• Cuyahoga County Executive Candidates’ Forum on Health, Human Services & Critical Needs

    Candidates Forum on Health, Human Services & Critical Needs (Plain Press, October 2022)   Join us Thursday, October 6th from 7-8:30 pm, for a Candidates Forum on Health, Human Services & Critical Needs, featuring County Executive candidates Chris Ronayne and Lee Weingart.  With a new County administration comes the opportunity for major changes in how we…


  • Cleveland City Council: September 26th Meeting

    Cleveland City Council passes legislation to regulate recreational vehicles in residential neighborhoods (Plain Press, October 2022)  At its September 26th meeting, Cleveland City Council passed legislation enacting new Section 337.19 to regulate parking recreational vehicles in City residential districts.  The legislation addresses problems of jamming large recreational vehicles on tiny lots or in between properties;…


  • Reader thanks staff of Neighborhood Family Practice

    Reader thanks staff of Neighborhood Family Practice To the editor: Dear Dr. Melanie Golembiewsky, (Plain Press, October 2022)  Thank you, Dr. Melanie Golembiewski for the professionalism in which you work. You listen to your clients. You always put their need first, to ensure they live another day healthy and vibrant. LETTER    I’m grateful to…


  • St. Rocco Parish building is demolished

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Wednesday, August 31, 2022; St. Rocco Parish, 3205 Fulton Road: A crew of workers demolishes the old St. Rocco School building. The new school is at the rear of the property. Architectural Historian Craig Bobby says the front part of the demolished building served as “St. Rocco Church until they built…


  • Guardians Latino Heritage Night at Progressive Field

    PHOTO BY LISA LAUREANO, EL SOL MULTIMEDIA GROUP Friday, September 16, 2022; Guardians Latino Heritage Night at Progressive Field: The Latino Heritage Night Ballgame was broadcast over the radio in Spanish on 4 Northeast Ohio radio stations and into Puerto Rico on a number of stations. It was the first Spanish radio broadcast of a…


  • Plain Press Community Board: October 2022

    ABUSE REPORT ELDER ABUSE to Cuyahoga County Adult Protective Services by calling 216-420-6700 or go online to: dsas.cuyahogacounty.us. Elder Abuse is defined as intentional or neglectful acts by a caregiver or trusted individual that may lead to the harm of an older adult age 60 or older. It includes Physical, Emotional, or Sexual Abuse; Neglect;…


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  • Creation of care response model urged for responding to calls for mental health or behavioral health crises

    Creation of care response model urged for responding to calls for mental health or behavioral health crises (Plain Press, September 2022)                         Progressive think tanks and mental health advocates have joined in a collaborative effort to spur the City of Cleveland to speed its implementation of a care response model for responding to calls it…


  • November 8 Election set to change the Ohio Supreme Court

    November 8 Election set to change the Ohio Supreme Court by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, September 2022)                         Earlier this year, the Ohio Supreme Court invalidated legislative district maps and sent them back to the Ohio Redistricting Commission for revision, rejecting their fourth attempt at a plan for state redistricting as unconstitutional and unfairly favoring…


  • The Concert Truck

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 6, 2022; Piano Days CLE event at Cleveland Public Library’s Carnegie Branch, Fulton Road at Bridge Avenue: Pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang provide a free piano concert to area residents from The Concert Truck. The Concert Truck is a 16-foot box truck converted to a mobile concert hall…