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Op-Ed: Sewer District Pushes Ahead With Plan to Drain Lower Shaker Lake

The weather is still cool as April nears its end, but the battle for Lower Shaker Lake is heating up. Residents of Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights packed city council meetings in their respective cities on April 6 and February 9, demanding their representatives find a way to save the lake....

Updated: Apr. 27, 2026, 11:41 a.m.

Battle of Shaker Lakes continues on two fronts - Upper and Lower (link and PDF)

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- With a tentative agreement in place for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction permit on the Doan Brook Restoration at Horseshoe Park project, opponents continue to voice their concerns.

Updated: Apr. 08, 2026, 11:41 a.m.

Residents push back against Shaker Lakes restoration

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) — Residents in Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights are mounting a final push to pause a major restoration project at Horseshoe Park.

Updated: Apr 6, 2026 / 05:45 PM EDT

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Dozens pack Cleveland Heights council meeting to protest Doan Brook restoration plan at Shaker Lakes

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Horseshoe Lake project: Natural wetland to be cleared for ‘urban’ replacement

Over 1,160 mature trees to be cut down.

More than 25 acres of woodland to be bulldozed.

Sound like a new shopping center going up somewhere in rural Ohio? Wrong! This is here at Horseshoe Lake.

Published: Jan. 23, 2026, 3:57 p.m

Shaker, Cleveland Heights councils proceed on shared Horseshoe Park agreements

Over 1,160 mature trees to be cut down.

More than 25 acres of woodland to be bulldozed.

Sound like a new shopping center going up somewhere in rural Ohio? Wrong! This is here at Horseshoe Lake..more

Published: Jan. 23, 2026, 3:57 p.m

Shaker, Cleveland Heights councils proceed on shared Horseshoe Park agreements

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Several residents voiced their concerns last week on a year-end closeout at two separate city council meetings involving the ongoing Doan Brook Restoration near Horseshoe Lake Park.

Published: December 23, 2025

Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights agree to share cost of Horseshoe Lake Dam removal despite resident concerns

This is not about stopping safety or maintenance work. It is about stopping irreversible work before lawful review is complete

Published: December 19, 2025

This is no way to treat a lake

I came to Cleveland from New York City in the summer of 1974. At 27 years old, I was looking for a leafier, less intense but still partly urban place to live...

Published: December 29, 2025

The lake makes me happy

My granddaughter asked me recently to take her on a walk around Lower Lake and said, “The lake makes me happy.” Indeed, it does. For a city like ours—a built-out, inner-ring suburb with little remaining open space—the lake is far more than scenery...

Published: December 29, 2025

Shaker Lakes and NEORSD: A matter of public trust

This past summer, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) confirmed plans to begin construction in January 2026 that will bulldoze more than 25 acres, fell more than 1,000 trees, and pave an access road through the bed of Horseshoe Lake..

Published: December 01, 2025

Lower Lake dam controversy continues as legal challenge stops repairs

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Construction vehicles were expected to be out near the dam at Lower Lake on Friday, as crews prepared to begin replacing 100 tons of stone that had washed away from the shoreline next to the dam.

Published: Dec. 05, 2025, 1:02 p.m.

Shaker Heights dam maintenance work could spark legal battle

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Crews are set to begin emergency maintenance work Monday on the Lower Shaker Lake dam despite a legal challenge threatening to halt the project, according to the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District...

Updated: Dec. 04, 2025, 4:34 p.m. | Published: Dec. 04, 2025, 4:20 p.m.

Shaker Lakes and NEORSD : A matter of public trust

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District plans to begin construction in 2026 that would clear over...

December 01, 2025

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