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Council Leadership Fund: Who are the big donors?
(Plain Press September 2025) Those attending the Co-op Circles Cleveland City Council Candidates Forum on municipal economic policy on July 31st at Pilgrim Church were greeted outside by Mike Seals carrying a protest sign. On one side the sign said, “End Kleptocracy Now”, on the other side the sign said, “County Politics is a…
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Refurbished basketball courts at Trent Park are now open(photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, August 18, 2025; Trent Park, Trent Avenue (between W. 38th and W. 40th – just south of Clark Avenue): (L-R) Juju Tate and Eddie Majors get ready to play some one-on-one basketball at Trent Park. Majors says they have used the new basketball court nearly every day since the refurbished…
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Effort to preserve Old Brooklyn’s history continues
by Lynette Fillips (Plain Press September 2025) Over a year and a half ago when I started writing these articles for the Plain Press, I visited the Historical Society of Old Brooklyn’s (HSOB’s) museum, 3430 Memphis Ave., to check some historical information in their files. While there I met a thirty-something year old man…
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Carlos Jones performs at Edgewater Beach on his birthday(photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, August 14, 2025; Cleveland Metroparks Edgewater Beach Concert featuring Carlos Jones and the P.L.U.S. (Peace, Love, Unity Syndicate) Band entertaining the crowd with reggae music. Carlos Jones entertains the crowd while celebrating his birthday.
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Cleveland City Council Ward 7 race heats up
PHOTOS COURTESY OF RONALDO RODRIGUEZ, JR., LA VILLA On July 14th, Ward 7 City Council candidates participated in a Neighborhood & Community Media Association of Greater Cleveland Community Media Panel discussion with reporters from Tremonster, Plain Press, and La Villa. by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press August 2025) Cleveland City Council Ward 7 candidates Austin…
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Ward 12 Meet the Candidates Forum offers look at candidates’ backgrounds and legislative priorities
Danny Kelly Andrew DeFratis Tanmay Shah by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press August 2025) On July 10th at Story Church at 99th and Madison, the Clifton-Baltic Neighbors Block Club hosted a Meet the Candidates Forum for City Council candidates seeking to be the City Council representative for the new Ward 12. Three candidates participated in…
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Precautions you can take to assure you are consuming lead-free water
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press August 2025) An article in the July Plain Press titled “History shows that nutrition education should play a greater role in efforts to prevent lead poisoning” addressed the importance of diet in helping prevent severe lead poisoning of Cleveland’s children. A reader responding to the article asked that the…
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Cleveland Garden Walk 2025 (photos)
PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Sunday, July 13, 2025, Detroit Shoreway Garden Walk, 6305 West Clinton: Flowers in Hope Edwards’ garden are in full bloom. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Sunday, July 13, 2025, Detroit Shoreway Garden Walk, 6003 West Clinton: This pond is one of the features of Cathy Marquardt’s garden. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Sunday,…
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Documentary recounts history of the Cleveland Airshow
(Plain Press August 2025) The “Cleveland Airshow” initially began back in 1929. It was held at the Cleveland Hopkins Airport which is just west of Parma. The main event was the different divisions of plane races that took place over the surrounding neighborhoods during the Labor Day Weekend. Amateurs and professional pilots would fly…
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