• Benjamin Franklin School students celebrate Black History Month with vocal and musical production

    PHOTO BY GREG CZNADEL Wednesday, February 26, 2025; Vocal and musical production in celebration of Black History Month, Benjamin Franklin School, 1905 Spring Road: Seventh grade student Jeanette sings Hit the Road Jack. by Greg Cznadel      (Plain Press April 2025) I had a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Black History Month on February 26th.     …


  • April 2025 community board

    ARTS CREATIVE AGING CERAMICS WORKSHOP: Teaching artist Mark Yasenchak will lead a free 10-week Creative Aging Ceramics workshop series Tuesdays from 10 am to 11:30 am starting April 8 at the Eastman Branch of the Cleveland Public Library (11602 Lorain Ave). Activities will include handbuilding, tile-making, storytelling through clay, and mastering the art of glazing.…


  • City Record offers descriptions of new Cleveland City Council wards

    GRAPHIC COURTESY OF CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL At its January 6, 2025, meeting, Cleveland City Council voted 14-2 to adopt a new Cleveland Ward Plan represented in this map. As required by Cleveland’s City Charter, because of reduced population count in the 2020 census, City Council reduced the number of wards from 17 to 15. The…



  • Cleveland residents urged to address school district’s funding crisis

    by Chuck Hoven      (Plain Press April 2025) At the March Board of Education meeting, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Warren Morgan reached out to school staff and community members to help the CMSD find $160 million in savings in over the next three years. Current projections show school district facing…


  • Reflections on a Dyngus Day walk

    by Cameron Mays                   (Plain Press April 2025) I was probably eating a squid-flavored snack on a stoop on Detroit Avenue when I flagged Kosciusko from his bicycle. He rode in drunken form. Slowly, each leg exerting enough force to push the bicycle forty-five degrees to the opposite side. I waved to him because I…


  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District shares plans and budget woes

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Board of Education Meeting, Memorial School, 410 E. 152nd Street: CMSD Chief Executive Officer Warren Morgan outlines some measures that could be used to reduce a projected negative cash balance of $96 million in the 2028 fiscal year. by Chuck Hoven     …


  • “Ohio Flying Saucers” documentary to air on Monday nights

    GRAPHIC CREATED BY KEVIN KELLY A flying saucer hovers over the City of Cleveland      (Plain Press April 2025) A great majority of Cleveland residents do not realize that their State of Ohio is considered a hot spot for Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) sightings. In addition, some of the oldest UFO organizations originated in the…


  • Cleveland hosts annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade (photos)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65th Street: A bagpipe player steps out of the church following the St. Patrick’s Day Mass. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65th Street: Two West Side Irish American Club members prepare to…


  • 2025 Plain Press community guide

    EMERGENCY NUMBERS Addiction Crisis Information & Referral Hotline …  623-6888 Bellefaire JCB Homeless & Missing Youth 24/7 Hotline                     http://www.bellefairejcb.org ………….……….. 570-8010 Fire • Police • Medical…………………………………………………911 Frontline Service ……………………….……….. 623-6555 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Txt or call……………………………. 988                    TTY 711 then 988 Poison Control Center……………..………….1-800-222-1222 Public Utilities Emergency Numbers                   Water………………….……………………… 664-3060                  …