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  • Saving pool and auditorium at Lincoln West will require contributions from key players

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2015) Partnerships with organizations outside of the school district may be the best way to assure Lincoln West High School keeps resources such as its pool and auditorium when the new Lincoln West is built. Only one of the five options put forth by the Cleveland Metropolitan School District…

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  • June2015 Plain Press/Wolverine Scene PDF

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  • Panel tackles police accountability and the use of body-worn police cameras

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, May 2015) At the April 18th meeting of the Greater Cleveland Civil and Human Rights Coalition, a panel of seven people with a variety of different areas of expertise weighed in on the question of whether or not Body-Worn Cameras will increase police accountability. Shakyra Diaz, a Policy Manager for…

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  • More details shared about plans for Aragon Ballroom building

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, May 2015) At a public meeting on April 8th at Lincoln West High School, Ali Faraj, owner of the Aragon Ballroom building at 3179 W. 25th Street shared more details about his plan to reopen the building as a banquet hall and conference center. Residents in attendance, while expressing appreciation…

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  • Palm Sunday Pony Ride

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  • Hoops for Children’s Miracle Network

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  • Despite setback, EDEN hopes to proceed with housing for homeless

    (Plain Press, May 2015) Emerald Development and Economic Network’s (EDEN) plans to build a sixty-six-unit apartment building for the chronically homeless at 8301 Detroit Avenue will require changes in order to proceed. Some neighbors to the east of the development project on W. 81st Street went to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to…

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  • COMMUNITY BOARD MAY 2015

    A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ARTS AND CULTURE THE CLIFTON ARTS AND MUSICFEST will be held on Saturday, June 20 from 10 am to 6 pm at Clifton Blvd between West 112th and West 117th.  Applications are available for the $750 Student Scholarship entries. Student Scholarship…

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  • Money promised to Cleveland school children from Cleveland parking fees needs to be restored

    SCHOOLS’ PORTION SHORTED BY $1 MILLION PER YEAR SINCE 2010 To the Editor: (Plain Press, May 2015) City council just passed a major increase to the parking fees in this city. Coupled with major increases in rates at private lots, the increase in funds generated by the parking tax must be sizeable. One of the…

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  • Beware of non-competitive political districts

    To the Editor: (Plain Press, May 2015) Who is responsible, ultimately, for a justice system more concerned with the livelihood of police officers than the lives of minorities? In regions where Blacks and Hispanics outnumber Caucasians; the answer, ironically, is minority voters. They contribute repeatedly to injustice in justice systems by paying more attention to…

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