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  • Reader urges compassion and support for refugee families

    To the editor: (Plain Press, February 2018)        Your October 2017 edition printed an article, titled International Village Festival features storytelling, food and entertainment, about Esther Ngembe speaking at the International Village Festival. I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Ngembe, last year, and hearing her families’ story. It is the part of a refugees’ life…

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  • RTA cuts? Who cares, it serves working people

    by Roldo Bartimole (Plain Press, February 2018)        The fact that there has been little public hysteria—as there usually is when something the corporate establishment values feels hurt—tells you all you need to know about our priorities here. The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) faces a fiscal strangulation. It’s due to a change in the…

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  • In Memory – Gertrude H. Senyak

    (Plain Press, February 2018)        Longtime Tremont resident Gertrude H. Senyak, age 88, passed away on January 4th.  On January 13th friends and family of Gertrude H. Senyak gathered at St. Augustine Church for her funeral service and a reception catered by St. Augustine that followed the service. Tremont West Development Corporation staff person Scott Rosenstein…

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  • Law You Can Use: Consumer Information Column

    Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery by Tabitha Woodruff (Plain Press, February 2018)        Human trafficking is the illegal ownership and sale of human beings; in modern times it takes many different forms. The federal Trafficking Victim Protection Act of 2000 divided human trafficking into two categories: forced sex work, which is termed “sex trafficking,” and forced…

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  • Passing of ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County CEO Valeria A. Harper and designation of Acting CEO

    (Plain Press, February 2018)        On January 10, 2018 the Alcohol Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS)  issued the following statement announcing with  “great sadness and broken hearts” the untimely passing of its Chief Executive Officer, Valeria A. Harper. Ms. Harper was a staunch advocate for those living with mental illness…

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  • Greater Cleveland Food Bank receives $7,500 donation

    DIETZ & WATSON MAKES DONATION ON BEHALF OF GIANT EAGLE (Plain Press, February 2018)        Giant Eagle Supermarket shoppers, who purchased Dietz & Watson premium deli meats and cheeses from November 2 to December 6th of last year, participated in Families Helping Families, a national Dietz & Watson charitable purchase program run with partner supermarkets. Giant…

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  • FAKE NEWS FROM THE HOOD: Life is too short to be normal

      by B. Chefsky (Plain Press, February 2018)        After hearing a gunshot and seeing a man speed away from the scene, a neighbor found the body of Virgil Hunter lying face down on the carpeted floor of his third story apartment on West 25th Street, according to a 911 call. “I heard a gunshot and…

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  • February 2018 Plain Press – PDF

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  • Neighborhood Family Practice Winter Cultural Festival

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