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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.
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    In an article in the January 2015 issue of the Plain Press titled “Collaborative for a Fair, Safe and Just Cleveland works for inclusion of citizens in efforts to reform Cleveland Division of Police” several inaccuracies occurred.  While Rhonda Williams of the Collaborative for a Fair, Safe and Just Cleveland was a speaker at the…

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    February 9, 2015

  • Family Open Studio at Art House

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    February 9, 2015

  • Halloran Park Skating Rink

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    February 9, 2015

  • COMMUNITY BOARD – FEBRUARY 2015

    A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ART A FREE FAMILY OPEN STUDIO is held the third Saturday of every month from 1 to 3 pm.  Spend time with your family as you make individual or family art works. Each month has a theme and Art House…

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    February 9, 2015

  • Cleveland Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals rules Loren Naji Studio Gallery needs fire alarm system

    by Chuck Hoven The January 7th meeting of the Cleveland Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals featured a case where the opinion of the Building and Housing Department was at odds with the enforcement of municipal code by the Fire Prevention Bureau. Loren Naji, the owner of a building at 2138 W. 25th Street,…

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    February 9, 2015

  • Aargon Ballroom Building

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    February 9, 2015

  • Cudell Improvement celebrates 40th annual meeting – highlights area as waterfront communit

    On January 21st, Cudell Improvement celebrated its 40th annual meeting with a gathering at Brennan’s Party Center on Triskett. In brief remarks at the start of the meeting, Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone noted that a new grocer had committed to the proposed development at W. 117 and Clifton and while he couldn’t yet reveal…

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    February 9, 2015

  • First Energy Protest

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    February 9, 2015

  • Near West Theatre

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    February 9, 2015

  • Fiesta de Reyes (Feast of the Three Kings)

     

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    February 9, 2015

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