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  • Lack of parking at the West Side Market

    Open letter to Steve Bitto, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications  at GCRTA: Suggestion to alleviate parking problem at the West Side Market To the editor: One of the biggest issues there is lack of parking – all the merchants will tell you. And what about a shuttle between market and red line? And sell…

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  • Tend-R-Lean Steak Company closes its doors

    Thirty-seven years after he started working at Tend-R-Lean Steak Company, owner Marty Kreinberg has decided to close down the company and sell the building at 7106 Lorain Avenue. Kreinberg said he had been negotiating with a potential buyer for the business, but the sale did not materialize. Kreinberg will continue to work in the neighborhood…

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  • COMMUNITY BOARD – APRIL 2014

    ART TWO NEW SOLO EXHIBITIONS that use photography to explore the complexities of narrative and perception are showing at the Transformer Station:  Peckerwood: Photographs by Christian Patterson and SUPERBLACK: New Work by Jordan Tate. Tate Artist Dialogue: May 1 at 7 pm.  For more information, visit www.christianpatterson.com., www.jordantate.com,  www.TransformerStation.org or call the Station at 216/938-5429.  Always…

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  • March 2014 Plain Press

    March 2014 Plain Press

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  • Investment school meeting offers a look at progress made and obstacles faced at Lincoln West High School

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2014) About sixty people gathered at a February 13th evening meeting at Lincoln West High School to receive a report on the status of the school in its second quarter as an Investment School. The crowd –of school staff, students, parents and community members– received a variety of statistical…

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  • Knitting Club at Cleveland Public Library Carnegie West Branch

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  • Councilman Jay Westbrook reflects upon over three decades of service

    by Joe Narkin (Plain Press, March 2014) Recently retired Councilman Jay Westbrook would like to be remembered as a public servant whose efforts have been “all about community.” For over three decades, beginning with his election to Cleveland City Council in 1979 and continuing up until his retirement at the end of 2013, his primary…

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  • Near West Theatre Benefit

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, February 15, 2014; Near West Theatre Benefit, Love Makes the World Go ‘Round, Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue: Actor Morgan Williams, age 13, scrubs the floor with a sponge.

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  • Near West Theatre throws downtown party to raise operating funds

    (Plain Press, March 2014) Near West Theatre transformed Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland into a carnival themed stage and dance floor for its annual benefit on Saturday February 15th. The benefit titled, “Love Makes the World Go ‘Round” featured dancing, plenty of food and drink, a silent auction and raffle. Sixty Near…

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