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Documentary on Ghoulardi to air in October
(Plain Press October 2024) If you were to tune in to channel 8 at around 11:30 PM Friday nights, back in 1965, you would have also seen a funny looking man, wearing a fright-wig and lab coat, smoking a cigarette on live television. His name was Ernie Anderson, and he was a Cleveland sensation,…
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Reducing Cleveland’s poverty rate should be a priority for policy makers
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press October 2024) Cleveland continues to have the second highest overall poverty rate and highest child poverty rate among American cities with populations of 300,000 or more. An analysis of data from the United States Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey by the Center for Community Solutions shows these data…
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October 2024 community board
ADVOCACY CLEVELAND DOCUMENTERS, an initiative of City Bureau and Signal Cleveland, trains and pays residents like you to attend local government meetings and document them for the public. Join a community of civic-minded Clevelanders working to make local government understable to all residents. To get started, create an account at documenters.org, fill out the sign-up…
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Julia De Burgos Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month Celebration 2024 (photos)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 14, 2024; Julia de Burgos Cultural Dance Center’s Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month Celebration, 2800 Archwood Avenue: Dancers from the Julia de Burgos Cultural Dance Center’s Latin Social Dance Group entertain the crowd. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 14, 2024; Julia de Burgos Cultural Dance Center’s Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month Celebration,…
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Step Forward encourages residents to apply for PIPP to prevent seasonal energy crises
(Plain Press October 2024) As Step Forward’s Summer Cooling program prepares to close for the season, the Home Energy Assistance Program is urging Cuyahoga County residents to take proactive steps to manage their energy costs and avoid seasonal crises by applying for Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP). PIPP is an energy assistance intervention…
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St. Rocco’s Labor Day Festival 2024 (photos)
(Plain Press October 2024) PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, September 2, 2024; St. Rocco’s Labor Day Festival, 3205 Fulton Road: Cleveland Firefighter David Taft grills Italian sausages for hungry festival guests. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, September 2, 2024; St. Rocco’s Labor Day Festival, 3205 Fulton Road: A climber heads up the pole towards the…
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Anti-eviction program helps residents in Northwest Neighborhoods
by Bob Sandrick, The Land (Plain Press October 2024) A nonprofit provider of affordable housing in Cleveland has devised an innovative and perhaps groundbreaking eviction-avoidance program that it hopes will serve as a model throughout the city and even the country. Northwest Neighborhoods, which owns and manages more than 350 rental apartment units…
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Max Hayes Car Show 2024 (photos)
(Plain Press October 2024) PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 14, 2024; Max Hayes Car Show, 2211 W. 65th Street: Cliff Woost restored this 1930 Ford Model A car. He said he put a Chevy 427 cubic engine in it. Woost hopes to sell the car and use the money to help his daughter make…
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Neighborhood residents protest proposed gas station
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Friday, September 6,2024; Residents protest proposed gas station at former CVS site at 10022 Madison Avenue: Christine Ferges’ sign says, “People over cars”. PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Friday, September 6,2024; Residents protest proposed gas station at former CVS site at 10022 Madison Avenue: (L-R) Nikki Hudson (Rear), Gloria Still, and Sunny…
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