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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.
  • City Council Committee hears testimony from community groups on how to eliminate childhood lead poisoning

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2018)    At its May 21 meeting, Cleveland City Council’s Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony from representatives of three different community groups working to address childhood lead poisoning in Cleveland. The hearing was the second in a series on the issues. Testifying before the committee were representatives from…

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    June 13, 2018

  • June 2018 Issue of the Plain Press

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    June 1, 2018

  • In Memory: Eric Quentin Stiver

    (Plain Press, May 2018)        Eric Quentin Stiver, age 34, of Cleveland, passed away April 15, 2018. Eric started his life on West 20thin Duck Island. He attended Urban Community School and Central Catholic High School, graduating in 1999 from Max Hayes High School in the top 10% of the country academically. Eric worked as a…

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    May 13, 2018

  • May 2018 Plain Press – PDF

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    May 1, 2018

  • Ward 14 Town Hall meeting features update on MetroHealth Transformation Plan and panel discussion about housing resources

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2018)       Ward 14 Council Member Jasmin Santana said, “I am overwhelmed by your support” as she greeted the one hundred and fifty residents attending her first Town Hall meeting, on March 22nd, at Lincoln West High School. Santana said this is “one of many town halls” she will…

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    April 17, 2018

  • Cudell Improvement honors Chuck Hoven for Lifetime Achievement and celebrates 100 rehabs

    by Rachel Napolitano (Plain Press, April 2018)The importance of community and the web of relationships that makes up community was the theme of the Cudell Improvement 43rdAnnual Meeting, set by the keynote speaker and in the awarding of the Plain Press’sChuck Hoven the Walter & Pauline Martens Lifetime Achievement Award. In the midst of national…

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    April 17, 2018

  • Plain Press Managing Editor, Chuck Hoven, accepts Walter and Pauline Martens Lifetime Achievement Award

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2018)       I’d like to thank Cudell Improvement and the Martens Family for this honor. Growing up in the St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, I’ve known the Martens Family all my life. My brother, Fran, who is here today, went to school with Michael Martens, Wally’s brother. Because of my…

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    April 17, 2018

  • In Memory Margaret “Margie” Dorothy Bray Hoven August 11, 1956 – March 20, 2018

    (Plain Press, April 2018)       Margaret “Margie” Bray, wife of Plain Press Managing Editor Chuck Hoven, and Plain PressCommunity Board and Website Editor, passed away on March 20, 2018 from a choking accident while dining. Margie Bray Margie was born in the Philippines while her father worked there as a consultant for the Philippine Government.…

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    April 17, 2018

  • Ukrainian Museum-Archives in Tremont strives to save the ancient art of Pysanky

    by Debbie Sadlon (Plain Press, April 2018)       Throughout the Lenten season every year, the Ukrainian Museum- Archives, located at 1202 Kenilworth Avenue in Tremont, offers Ukrainian Easter Egg Workshops. At each workshop, students learn the ancient Ukrainian art of pysanka. According to a pamphlet from the Museum gift shop, pysanka is an intricately decorated…

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    April 17, 2018

  • St. Patrick’s Day at St. Colman

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    April 17, 2018

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