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  • University Circle hosts annual Parade the Circle event (photos)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, June 13, 2026; Parade the Circle, East Boulevard and Juniper: This Ice Cream Truck was created by some residents of a West Side neighborhood. Blogger Angie Schmitt wrote of the work neighbors did on the float and the fun they had test driving it through the neighborhood. Schmitt’s substack blog…

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  • Greater Cleveland Food Bank plans new West Side location

       (Plain Press July 2026) A June 16, 2026 article, by Kaylee Remington in Cleveland.com, titled “Greater Cleveland Food Bank to build resource center to expand food access, services”, says the Greater Cleveland Food Bank plans to build a new West Side Community Resource Center at 9830 Lorain Avenue. The new center is expected to…

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  • June 2026 Plain Press full issue – PDF

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  • Federal Consent Decree Monitoring Team reports to City Council Safety Committee

    SCREEN SHOT May 13, 2026; Cleveland City Council Safety Committee, Cleveland City Hall, E. 6th and Lakeside Avenue: Charles See, a member of the Consent Decree Monitoring Team, prepares to testify about increasing engagement and building trust with the community. by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press June 2026) On February 19th, 2026, Cleveland Mayor Justin…

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  • Episcopal Diocese seeks community input on future of St. John’s Church

    PHOTO BY COREY MEADOR St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue: Renovations are underway inside the sanctuary. by Corey Meador    (Plain Press June 2026) A $400,000 project underway at St. John’s Episcopal Church sparks new life and opportunity into Cuyahoga county’s oldest consecrated building. On Church Avenue in the Hingetown neighborhood of Cleveland, many…

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  • Documentary features young 1970s Cleveland filmmakers

       (Plain Press June 2026) Before smart phones and video cameras, the only device back in the 1970’s to record motion pictures was our parents’ home movie cameras. These revolutionary movie cameras that recorded on a slim strip of 8mm film, were originally made available back in the early 1950’s. These devices gave the public…

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  • Final report offers no clarity on Cleveland’s Transformative Arts Fund spending and impact

    PHOTO BY ANASTASIA PANTSIOS September 6, 2025; The Art Garden Project, W.50th and Storer Avenue: Cleveland-based Dominican artist Ariel Verges (also known as BlackBrain), paints a mural. The Art Garden Project is a large-scale community initiative, on Storer Avenue and nearby neighborhoods, catalyzed and funded by the city’s Transformative Arts Fund (TAF). PHOTO BY ANASTASIA PANTSIOS…

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  • Madison Ave. Community Garden spruces up garden beds with the help of volunteers (photos)

    PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, April 25, 2026; The Madison Avenue Community Garden at Story, 9900 Madison Avenue: Garden Leader and W. 98th Street resident Diab Dar-Issa greets volunteers coming to help create raised garden beds. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, April 25, 2026; The Madison Avenue Community Garden at Story, 9900 Madison Avenue: Tom…

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  • June 2026 community board

    ADVOCACY BILINGUAL IMMIGRATION AND WAGE THEFT CLINIC: Join the Northeast Ohio Worker Center and the Young Latino Network for a free legal clinic for workers and immigrants in our community, in Spanish and English. Clinics are held monthly, either virtually or in person. Attorneys will be available to answer your questions about immigration and worker’s…

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  • Open letter from Plain Pres Editor Debbie Sadlon

    Dear Readers,      (Plain Press June 2026) I am the Editor of the Plain Press and have been for probably the last 30 years. This might be a good time in the history of the Plain Press, to explain the Plain Press Editorial Policy to the community.      According to our By-Laws, the Editorial position…

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