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  • On behalf of a grateful nation: Riverside Cemetery and Walter Martens & Sons Funeral Home celebrate their fifth annual Memorial Day Ceremony

    by Victoria Shea (Plain Press, June 2018)    The American Flag that draped the 2015 casket of Private First Class Clarence A. Nolan, Jr. of the United States Army, was silhouetted against a beautiful blue sky at Riverside Cemetery, as the fifth annual Honoring Those Who Protected Our Freedom Memorial Day Ceremony took place. Started in…

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  • Hispanic Alliance launches Welcome Hub

    (Plain Press, June 2018)    Hispanic Alliance announced the creation of a new Welcome Hub that will provide bilingual resources and guidance to the area’s Latino population and services such as affordable housing, jobs and schools. The May 3 launching of the Welcome Hub took place at the Hispanic Alliance office located on the ground floor…

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  • Pilgrim Church offers sanctuary to immigrant facing deportation

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2018)    The congregation of Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ on West 14th Street in the Tremont neighborhood decided in a unanimous vote to make their church a sanctuary, allowing the church to protect a guest from being deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Eulogio Hernandez Box, a…

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  • City Council Committee hears testimony from community groups on how to eliminate childhood lead poisoning

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2018)    At its May 21 meeting, Cleveland City Council’s Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony from representatives of three different community groups working to address childhood lead poisoning in Cleveland. The hearing was the second in a series on the issues. Testifying before the committee were representatives from…

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  • Plain Press Community Board – June 2018

    COMMUNITY BOARD June 2018 The Plain Press Community Board is a listing of a variety of free activities and resources for neighborhoods served by the Plain Press. Printing for it is sponsored by Organize! Ohio through donations from readers and supporters. ARTS/THEATRE/FILM LAND STUDIO ART IN THE PARK: Herman Park: Wednesdays June 6 through June…

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  • June 2018 Issue of the Plain Press

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