• Students from local high schools win CMSD scholarships

    (Plain Press, September 2014) Two Lincoln West students and one Max Hayes student were among 13 Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) students awarded scholarships at the Army of Believers luncheon on August 1st.  Students from citywide magnet schools were awarded the remainder of the scholarships. Yu “Mike” Zhang of Lincoln West High School was awarded…


  • Lincoln West grad completes Navy basic training

    (Plain Press, September 2014) August 20,2014(FHTNC)–Navy Seaman Austin M. Howells, a 2104 graduate of Lincoln West High School recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Howells is the son of Darren L. Seastrand of Cleveland, Ohio. During the eight-week program, Howells training included classroom study and practical instruction on…


  • Retired Cleveland teacher speaks out about tragedy in the Ukraine

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2014) Retired after 31 years of teaching history in Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Bill Arthrell, finds himself once again giving lectures in front of groups of people. Arthrell, who taught high school history at both Rhodes and John Marshall high schools, has become an advocate for the Ukraine, which…


  • Community Board

    ADVOCACY NORTHERN OHIOANS FOR BUDGET LEGISLATION EQUALITY (NOBLE) fights for an equitable revenue system in Ohio that protects and strengthens all residents of the state and makes Ohio a productive, competitive and compassionate place to live. NOBLE is a community-based coalition whose mission and purpose is to raise the community’s voice in the State of…


  • St. Helena baptizes first African American in 108-year history of the church

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2014) On August 3, 2014 Antwain Thomas became the first African American to be baptized at St. Helena Romanian Byzantine Catholic Church in the 108-year history of the church. Romanian is the language still used today to say the Mass in the Church, which was founded by Romanian immigrants…


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  • Quan Am Buddhist Temple celebrates 10th Anniversary

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Over 200 people gathered at Quan Am Buddhist Temple at 11921 Bellaire Road on Sunday July 20th to celebrate the temple’s tenth anniversary. Many members of Cleveland Buddhist Community attending the celebration, came early to go inside the small temple for a moment of reflection before a beautiful…


  • Artist John Rivera-Resto completes It’s up to us mural on Clark Avenue at W. 25th Street. Clark Avenue Neighborhood Gets a Polished Gem

    by Nancy Lewis (Plain Press, August 2014) The richest piece of public art in Cleveland’s west side, It’s up to us, a mural by artist John Rivera-Resto, was completed on July 10, 2014. The busy intersection of Clark Avenue and West 25th Street on Cleveland’s near west side has been made an iconic landmark by…


  • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Italian Festival