• COMMUNITY BOARD DECEMBER 2015 

      A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. CARNEGIE WEST BRANCH LIBRARY A SERIES OF MICROSOFT WORD CLASSES are being offered on five Wednesdays at 11:15 am from December 2nd through December 30th.   Each class is an hour and a half. Classes are free of charge.  Please…


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  • Lincoln Heights Block Club acts in unity to voice concerns about parking on Scranton Road

    Plain Press, December 2015 Over 40 people attended the Lincoln Heights Block Club meeting on November 9th at Pilgrim Church in Tremont, to offer input into what they hope will be a comprehensive, infrastructure master plan for their service area (east from the freeways I-90/I71 to the west at W.25th; and north from Fairfield and…


  • Hearing addresses problems with customer service at Cleveland Public Power

    Plain Press, December 2015 United Clevelanders Against Poverty held a public hearing on November 17th at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Church Avenue to address problems Clevelanders are having with Cleveland Public Power (CPP). Legal Aid Attorney Phil Althouse explained the City of Cleveland Ordinance, which governs Cleveland Public Power’s actions in case of a…


  • Graffiti vandals tagged this building


  • West Side Boys and Girls Club to open two new locations and close facility on Trowbridge

      Plain Press, December 2015 The West Side Boys and Girls Club plans to have two new locations open at area schools when students return to school from their break on January 5th. One new location will be in the basement of Lincoln West High School on W. 30th just South of Clark.  The other…


  • CMSD School/Parent Organization speakers offer information on eyeglasses and Special Education

    Plain Press, December 2015 Parents attending the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD) School/Parent Organization meeting on November 12th at Paul Dunbar School learned about a program that provides eye care to children in the school district and received information about services offered by CMSD’s Special Education Department. Parents also formed groups to practice tackling issues…


  • Voters approve local option for Brewnuts Donut Bar

    Plain Press, December 2015 At the November 3rd Election voters in Ward 15, Precinct M approved a local option for a liquor permit for Brewnuts donut bar at 6501 Detroit Avenue by a vote of 210 – 41. They also approved a local option for Sunday sales at the same location by a vote of…


  • December 2015 Plain Press

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  • Forum highlights role of mental health in the reform of Cleveland Police Department

    Plain Press, November 2015 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio and Disability Rights Ohio held a forum on October 1 to highlight the role of mental health in the reform of the Cleveland Police Department. The forum held at the Max Wohl Civil Liberties Center at E. 45th and Chester featured a panel…