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May Dugan Center offers caring assistance to neighbors in need
PHOTO BY EDIE LE BOUTON Wednesday, November 5, 2025; May Dugan Center, 4115 Bridge Avenue: May Dugan Executive Director Andy Trares. by Edie Le Bouton (Plain Press December 2025) The May Dugan Center, 4115 Bridge Ave, was named in honor of the memory of May Dugan, a neighborhood lady who was a one-person advocate…
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Ribbon cut for Art House’s Creative Garden and artist Brinsley Tyrrell’s Tableau – Art in Action
by Greg Cznadel (Plain Press December 2025) On the morning of October 23rd, 2025 in the midst of nearly ten days of rain, it was 48 degrees in Brooklyn Centre as people gathered inside the The Art House, a steel arched Quonset hut, for the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Creative Garden and Brinsley…
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Cleveland State hosts seminar on artificial intelligence (photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, November 6, 2025; Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and the Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSM) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Seminar at Monte Ahuja College of Business at Cleveland State University (CSU): Amazon Web Services expert Dan Dugan explained how Artificial Intelligence and robots are already a major part of how…
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Legal Aid may be able to help low-income entrepreneurs
by Tonya Sams (Plain Press December 2025) Starting a new business can be extremely challenging, especially when there seem to be large barriers to overcome. The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland may be able to help with its Legal Center for Entrepreneurs with Low-Income. Established in 2019, The Center creates avenues out of poverty…
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Plain Press 2025 fundraiser letter
November 2025 Dear Plain Press Readers and Supporters, This year marks the 54th anniversary of the award-winning community newspaper, the Plain Press. A free community newspaper founded in 1971, the Plain Press continues to present issues and community news to residents of Cleveland’s west side. The Plain Press’ ability to continue to serve the west…
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Clevelanders redress their grievances at downtown No Kings Rally
PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 18, 2025; No Kings Demonstration, downtown Cleveland.‘ PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 18, 2025; No Kings Demonstration, downtown Cleveland. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 18, 2025; No Kings Demonstration, downtown Cleveland. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 18, 2025; No Kings Demonstration, downtown Cleveland. PHOTO BY GREG…
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Police report on surge of recent car break-ins
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Tuesday, October 14, 2024; Second District Policing Committee Meeting, OneHope NEO, 3202 Fulton Road: Second District Commander Timothy Maffo-Judd. by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press November 2025) Timothy Maffo-Judd, 2nd District Commander, gave an update report to about 40 residents of the Near West Side at the policing committee meeting in…
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District seeks input in its facility planning
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press November 2025) This fall the Cleveland Metropolitan School District held a series of meetings on its long-term facilities planning process titled Building Brighter Futures: A Pathway to Sustainable Student Success. Meetings were held in each of the six regions that comprise the school district. Some online meetings were also…
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Play about Tamir Rice to come to Near West Theatre
(Plain Press November 2025) The Tamir Rice Foundation in association with the Cleveland-based theatre company Powerful Long Ladder will present the play Objectively/Reasonable: A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice on November 8th at 6:45 p.m. at Near West Theatre, 6702 Detroit Avenue. Directed by award-winning former Karamu House Artistic Director…
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