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  • “Ohio Flying Saucers” documentary to air on Monday nights

    GRAPHIC CREATED BY KEVIN KELLY A flying saucer hovers over the City of Cleveland      (Plain Press April 2025) A great majority of Cleveland residents do not realize that their State of Ohio is considered a hot spot for Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) sightings. In addition, some of the oldest UFO organizations originated in the…

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  • Reflections on a Dyngus Day walk

    by Cameron Mays                   (Plain Press April 2025) I was probably eating a squid-flavored snack on a stoop on Detroit Avenue when I flagged Kosciusko from his bicycle. He rode in drunken form. Slowly, each leg exerting enough force to push the bicycle forty-five degrees to the opposite side. I waved to him because I…

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  • Plain Press April 2025 full issue – PDF

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  • 2025 Plain Press community guide

    EMERGENCY NUMBERS Addiction Crisis Information & Referral Hotline …  623-6888 Bellefaire JCB Homeless & Missing Youth 24/7 Hotline                     http://www.bellefairejcb.org ………….……….. 570-8010 Fire • Police • Medical…………………………………………………911 Frontline Service ……………………….……….. 623-6555 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Txt or call……………………………. 988                    TTY 711 then 988 Poison Control Center……………..………….1-800-222-1222 Public Utilities Emergency Numbers                   Water………………….……………………… 664-3060                  …

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  • Congresswoman Shontel Brown calls for an “all-hands-on-deck” response to Trump agenda

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, February 20, 2025; Congresswoman Shontel Brown, Ohio District 11, Town Hall, Arnold Pinkney East Professional Center, 1349 E. 79th Street: Congresswoman Shontel Brown refers to Congressional Republicans’ plan to cut taxes for the wealthy and the Trump administration’s budget that calls for massive cuts in social services and government employee…

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  • Protesters show solidarity with laid off Federal Government employees

         PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, February 20, 2025; Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building, E. 9th and Lakeside: Protesters, protest firings of federal employees orchestrated by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. A member the Service Employees International Union joins with about 150 protesters to show her support for federal workers who lost their jobs.…

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  • Neighborhood and Community Media Association meets with Mayor Justin Bibb

         PHOTO BY MARIE ZICKELFOOSE Thursday, February 13, 2025; Mayor Justin Bibb’s Roundtable with members of the Neighborhood and Community Media Association of Greater Cleveland, at WOVU 95.9 FM Radio Station, 7201 Kinsman Road: Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb joins with members of local community media organizations in a group photo. (Plain Press March 2025) On…

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  • March 2025 community board

    ARTS FREE KIDS AND FAMILY ART CLASSES: Join Art House Inc. staff and fellow community members for free art classes at Michael Zone Rec. Center (6301 Lorain Ave.) Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm until March 14. It is part of Art House’s Cultural Exploration Through Art seriesand is an opportunity to…

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  • Kudos to Cameron Mays’ satirical ‘Don’t kill Rufus’ piece

    To the editor:    (Plain Press March 2025) Kudos to Cameron Mays and his ‘Don’t kill Rufus’ piece. (Plain Press, January 2025). It took some convincing from my family to see that Mr. Mays was being satirical. If entire redlined minority neighborhoods can be bulldozed to build lousy highways, then why can’t we eminent domain…

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  • Home Video Systems (VHS) usher in the dinner and a movie era

         (Plain Press March 2025) Remember the VHS/Beta tape era? Back then, one could rent a motion picture from the nearest video store in your neighborhood and watch it in the privacy of your own home without any interruptions. No longer did you have to go to a crowded theater and fight for a good…

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