• City Club of Cleveland panel discusses Participatory Budgeting Cleveland (PB CLE) proposal

    PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Wednesday, November 2, 2022, Happy Dog, W. 58th and Detroit Avenue: Kenny Medrano, Former Director, Participatory Budgeting, District 26, New York City, explains the merits of participatory budgeting. The City Club joined with Participatory Budgeting Cleveland (PB CLE) to host a panel discussion on participatory budgeting. by Bruce Checefsky      (Plain…


  • Meeting our Jewish neighbors

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Friday, November 4, 2022; Beth Israel – The West Temple in West Park: Rabbi Enid C. Lader reading from the Sefer Torah. The Sefer Torah is a handwritten scroll of the first five books of the Bible in Hebrew and is used during worship services. She is using a yad to follow the…


  • City of Cleveland hosts listening sessions on plans for downtown lakefront

    by Erik Ault      (Plain Press, December 2022) The City of Cleveland held a series of listening sessions regarding plans for the downtown lakefront. Members of City Hall and planers for Cleveland’s North Coast Connector gave presentations on four proposals and then asked attenders for feedback.      Four possibilities were presented: No development; building a…


  • Representative-elect to the Ohio House of Representatives shares agenda

    (Plain Press, December 2022) To the Editor:      When I decided to run for State Representative last January, the district maps were undecided and still being debated in Columbus. It appeared back then that there would be potentially four candidates, including myself, who would run in what was nominally considered to be House District 15.…


  • December 2022 Plain Press Community Board

    December 2022 Plain Press Community Board ACTION GREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONS is sponsoring a Hearing on Youth Bindovers on Tuesday December 6 at 7 p.m. Youth Bindovers are when children are tried in adult court and sent to adult jails. In Cuyahoga County this disproportionately impacts people of color, to a much greater degree than Columbus…