• Thanks for “heartful story”

    Thanks for “heartful story” To the Editor: (Plain Press, May 2019)    While visiting Metro hospital yesterday (April 2), I picked up your paper and brief through it. I truly enjoyed reading the heartful story “Near West Side’s couple’s love spans across seven decades” in memory of “Judith Ann Peterson Horvath”. Thanks for the family’s sharing…


  • Corrections

    Corrections (Plain Press, May 2019)In an article in the April issue of the Plain Presstitled “Lincoln Heights Block Club weighs in on proposal to amend its bylaws” the following items listed below stand to be corrected. Lincoln Heights Block Club Chair Henry Senyak did not cast a tie-breaking vote on the bylaw amendment. The motion…


  • Lincoln Heights Block Club and Tremont West Development Corporation continue battle over voting rights clause in block club’s bylaws

    Lincoln Heights Block Cluband Tremont West Development Corporation continue battle over voting rights clause in block club’s bylaws by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, May 2019)    A stack of Plain Pressnewspapers sat on a chair next to a table in the conference room at the Animal Protective League. The Lincoln Heights Block Club meeting was running…


  • Lincoln Heights Block Club bylaws

    Lincoln Heights Bylaws Enacted 12-15-14


  • Lincoln Heights Block Club responds to Tremont West Development Corporation’s actions concerning its bylaws

    Lincoln Heights Block Club responds to Tremont West Development Corporation’s actions concerning its bylaws To the Editor: (Plain Press, May 2019)    Official response regarding the Tremont West Development Corporation (TWDC) Board Action suspending recognition of and providing support to the Lincoln Heights Block Club: What is perplexing is that both the TWDC staff and Board cannot point…


  • Lincoln Heights Block Club weighs in on proposal to amend its bylaws

    Lincoln Heights Block Club weighs in on proposal to amend its bylaws by Bruce Checefsky   (Plain Press, April 2019)     At its March 11thmeeting the Lincoln Heights Block Club members were asked to vote on whether or not to change a clause in their bylaws that allowed only members that are property owners to…


  • Five Spring Fashion Trends That You Actually Want to Wear

    Five Spring Fashion Trends That You Actually Want to Wear by Silk Allen (Plain Press, April 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…


  • Near West Side’s couple’s love spans across seven decades In memory April 19, 1946 – January 8, 2019 – Judith Ann Peterson Horvath—”Queen of the Boxing Kitchen”

    Near West Side’s couple’s love spans across seven decades In memory April 19, 1946 – January 8, 2019 – Judith Ann Peterson Horvath—”Queen of the Boxing Kitchen” (Plain Press, April 2019)    The story of Judith Ann Peterson Horvath and Gary Horvath spans seven decades. It is a love story, the story of a family,…



  • Ohio City Incorporated celebrates its annual meeting

    by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, April 2019)    Food brings people together, so does handing out awards to community leaders for contributing to the well-being of the neighborhood. That’s exactly what Ohio City Incorporated did at their annual meeting held on March 19 at the Urban Community Center. With nearly 100 attendees crowded into the…