• 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • Changes in federal law require new reporting for small business owners

    by Tonya Sams      (Plain Press October 2024) A federal law that only affected large corporations will now impact small business owners. The Corporate Transparency Act will now require all business entities, no matter the size, to report their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI). The BOI are the names of those who own or control at…


  • Time to tote the score in city of corporate welfare

    By Roldo Bartimole (Plain Press October 2024) In sports we keep records to see who is ahead and who is behind. It’s simple. Get the scores. It tells the story. I thought it was time to put up a scoreboard that gives us some feel for what the tally is on downtown public subsidies. Where the…


  • Ohio House bill aims to combat college hunger

    (Plain Press October 2024) House Bill (HB) 590, also known as the Hunger Free Campus bill, will ensure that no college student will go hungry by providing free meals to those students who are eligible. HB 590 has been introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives. Its primary sponsors are House District 14 Democrat Sean…


  • Tristan Rader (D) and Robert Dintaman (R) compete for Ohio House of Representatives District 13 in the November general election.  

    Tristan Rader Robert Dintaman by Bruce Checefsky      (Plain Press September 2024) Tristan Rader (D) and Robert Dintaman (R) are candidates for Ohio House of Representatives District 13 and will appear on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. Both men are from Lakewood and bring expertise and an understanding of the…


  • Lead advocates offer free screenings for lead at Kentucky Gardens

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, July 27, 2024; Soil Shop Comes to Cleveland, Kentucky Gardens, W. 38th and Franklin: Yulissa Aguilar, an Environmental Justice staff member of the Chicago Office of the United State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), performs soil screening for lead of soil brought in by residents from their yards or gardens. Kentucky…