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  • July 2024 community board

    (Plain Press July 2024) ARTS CLARK-FULTON ART SURVEY: In partnership with Future Graphics Ink , Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center, and Young Latino Network, we are seeking community input about a new art exhibition that will highlight the Clark-Fulton neighborhood and will be featured in the Cleveland Foundation Headquarters. To take the survey, visit…

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  • Nightmare journey through Cleveland’s “world class” healthcare system

    PHOTO COURTESY OF BRUCE CHECEFSKY Tina Cassara, former chair of the Cleveland Institute of Arts Sculpture + Expanded Media Department and faculty for almost forty-years, has conducted extensive research into women’s labor in the American textile industry.  by Bruce Checefsky      (Plain Press July 2024) I never wanted to write this story. I never imagined…

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  • Neighborhood Leadership Development Program (NLDP) & Community Development Corporation Leadership Program seek 2024 applicants

         (Plain Press July 2024) If you are passionate, committed and dedicated to taking an active role in improving your community, you may be excited by, and ready for, one of two valuable leadership development programs. The Neighborhood Leadership Development Program (NLDP) and Community Development Leadership Program (CDCLP) are programs of the Jack, Joseph and…

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  • Sharks in Lake Erie?

    (Plain Press July 2024) Is this a joke? How can this be? However, there have been recent reports of shark fins being seen breaking the surface of the waters in the Great Lakes. There have also been reports of dead sharks washed up on the shores of Michigan and Lake Erie. In addition, a biologist from Penn State University…

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  • Reader shares his grandfather’s immigration story

         (Plain Press July 2024) This letter is in response to the recent articles covering immigration. My grandfather, Albert Joseph Bialek, came to the United States from Poland (Galicia) in 1910. Per the Ellis Island website, he boarded the ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in Bremen, Germany (formerly Prussia). He had just completed his service…

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  • City Council increases amount allowed for campaign donations: LEGISLATION SPURS RESPONSE FROM A BETTER CLEVELAND FOR ALL

       (Plain Press July 2024) At its June 3, 2024 meeting, Cleveland City Council passed campaign finance legislation (Ordinance No. 615-2024) that increased the amount of donations an individual can make to a City Council candidate from $1,500 per calendar year to $3,000 in a calendar year. The legislation also increased the amount of money…

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  • Mural unveiled as first iteration of an African American History Walk

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN June 19, 2024; African American Art History Walk, Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland History Center, E. 108th Street between East Boulevard and Magnolia Drive: Mural art portrait of Dr. Harrison Leslie Adams Jr. by artist Jerome T. White. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN June 19, 2024; African American Art History Walk, Western…

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  • Cleveland storyteller Randy Cunningham publishes another must read book for community activists

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, June 18, 2024; Randy Cunningham’s home in the West Boulevard neighborhood: Storyteller and activist Randy Cunningham holds a copy of his new book, Where We Live: Environmental Activists’ Fight to Save Their Communities. by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press July 2024) Community Activist and Storyteller Randy Cunningham has published a…

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  • Many Ohioans need to renew their Medicaid benefits

    (Plain Press July 2024) The termination of Covid-19’s pandemic Continuous Coverage of Medicaid benefits ended at the end of March, 2023.This resulted in over 9 million Americans being disenrolled from Medicaid programs and benefits including 813k Ohioans. Although the ‘unwinding’ is technically over, there are many Ohioans who still need to renew their Medicaid benefits…

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  • St. Theodosius undergoes repairs after fire (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, June 6, 2024; St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral, 733 Starkweather Avenue: Work is underway to repair the cathedral damaged by fire on May 28th. The fire, reportedly caused by welders working on the copper dome, caused a million dollars damage according to a report by News 5 Cleveland.

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