Plain Press

  • Media should reveal what public funds are subsidizing at Brook Park dome

    Media should reveal what public funds are subsidizing at Brook Park dome by Roldo Bartimole (Plain Press, July 2025) Now that the Republican state legislators and Gov. Mike DeWine have shoved $600 million FREE dollars into the hands of the Haslam group to build the property tax free domed stadium it’s time the public be told…

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  • July 2025 Plain Press – full issue PDF

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  • Student art shines at the 2025 Urban Bright Arts-in-Education Exhibition

    PHOTO BY EDIE LE BOUTON Thursday, May 22, 2025; Urban Brights Arts-in-Education Exhibition, Art House, 3119 Denison Avenue: Art House Executive Director Laila Voss provided a tour of the art created by children in the Urban Brights Arts-in-Education program. PHOTO BY EDIE LE BOUTON Thursday, May 22, 2025; Urban Brights Arts-in-Education Exhibition, Art House, 3119…

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  • History shows that nutrition education should play a greater role in efforts to prevent lead poisoning

    by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press July 2025) In a June 11th Opinion piece in The Plain Dealer titled “No more delays or excuses. Clean up the toxic lead now – before more kids are poisoned”, The Plain Dealer editorial board reproduced a chart from the City of Cleveland that shows “Nearly one in five…

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  • Madison Ave. Community Garden @ Story holds ribbon cutting

    PHOTO COURTESY OF SCHWELIK STUDIOS Saturday, May 17, 2025; Ribbon cutting for Madison Avenue Community Garden @ Story, 9909 Madison Avenue in the Cudell neighborhood: Diab Dar-Issa, garden leader and member of Coalition for a Better Cleveland, cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of the community garden.    Madison Avenue Community Garden @ Story,…

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  • July 2025 community board

    ARTS BLAAACK ARTS SHOWCASE: Experience a vibrant celebration of Black arts and culture at the 4th Annual Blaack Arts Showcase on Saturday, July 19 from noon to 6 pm at 725 Johnson Ct., in the Warehouse District downtown. In addition to a visual art exhibition, this free showcase will include panel discussions, performances, meditation, an…

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  • New billboard campaign brings awareness to suicide and crisis resources in Cuyahoga County

    PHOTO BY BOB SANDRICK, THE LAND Latoya Hunter Hayes, the Alcohol Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) board’s chief of external affairs, is working on a new campaign to bring awareness to the 988-hotline resource. by Bob Sandrick, The Land                    (Plain Press July 2025) A county agency charged with helping those with…

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  • Public art exhibition by local artists on display on Lakeside Ave. until mid-July (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, June 19, 2025; The Stories of Us, Lakeside Avenue between City Hall and the Old Court House: This work by artist Brandon Graves is titled Chains to Change: Unlocking the Vision. The theme is “Me Reimagined”. The work is part of a public art exhibition created by ten Cleveland artists…

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  • New Gallagher School set to open in time for 2025-’26 school year (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 10, 2025; Joseph M. Gallagher School, Southwest corner of W. 65th and Franklin Avenue: The newly rebuilt Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Kindergarten through Grade Eight Joseph M. Gallagher School will reopen in August in time for the 2025-26 school year.

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  • New Goodwill store set to open at W 65th and Franklin (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 10, 2025; Northwest corner of W. 65th and Franklin Avenue: Goodwill announces it will open a store this summer at this location. The building has housed a few businesses over the years, most recently a Rite Aid drug store which closed its doors in September of 2024.

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