Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Heights Embraces “No Mow May”
Let it grow, let it grow
Can’t trim it back anymore
Let it grow, let it grow
As warm weather finally makes its way to Northeast Ohio, one suburb is embracing a natural alternative to high-maintenance lawn care.
For the rest of the month, Cleveland Heights will not enforce grass length violations and will limit mowing on public properties and road medians to cases, “where a health and safety concern must be addressed, such as mowing a visibility strip around the perimeter of a median to ensure a safer driving environment,” according to an executive order from Mayor Khalil Seren.
The goal is to create better conditions for insects like bees and fireflies in early spring, which can have limited floral resources. The initiative also aims to save money and water while reducing air and noise pollution.
The No Mow May movement was started in the United Kingdom by citizen scientists in 2019 and has spread internationally since.
Lawns are the single largest irrigated crop grown in the United States, beating out corn and soy and spanning 40 million acres. But short grass doesn’t offer much environmental benefit and can actually harm local environments.
“Grass-only lawns lack floral resources and nesting sites for bees and are often treated with pesticides that harm bees and other invertebrates,” according to Bee City USA, a program dedicated to pollinator conservation. “When we think of habitat loss, we tend to imagine bulldozers and rutted dirt, but acres of manicured lawn are as much a loss of habitat as any development site.”
But the movement is not without its critics. New York based turf specialist Tamson Yeh told the Associated Press, “It’s such a nice slogan, but letting the grass grow high and allowing it to do its thing, and then suddenly mowing it back is really counterproductive.”
Some critics argue that, because bees return to and share with each other locations of food sources, creating temporary havens like longer lawns in No Mow May can confuse them and leave them vulnerable to predators when lawns are cut in June. Instead, some recommend planting native plants or growing a wildflower meadow.
Plus, there’s the issue of dandelions, which are a non-native invasive species. Though those can be treated with herbicides.
For those planning on participating, lawn experts caution against cutting long grass all at once. To avoid damaging grass, it’s recommended never to cut more than a third of the lawn’s length at once. For example, if grass is six inches on June 1, gardeners will want to avoid taking off more than two inches on the first pass, then wait a couple of days before mowing again.
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Cleveland Guardians’ Bo Naylor (23) is congratulated in the dugout by manager Stephen Vogt, left, catcher Austin Hedges, center and Cleveland Guardians hitting coach Grant Fink, right, after hitting a solo home run off Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Brandon Eisert during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Week 4 high school football scores from around Ohio, as provided by The Associated Press.
Ada 50, Bloomdale Elmwood 20
Akr. Hoban 52, Akr. East 0
Alliance 26, Akr. Ellet 0
Andover Pymatuning Valley 65, Vienna Mathews 35
Anna 14, Coldwater 7
Ansonia 52, Lewisburg Tri-County N. 6
Arcanum 61, Bradford 0
Archbold 36, Delta 30
Arlington 28, Van Buren 10
Ashland 34, New Philadelphia 7
Ashland Crestview 42, New London 0
Ashtabula Edgewood 34, Rocky River Lutheran W. 0
Ashville Teays Valley 37, Lancaster 14
Athens 71, Albany Alexander 0
Attica Seneca E. 62, Bucyrus Wynford 8
Avon 55, N. Ridgeville 7
Avon Lake 39, Grafton Midview 7
Baltimore Liberty Union 41, Hebron Lakewood 7
Barberton 35, Cuyahoga Falls 6
Barnesville 56, Rayland Buckeye 0
Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 54, Tiffin Calvert 0
Batavia Clermont NE 40, Lockland 6
Bay (OH) 26, Parma Normandy 0
Beaver Local 21, E. Liverpool 18
Beavercreek 34, Clayton Northmont 0
Bedford 14, Lyndhurst Brush 13
Bellbrook 41, Day. Chaminade Julienne 0
Bellefontaine 28, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 10
Bellevue 19, Norwalk 0
Bellville Clear Fork 14, Ontario 10
Belmont Union Local 28, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 3
Beloit W. Branch 27, Youngs. Chaney High School 6
Berea-Midpark 20, Amherst Steele 19
Beverly Ft. Frye 28, Waterford 0
Bishop Hartley 35, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 7
Bloom-Carroll 16, Amanda-Clearcreek 6
Bluffton 49, Delphos Jefferson 6
Bowling Green 20, Sylvania Northview 14
Brooke, W.Va. 24, Cambridge 14
Brookville 35, Waynesville 7
Caldwell 41, Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 0
Caledonia River Valley 21, Marion Pleasant 14
Camden Preble Shawnee 51, New Lebanon Dixie 7
Campbell Memorial 30, Lowellville 15
Canal Fulton Northwest 32, Wooster Triway 29
Canal Winchester 55, Reynoldsburg 30
Canal Winchester Harvest 20, Sandusky Perkins 13
Canfield 35, Poland Seminary 13
Carey 33, Upper Sandusky 7
Carrollton 16, Warren Howland 10
Casstown Miami E. 22, Covington 21
Castalia Margaretta 42, Willard 0
Celina 38, Van Wert 37, OT
Centerburg 44, Galion Northmor 27
Chagrin Falls 31, Independence 9
Chagrin Falls Kenston 21, Akr. Buchtel 18
Chardon 17, Perry 13
Chesterland W. Geauga 42, Conneaut 0
Chillicothe Unioto 49, Chillicothe Huntington 7
Chillicothe Zane Trace 42, Piketon 6
Cin. Anderson 36, Lebanon 10
Cin. Country Day 24, Cin. College Prep. 22
Cin. Deer Park 26, Reading 6
Cin. Elder 16, Cin. La Salle 8
Cin. Hills Christian Academy 56, Norwood 0
Cin. Indian Hill 28, Cin. Wyoming 7
Cin. Madeira 27, Cin. Finneytown 0
Cin. McNicholas 26, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 0
Cin. Moeller 49, CPA, Tenn. 28
Cin. NW 40, Day. Carroll 14
Cin. Princeton 27, W. Chester Lakota W. 10
Cin. Taft 69, Cin. Mt Healthy 0
Cin. Winton Woods 13, Cin. Turpin 6
Circleville 35, Circleville Logan Elm 8
Clarksville Clinton-Massie 49, Blanchester 7
Cle. Adams 34, Cle. E. Tech 0
Cle. Benedictine 28, Chardon NDCL 14
Cle. Cent. Cath. 23, Warrensville Hts. 6
Cle. Hay 48, Cle. JFK 0
Cle. John Marshall 24, Cle. Rhodes 16
Collins Western Reserve 43, Ashland Mapleton 2
Cols. Africentric 34, Cols. Briggs 0
Cols. Bishop Watterson 81, Tiffin Columbian 7
Cols. Franklin Hts. 14, Cols. KIPP 8
Cols. Grandview Hts. 35, Cols. Bexley 0
Cols. Hamilton Twp. 35, Lancaster Fairfield Union 7
Cols. Northland 26, Whitehall-Yearling 7
Cols. St. Charles 27, Bishop Ready 26
Cols. Upper Arlington 42, New Albany 7
Cols. Whetstone 28, Cols. Beechcroft 25
Columbia Station Columbia 35, Wellington 6
Columbiana Crestview 28, Youngs. Liberty 21
Columbus Grove 48, Spencerville 0
Convoy Crestview 55, Ft. Loramie 38
Copley 49, Tallmadge 7
Creston Norwayne 48, West Salem Northwestern 13
Crooksville 39, Byesville Meadowbrook 33
Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 56, Akr. Garfield 0
Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 31, Cle. St Ignatius 0
Dawson-Bryant 60, Chesapeake 14
Day. Christian 39, Middletown Madison 28
Day. Oakwood 34, Eaton 7
DeGraff Riverside 28, Milton-Union 23
Delaware Buckeye Valley 21, Pataskala Licking Hts. 13
Dresden Tri-Valley 41, McConnelsville Morgan 7
E. Palestine 50, Lisbon David Anderson 35
East 81, Cols. Mifflin 0
Eastlake North 31, Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 0
Edgerton 47, Antwerp 14
Edon 49, Summerfield, Mich. 20
Elmore Woodmore 42, Kansas Lakota 6
Elyria Cath. 17, Vermilion 0
Euclid 38, Lorain 14
Fairborn 42, Greenville 18
Fairfield 34, Cin. Sycamore 9
Findlay 41, Sylvania Southview 14
Fitch 17, Painesville Riverside 14
Frankfort Adena 33, Southeastern 7
Fredericktown 21, Cardington-Lincoln 0
Gahanna Cols. Academy 40, Dover 34
Garrettsville Garfield 41, Leavittsburg LaBrae 6
Gates Mills Hawken 49, Geneva 48
Genoa 36, Tontogany Otsego 21
Germantown Valley View 35, Carlisle 14
Gibsonburg 45, Northwood 8
Girard 48, Struthers 12
Glouster Trimble 40, Wellston 0
Goshen 53, Bethel-Tate 19
Greenfield McClain 54, Lees Creek E. Clinton 0
Grove City Christian 38, Zanesville Rosecrans 0
Groveport-Madison 35, Newark 13
Hamilton Badin 38, Cols. DeSales 21
Hamilton New Miami 31, Fayetteville-Perry 0
Hamler Patrick Henry 49, Bryan 7
Hannibal River 42, Magnolia, W.Va. 0
Hanoverton United 27, Columbiana 7
Harrison 48, Cin. Western Hills 8
Hilliard Bradley 42, Marysville 14
Hilliard Davidson 35, Hilliard Darby 14
Howard E. Knox 27, Loudonville 12
Hubbard 51, Niles McKinley 7
Huber Hts. Wayne 48, Springboro 23
Hudson 35, Solon 3
Huron 56, Morral Ridgedale 7
Independence, W.Va. 35, Vincent Warren 0
Ironton Rock Hill 33, Proctorville Fairland 32
Jackson 49, Mt. Orab Western Brown 14
Jamestown Greeneview 41, Milford Center Fairbanks 7
Jeromesville Hillsdale 53, Doylestown Chippewa 0
John Marshall, W.Va. 34, Bellaire 26
Kettering Fairmont 20, Centerville 17
Kings Mills Kings 31, Cin. West Clermont 0
Kirtland 45, Fairview 21
Lakeside Danbury 44, Holgate 12
Lakewood 43, Westlake 6
Lancaster Fisher Cath. 20, Fairfield Christian 13
Landmark Christian 15, Cin. Clark Montessori 14
Leipsic 12, Pandora-Gilboa 7
Lewis Center Olentangy 43, Grove City Cent. Crossing 6
Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 35, Gahanna Lincoln 21
Lexington 70, Akr. North 0
Liberty Center 64, Swanton 0
Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 31, Hamilton 27
Lima Cent. Cath. 36, Harrod Allen E. 6
Lima Shawnee 31, Lima Bath 21
Lloyd Memorial, Ky. 36, Cin. Aiken 22
Lodi Cloverleaf 42, Akr. Springfield 7
London 44, Lewistown Indian Lake 14
Louisville 45, Alliance Marlington 7
Lucas 62, Vanlue 0
Lucasville Valley 25, Waverly 3
Macedonia Nordonia 23, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 13
Mansfield Madison 28, Wooster 17
Mantua Crestwood 44, Beachwood 6
Maria Stein Marion Local 61, Delphos St John’s 0
Marion Elgin 30, Mt. Victory Ridgemont 29
Mason 24, Cin. Oak Hills 14
Massillon Jackson 33, Mayfield 6
Massillon Washington 35, Bennett, N.Y. 0
Maumee 27, Millbury Lake 20
McComb 56, Arcadia 0
Mechanicsburg 58, London Madison-Plains 13
Medina 38, Shaker Hts. 3
Medina Buckeye 23, N. Olmsted 0
Medina Highland 41, Aurora 7
Mentor 45, Brunswick 7
Mentor Lake Cath. 31, Gates Mills Gilmour 14
Metamora Evergreen 14, Wauseon 7
Middletown 31, Cin. Colerain 0
Milan Edison 20, Johnstown Northridge 0
Millersburg W. Holmes 45, Mansfield 6
Millersport 33, Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 20
Mineral Ridge 27, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 0
Minerva 40, Magnolia Sandy Valley 12
Minford 29, Oak Hill 6
Minster 49, Rockford Parkway 20
Mogadore 28, Malvern 14
Monroe 35, Day. Ponitz Tech. 8
Monroeville 67, Greenwich S. Cent. 0
Morrow Little Miami 33, Cin. Walnut Hills 0
Mt Gilead 26, Danville 22
Mt. Vernon 35, Johnstown 34, OT
N. Baltimore 64, Cory-Rawson 7
N. Can. Hoover 27, Green 21
N. Robinson Col. Crawford 24, Sycamore Mohawk 21
Napoleon 23, Oregon Clay 15
Navarre Fairless 49, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 7
Nelsonville-York 51, Bidwell River Valley 0
New Bremen 26, Versailles 25
New Concord John Glenn 48, Coshocton 0
New Franklin Manchester 35, Can. South 17
New Lexington 33, Zanesville W. Muskingum 7
New Richmond 53, Cin. Shroder 20
New Washington Buckeye Cent. 34, Bucyrus 13
Newark Licking Valley 41, Heath 7
Norton 56, Ravenna 24
Norwalk St Paul 57, Plymouth 0
Oak Glen, W.Va. 43, Belpre 0
Oak Harbor 49, Fostoria 6
Oberlin Firelands 40, Sheffield Brookside 20
Olmsted Falls 38, Elyria 0
Orange 47, Jefferson Area 28
Orrville 38, Massillon Tuslaw 7
Orwell Grand Valley 68, Windham 8
Oxford Talawanda 35, Franklin 10
Painesville Harvey 61, Ashtabula Lakeside 19
Parma Padua 47, Sandusky 13
Paulding 39, Haviland Wayne Trace 7
Pemberville Eastwood 41, Rossford 0
Peninsula Woodridge 48, Mogadore Field 35
Perrysburg 45, Holland Springfield 13
Philo 43, Warsaw River View 0
Pickerington Cent. 64, Logan 7
Pickerington N. 24, Dublin Coffman 0
Plain City Jonathan Alder 42, Richwood N. Union 23
Port Clinton 65, Cle. Collinwood 0
Powell Olentangy Liberty 10, Delaware Olentangy Berlin 7
Racine Southern 53, Franklin Furnace Green 0
Ravenna SE 53, Newton Falls 28
Richfield Revere 28, Kent Roosevelt 16
Richmond Edison 48, Martins Ferry 20
Rittman 20, Apple Creek Waynedale 14
Rocky River 42, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 14
Rootstown 48, Brooklyn 8
Salem 49, Can. Cent. Cath. 20
Salineville Southern 41, Wellsville 20
Sarahsville Shenandoah 28, Lore City Buckeye Trail 8
Shadyside 13, New Matamoras Frontier 6
Shelby 45, Galion 34
Sherwood Fairview 43, Defiance Ayersville 14
Smithville 35, Dalton 19
Sparta Highland 12, Marion Harding High School 6, OT
Spring. Greenon 34, N. Lewisburg Triad 0
Spring. Kenton Ridge 42, Spring. Shawnee 14
Spring. NE 48, S. Charleston SE 2
Springfield 37, Miamisburg 0
St Clairsville 24, Linsly, W.Va. 14
St Marys 41, Defiance 0
St. Edward (OH) 28, Cle. Glenville 14
St. Henry (OH) 33, Ft. Recovery 13
St. Xavier (OH) 28, Westerville N. 0
Steubenville 27, Youngs. Mooney 24, OT
Strasburg 34, Bowerston Conotton Valley 22
Streetsboro 48, Akr. Coventry 6
Strongsville 29, Cle. Hts. 26
Sugar Grove Berne Union 20, Corning Miller 18
Sugarcreek Garaway 48, Zanesville 14
Sullivan Black River 22, Lorain Clearview 7
Sunbury Big Walnut 45, Hayes 7
Thomas Worthington 42, Grove City 21
Thornville Sheridan 56, Zanesville Maysville 14
Tipp City Tippecanoe 41, Riverside Stebbins 7
Tol. Bowsher 17, Tol. Woodward 0
Tol. Cent. Cath. 28, Birmingham Brother Rice, Mich. 14
Tol. Christian 25, Richmond Hts. 12
Tol. Ottawa Hills 39, Pioneer N. Central 18
Tol. St. Francis 33, Clyde 3
Tol. Whitmer 27, Fremont Ross 6
Toledo St John’s Jesuit 29, River Rouge, Mich. 18
Toronto 26, Newcomerstown 16
Trotwood-Madison 20, Kettering Alter 6
Troy 28, Piqua 7
Twinsburg 45, Stow-Munroe Falls 21
Uhrichsville Claymont 12, Marietta 0
Uniontown Lake 31, Massillon Perry 15
Vandalia Butler 31, Sidney 6
W. Jefferson 62, Cedarville 26
W. Lafayette Ridgewood 31, Utica 0
W. Liberty-Salem 31, Spring. Cath. Cent. 7
Wadsworth 48, N. Royalton 14
Wapakoneta 42, Ottawa-Glandorf 14
Warren Harding 42, STVM 6
Washington C.H. 31, Granville 16
Washington C.H. Miami Trace 34, Batavia 16
Waynesfield-Goshen 37, Dola Hardin Northern 6
Westerville Cent. 24, Dublin Jerome 16
Westerville S. 26, Dublin Scioto 18
Wheelersburg 35, McDermott Scioto NW 0
Whiteford, Mich. 63, W. Unity Hilltop 6
Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 41, Lima 12
Wickliffe 21, Cuyahoga Hts. 7
Williamsburg 26, Hillsboro 7
Willoughby S. 49, Akr. Firestone 7
Willow Wood Symmes Valley 45, South Point 24
Wilmington 21, Hamilton Ross 13
Wintersville Indian Creek 46, Weir, W.Va. 22
Worthington Kilbourne 48, Galloway Westland 38
Xenia 67, W. Carrollton 6
Youngs. Boardman 36, Maple Hts. 20
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