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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.
  • John Marshall High School ribbon cutting celebrates new school and academic programs

    by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, November 2015   The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on September 24th at John Marshall High School not only celebrated the opening of the new school building but also the creation of new academic programs for John Marshall. Students greeted guests and offered them programs as they entered the building. The ceremony included…

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    November 7, 2015

  • Plans underway for construction of new West Side High School, Waverly School and H. Barbara Booker School

    Plain Press, November 2015   Plans are going forward to build three new Cleveland Metropolitan Schools District (CMDS) schools in the Plain Press readership area — the West Side High School, Waverly and H. Barbara Booker. According to an August 3rd report by the Bond Accountability Commission, pending successful completion of price negotiations, the Cleveland Metropolitan…

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    November 7, 2015

  • Cannon, LoPresti and Catavolos Funeral Home hosts grand opening

    Plain Press, November 2015    On October 7th Cannon, LoPresti and Catavolos Funeral Home and Cremation Center held a grand opening and commemoration of their newly remodeled funeral home at 11210 Detroit Avenue. Owners Lindsey M. Cannon, Don LoPresti and George P. Catavolos greeted guests, offered food, drink and tours of the facility. The owners, Cannon,…

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    November 7, 2015

  • Greetings from Cleveland Mural

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    November 7, 2015

  • November 2015 Issue of the Plain Press

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    November 1, 2015

  • New program hopes to engage community in new approaches to healthy housing

     by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2015) Residents and stakeholders in the Stockyard, Clark Fulton, and Brooklyn Centre (SCFBC) neighborhoods will soon have an opportunity to participate in a pilot program called Engaging the Community in New Approaches to Healthy Housing (ECNAHH). The program, which just received a BUILD Health Challenge Grant from a group…

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    October 4, 2015

  • La Placita Cleveland

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    October 4, 2015

  • NEOCycle at Edgewater Park

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    October 4, 2015

  • Max Hayes High School offers pre-apprenticeship program in building and construction trades

    (Plain Press, October 2015) (CMSD News Bureau) Max S. Hayes High School will offer a pre-apprenticeship program that puts students on a fast track to jobs in the construction trades. State approval of the Building and Property Maintenance and Construction Technologies program was announced Aug. 31 at a grand-opening celebration for the career and technical…

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    October 4, 2015

  • Neighborhood Family Practice to expand services with new funding from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    (Plain Press, October 2015) Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP), a federally qualified non-profit community health center serving patients from five office locations on Cleveland’s near west side, was recently awarded more than $1 million in Affordable Care Act funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HSS). “The HHS funds go hand in hand…

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    October 4, 2015

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