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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.
  • August 2022 Plain Press Community Board

    ARTS/THEATER SPACES, 2900 Detroit Avenue, presents Front International 2022’s Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows thru October 2nd, Open Wednesdays thru Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment. ARTS IN AUGUST 2022 IN TREMONT’S LINCOLN PARK: Free performances.All events begin at 7 p.m. Friday, August 8: Cleveland Public Theater’s Student Theatre Enrichment Program…

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    August 9, 2022

  • Collective Arts Network (CAN) Triennial, Gordon Square Reception, ARTneo – The Museum of Northeast Ohio Art

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    August 9, 2022

  • Education Forward’s report indicates severe impact of COVID-19 on education in Cleveland

    Education Forward’s report indicates severe impact of COVID-19 on education in Cleveland by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, August 2022        At the June 28th business meeting of the Cleveland Municipal School District Board, Cleveland Metropolitan School District Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon shared some of the findings of a recently completed report by Education Forward titled…

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    August 9, 2022

  • Tamir Rice Butterfly Garden

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    August 9, 2022

  • Summer Resource Fair at Market Square Park

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    August 9, 2022

  • August 2022 Plain Press – PDF

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    August 1, 2022

  • Cleveland Public Theatre’s Station Hope pays homage to ancestors that escaped slavery

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    July 6, 2022

  • Renovation updates for Cleveland Public Library’s branches and StoryWalk introduced at Carnegie West Branch

    Renovation updates for Cleveland Public Library’s branches and StoryWalk introduced at Carnegie West Branch by Bruce Checefsky Plain Press, July 20220                             Cleveland Public Library (CPL) ranked fourth among America’s Star Libraries, earning a prestigious Five-Star rating from the Library Journal, the oldest and most respected publication covering library service. The Library Journal index, published annually, compares…

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    July 6, 2022

  • July 2022 Community Board

    ARTS/THEATER SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK will perform the play “Hamlet” at Lincoln Park, 1200 Starkweather, on July 8th at 7 p.m. CRIME STOPPERS REWARDS UP TO $2,500 for tips about crimes that lead to an arrest. Tipsters remain anonymous. Call in a tip at: 216-252-7463. Send a web tip to: http://www.25crime.com DONATIONS BLOOD AND PLATLET DONATIONS NEEDED BY…

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    July 4, 2022

  • Cleveland nonprofit hospitals get millions in property tax breaks. Many are asking, ‘Is it worth it?’

    Cleveland nonprofit hospitals get millions in property tax breaks. Many are asking, ‘Is it worth it?’ by Stephanie Czekalinski & Michael Indriolo Plain Press, July 20220                             Nora and David Brown live in a two-story single-family home in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood. The modest home on East 100th Street, with a gabled roof and an enclosed porch, is just a block away…

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    July 4, 2022

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