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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • Drink Local, Drink Tap’s 4 Miles 4 Water

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    June 6, 2016

  • COMMUNITY BOARD JUNE 2016

    A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ADULT EDUCATION FREE GED/SKILLS ENRICHMENT CLASSES will be held at the Cleveland Public Library Fulton Branch at 3545 Fulton Rd, CPL Walz Branch at 7910 Detroit Ave. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings starting at 10 am, and at Seeds…

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    June 6, 2016

  • Michael J. Zone Recreation Center Beautification Project

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    June 6, 2016

  • Sewing proposed as means to help those in recovery

    To the editor: (Plain Press, June 2016) Joe Bialek’s earnest letter in the May issue on the ever-timely problem of drug abuse brings to mind a Ted Talk by Johann Hari, which is quite insightful, (if a bit proud in title.) Hari looks beyond the family to the larger social pressures that families contend with…

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    June 6, 2016

  • Call for self-image change, fails to address need for societal reform

    To the editor: (Plain Press, June 2016) In regard to the letter in your May issue, “Can we trace addiction to our image of ourselves?”, in which the writer refers to Transactional Analysis, although he nowhere mentions this name in his letter, this is what he is discussing. Developed by John Bradshaw, Transactional Analysis (TA)…

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    June 6, 2016

  • The City’s Treatment to Market Vendors is a Disgrace!

    To the editor: (Plain Press, June 2016) Thank you for your article concerning the injustice of the City of Cleveland to the Merchants of the West Side Market. The only time the City shows support for the Market is when they want to “Show Off” one of its Jewels for a Convention, etc. Taking the parking…

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    June 6, 2016

  • Immigrant Justice and Solidarity March

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    June 6, 2016

  • Gallagher English Language Learners class receives praise for reading prowess

    by Chuck Hoven.   (Plain Press, June 2016) Enthusiastic students in Mr. Robert Perkins’ Second Grade English Language Learners class at Gallagher School continued to read their books, adding to their total of books read, even as members of the West Cleveland Kiwanis Club were bringing in pizzas to celebrate their efforts. At the beginning…

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    June 6, 2016

  • Members of world champion team demonstrates robot at John Marshall High School’s, School of Engineering’s Project Inspire

    (Plain Press, June 2016) On May 11th, John Marshall High School’s School of Engineering opened its doors with Project Inspire to showcase its program to the community. One of the highlights of Project Inspire, held at the high school on W. 140th, was a demonstration of the robot that Cleveland students built while competing in…

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    June 6, 2016

  • Malachi Center Youth Club

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    June 6, 2016

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