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Old Angle Boxing Gym finds a new home
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, October 17, 2023; Old Angle Boxing Gym, Trinity Church Hall basement, 2051 W. 30th Street: Mohammad Abdel-Nabi, age 15, a ninth-grade student at John Marshall Business School, shadow boxes in the ring. At age 14, Abdel-Nabi won the Junior Olympics championship title boxing at a weight of 132 lbs. PHOTO…
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Cleveland School Board votes for a more restrictive public participation policy
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2023) Many observers of the Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Education are wondering why, with all the important issues the Board needs to address, new School Board Chairperson Sara Elaqad has chosen to initiate a pilot program that increases the restrictions on Public Comment. Elaqad, recently appointed…
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Reader corrects mistake – should be doula group not Abdulla groups
To the editor (Plain Press, November 2023) As one of the people featured in the recent article “Mural at St. Paul’s honors community members for their efforts to build a caring community”, I want to say how surprised and pleased I was to find and read this article. Author Chuck Hoven was listening carefully…
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Housing protections for survivors of domestic violence
by Allison K. Younger (Plain Press, November 2023) If you are a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and you live in public housing, have a housing voucher or if your housing is otherwise supported by the federal government, then the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) protects your rights as…
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Teacher calls for funds to be restored to Comprehensive Extracurricular Activities Plan
by Errol Savage (Plain Press, November 2023) The Comprehensive Extracurricular Activities Plan (CEAP), funded by the citizens of Cleveland for the benefit of children, is being robbed. COMMENTARY Back in the 1990s our football stadium was built by taxpayers; the private owners of the stadium received a lifetime exemption from paying property taxes…
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Cudell residents save historic trees for now
PHOTO BY MARY JO HOVEN Monday, September 4, 2023; Cudell Commons Park, W. 98th Street, just North of Madison Avenue: A view of the Bald Cypress tree from below. The tree is one of about forty mature trees that Friends of Cudell Commons Park would like to save from being torn down to make way…
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Light Up the Park event highlights need to fund park at W. 67th and Storer Avenue
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 9, 2023; Light Up the Park, Storer Park, 3397 W. 67th Street: Tug-a-war contests were part of the festivities. (Plain Press, October 2023) For the third time Betty Jo Palmer led the organizing of an event called Light Up the Park held at the park at W. 67th and…
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October 2023 Community Board
ARTS THE ARCHIVE: Rebecca Louise Law’s installation, The Archive, is on view in Brett Hall in Cleveland Public Library’s Main Building downtown. This immersive artwork is comprised of 500,000 individually sewn and suspended dried flowers. The exhibit is free and viewable by all any time the library is open. ST. PAUL’S STREET STUDIO: September 30,…