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Issue 55 passed. Now What?
by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press December 2024) Cuyahoga County voters overwhelmingly approved Issue 55, increasing the cigarette tax from a 30-cent per-pack tax, first passed in 2006, to 70 cents per pack. The tax increase would raise an estimated $160 million over 10 years for public arts funding. Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC), the…
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Cleveland voters approve School Levy and Bond Issue by a wide margin
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press December 2024) Cleveland voters showed their support for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District with two out of every three voters giving their approval of the Issue 49 Bond Issue and Levy at the November 5th General Elections. Of the total 123,820 votes cast, 69,840 were for the Bond Issue…
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Despite passage of the levy, Cleveland schools face “tough work ahead”
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press December 2024) At the November 6, 2024, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Board of Education Business meeting Cleveland School Board Chair Sara Elaqad praised the efforts of the Cleveland Teachers Union, CMSD staff and Board members, endorsers, businesses and supporters that helped to pass the Issue 49 levy and…
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Day of the Dead 2024 (photos)
PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: A performer in a mariachi band entertains the crowd with his violin. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: Festival participants show off their skeleton-themed costumes. The Day of the…
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The Plain Press annual fundraiser – please give
November 2024 Dear Plain Press Readers and Supporters, This year marks the 53rd 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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Protesters rally to call for ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, October 5, 2024; Cleveland Mobilization against Israeli aggression in Gaza and Lebanon, Jefferson Park, W. 132nd & Lorain Avenue: A woman holds up a sign that says, “You cannot build a Holy Land on the mass graves of children.” PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, October 5, 2024; Cleveland Mobilization against…
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Neighborhood Family practice receives Council support for new facility
(Plain Press November 2024) Cleveland City Council announced at its October 14th meeting the awarding of a $500,000 federal Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) loan to Neighborhood Family Practice to help finance a new facility at W. 130th & Lorain Avenue. According to a statement from Cleveland City Council, the legislation, sponsored by…
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St. Ignatius of Antioch Elementary School dedicates new outdoor classroom
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, October 21, 2024; Saint Ignatius of Antioch School, West Boulevard & Lorain Avenue: St. Ignatius of Antioch Elementary School Principal Ronald E. Snow II stands by the Sound Wall in the school’s new outdoor classroom. PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. IGNATIUS PARISH Tuesday, September 24, 2024; St. Ignatius of Antioch Elementary…
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November 2024 community board
ACTIVISM WOMEN’S MARCH: On Saturday, November 2 from 12 pm to 2:30 pm, Women’s March Cleveland and the Imperial Women Coalition will host a march at Market Square Park in Ohio City across from the Westside Market. Our march is not a political march but a march for women’s rights. ARTS ARTIST CONVERSATION: Join Art…
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