Plain Press

  • May 2018 Community Board

    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 FREE SCREENING OF THE AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY DOLORES: Thursday, May 3, at Lutheran Hospital Castele Auditorium. Reception at…

    plainpress

  • In Memory: Eric Quentin Stiver

    (Plain Press, May 2018)        Eric Quentin Stiver, age 34, of Cleveland, passed away April 15, 2018. Eric started his life on West 20thin Duck Island. He attended Urban Community School and Central Catholic High School, graduating in 1999 from Max Hayes High School in the top 10% of the country academically. Eric worked as a…

    plainpress

  • Cleveland Public Library’s capital projects; Jefferson Branch repairs are underway

    (Plain Press, May 2018)       As Cleveland Public Library approaches its 150th anniversary, the Library is embarking on an ambitious, multiyear capital project to ensure its neighborhood branch libraries can continue to function as safe, inclusive, and sustainable environments. The first phase of this two-pronged revitalization project will address critical repairs to ten branches located throughout…

    plainpress

  • League of Women Voters back Ohio Issue One

    (Plain Press, May 2018)       The League of Women Voters are backing Ohio State Issue One with a volunteer presence out in the community as well as with information on their website. If it passes, Issue One will change the way Ohio draws up congressional district boundaries. Literature from the League of Women Voters of Ohio…

    plainpress

  • Primary Election set for Tuesday, May 8th

    (Plain Press, May 2018) The Primary Election will be held on Tuesday May 8th. On election day, the polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. According to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, you will need one of the following forms of identification to vote: a current and valid Ohio driver’s license,…

    plainpress

  • May 2018 Plain Press – PDF

    PLPMayWebsite

    plainpress

  • Ward 14 Town Hall meeting features update on MetroHealth Transformation Plan and panel discussion about housing resources

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2018)       Ward 14 Council Member Jasmin Santana said, “I am overwhelmed by your support” as she greeted the one hundred and fifty residents attending her first Town Hall meeting, on March 22nd, at Lincoln West High School. Santana said this is “one of many town halls” she will…

    plainpress

  • Cudell Improvement honors Chuck Hoven for Lifetime Achievement and celebrates 100 rehabs

    by Rachel Napolitano (Plain Press, April 2018)The importance of community and the web of relationships that makes up community was the theme of the Cudell Improvement 43rdAnnual Meeting, set by the keynote speaker and in the awarding of the Plain Press’sChuck Hoven the Walter & Pauline Martens Lifetime Achievement Award. In the midst of national…

    plainpress

  • Plain Press Managing Editor, Chuck Hoven, accepts Walter and Pauline Martens Lifetime Achievement Award

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2018)       I’d like to thank Cudell Improvement and the Martens Family for this honor. Growing up in the St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, I’ve known the Martens Family all my life. My brother, Fran, who is here today, went to school with Michael Martens, Wally’s brother. Because of my…

    plainpress

  • In Memory Margaret “Margie” Dorothy Bray Hoven August 11, 1956 – March 20, 2018

    (Plain Press, April 2018)       Margaret “Margie” Bray, wife of Plain Press Managing Editor Chuck Hoven, and Plain PressCommunity Board and Website Editor, passed away on March 20, 2018 from a choking accident while dining. Margie Bray Margie was born in the Philippines while her father worked there as a consultant for the Philippine Government.…

    plainpress