK, guys. I am officially adding "Taco Truck Makes Its Debut in Lakewood" and "Eddie 'N Eddie Opens on Detroit Avenue." Thanks for the input! Anyone else want to nominate favorite stories of 2012?

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