• St. Boniface Parish celebrates the beginning of the Year of the Pig

    (Plain Press, March 2019) Over 300 people gathered at St. Boniface Catholic Parish on February 3rdto celebrate the beginning of the lunar new year, Tết Nguyên Đán. The Vietnamese American Apostolate, headed by St. Boniface Pastor Father Hilary Khanh Hai Nguyen, organized the celebration of the new year, the Year of the Pig. Fr. Hilary…


  • Five Spring Fashion Trends That You Actually Want to Wear

    by Silk Allen (Plain Press, March 2019)I smell the promise of spring in the air: the days are getting lighter, brighter and longer and there’s that collective look of hope that we give each other as we pass by strangers on sidewalks while crunching dirty snow under our salt stained boots hoping that this will…


  • CLASH begins to collect signatures for ballot initiative to make rental housing lead safe

    (Plain Press, March 2019)Cleveland Lead Safe Advocates for Safe Housing (CLASH) announced they are prepared to gather signatures to place a proposed Lead Safe Housing initiative on the November ballot. The announcement came as part of a February 4thPress Conference held by CLASH member organizations at the office of Organize! Ohio. The group released a…


  • YWCA Speaker Karen Williams shares wisdom of humor at It’s Time to Talk Forum on Race

    (Plain Press, March 2019)On February 15, the YWCA of Greater Cleveland held a Forum on Race, It’s Time to Talkfeaturing keynote speaker Karen Williams at the Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus. Williams, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the International Institute of Humor and Healing Arts (HaHA Institute), explored the theme of humor and…


  • 2019 Plain Press Community Guide

                   2019 Plain Press Community Guide EMERGENCY NUMBERS Bellefaire JBC Homeless & Missing Youth 24/7 Hotline http://www.saveCLEkids.org……….….. 570-8010 Cuyahoga County 24/7 Crisis Hotline   ….……623-6888 Crisis Text: 4HOPE to 741741 Fire • Police • Medical………………………………………….911 Poison Control Center……………..…….1-800-222-1222 RTA Police………………………………………. 566-5163 United Way First Call for Help …..436-2000 ……or…..211…


  • Metro West celebrates at its annual meeting

    (Plain Press, March 2019)Metro West Community Development Organization held its annual meeting on February 6that the Family Ministry Center on Fulton Road. The meeting included the distribution of its annual report, presentation of awards, and comments from Board Members, Managing Director Ricardo León, Ward 14 Council Representative Jasmin Santana, Ward 3 City Council Representative Kerry…


  • March 2019 Plain Press – PDF

    PLPMarch19Web


  • Community gathers to remember the second anniversary of the End of Watch for First District Cleveland Police Officer David Fahey

    by Victoria Shea (Plain Press, February 2019)          For Officer Christ Porter, two years later he stills remembers the wave of blue that took over the city of Cleveland on the night his brother, 39-year-old David Fahey, had died in the line of duty. “It was very important to know that the city appreciated him.”…


  • Cleveland Board of Education celebrates Say Yes to Education, and hears concerns of citizens

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, February 2019)          At the Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Education meeting on January 22, 2019 at George Washington Carter School, Cleveland Metropolitan School District Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon noted that January was School Board Recognition month and thanked the Board for their dedication and hard work. Monyka…


  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon shares Say Yes to Education details

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, February 2019)          The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is making a major effort to get the word out about the scholarships and social services that will be available to Cleveland students as a result of Cleveland becoming the fourth city in the nation to partner with the Say Yes…