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  • November 2023 Plain Press – PDF

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  • New mural completed near the Lorain Ave. exit of I-90

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, October 12, 2023; 8004 Lorain Avenue: This Destination Cleveland Mural by artist Lisa Quine of Hudson, Ohio is across Lorain Avenue from the westbound I-90 Lorain Avenue exit. The mural says, “The Land where anything is possible.” Northwest Neighbors offers thanks to the building’s owners and Destination Cleveland for accepting…

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  • Clark Field Park gets new playground

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, October 17, 2023; Clark Field Park: Traci Dean and her grandchildren Selena McCoy, age 4, and Noah McCoy, age 8, enjoy a visit to the new playground at Clark Field Park. The towpath trail goes through the park. The park has a new baseball field sponsored by Cleveland Guardians player…

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  • Halloween display on W. 81 st.

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, October 12, 2023; This household went all-out with the Halloween display in their yard at 2194 W. 81st Street.

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  • Mercedes Cotner Park receives new playground equipment

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, October 12, 2023; Mercedes Cotner Park, W. 95th and Maywood: This park, just a few blocks south of Denison Avenue, now has new playground equipment.

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  • Civics 2.0 students plead for funding for their program

    by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press, November 2023) Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) students that participate in the extracurricular Civics 2.0 program came out in force to testify at the September meeting of the Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Education. The students were advocating for restoration of funding for their extracurricular program. During the…

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  • What’s on the Ballot? – November 2023 general election

    (Plain Press, November 2023) Below is a summary of candidates and issues that will appear on the November 7, 2023, General Election ballot. Registered voters can view a sample ballot by going to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections website at: www.cuyahogaballot.boe.ohio.gov Voting      Registered voters can vote at the polls on election day, vote…

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  • Voters to decide fate of People’s Budget proposal, Issue 38

    PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY September 26, 2023; Public debate on People’s Budget Cleveland ballot measure, Little Theater, Cleveland Public Hall, 500 Lakeside Avenue: Jonathan Welle, Executive Director of Cleveland Owns, makes a case for voters to support Issue 38, the People’s Budget. by Bruce Checefsky    (Plain Press, November 2023) Supporters of the Peoples Budget…

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  • Cleveland City Council authorizes use of American Rescue Plan Act funds for three West Side projects

    (Plain Press, November 2023) At its Monday October 9th meeting, Cleveland City Council passed several ordinances using revenue recovery funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to award funds to community projects. Three of the projects funded are on the West Side of Cleveland – the May Dugan Center, Northwest Neighbors for the Karam Senior…

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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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