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Get free help to find Affordable Care Act plans
(Plain Press, December 2022) If you are not eligible for Medicaid and do not have health insurance, you may qualify for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Find out if you qualify today by visiting https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/federal-poverty-level-fpl/. Marketplace health care insurance enrollment began November 1st. You have till December 15th to sign up for…
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Second District Police Community Relations Committee changes name
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2022) At the November 8th meeting of the Second District Police Community Relations Committee, Second District Commander Thomas Stacho announced that the committee would be changing its name to the Second District Policing Committee. Several people present at the meeting objected to the name change. Commander Stacho said…
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Inside the Bricks: My Changing Neighborhood Gordon Square
by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, December 2022) In the second season of Inside the Bricks: My Changing Neighborhood, reporter and podcast host Justin Glanville talked to his neighbors in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood about gentrification and the socially and economically diverse changes that come with it. With an influx of new housing construction to…
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Legal Aid will host its annual meeting with keynote remarks from Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr
by Tonya Sams (Plain Press, December 2022) The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland will host its 117th Annual Meeting on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Cleveland. Legal Aid’s annual event will highlight hope, extend gratitude, and provide updates on high-impact community partnerships and initiatives. Additionally, Legal Aid…
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City Club of Cleveland panel discusses Participatory Budgeting Cleveland (PB CLE) proposal
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Wednesday, November 2, 2022, Happy Dog, W. 58th and Detroit Avenue: Kenny Medrano, Former Director, Participatory Budgeting, District 26, New York City, explains the merits of participatory budgeting. The City Club joined with Participatory Budgeting Cleveland (PB CLE) to host a panel discussion on participatory budgeting. by Bruce Checefsky (Plain…
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Meeting our Jewish neighbors
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Friday, November 4, 2022; Beth Israel – The West Temple in West Park: Rabbi Enid C. Lader reading from the Sefer Torah. The Sefer Torah is a handwritten scroll of the first five books of the Bible in Hebrew and is used during worship services. She is using a yad to follow the…
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City of Cleveland hosts listening sessions on plans for downtown lakefront
by Erik Ault (Plain Press, December 2022) The City of Cleveland held a series of listening sessions regarding plans for the downtown lakefront. Members of City Hall and planers for Cleveland’s North Coast Connector gave presentations on four proposals and then asked attenders for feedback. Four possibilities were presented: No development; building a…
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Representative-elect to the Ohio House of Representatives shares agenda
(Plain Press, December 2022) To the Editor: When I decided to run for State Representative last January, the district maps were undecided and still being debated in Columbus. It appeared back then that there would be potentially four candidates, including myself, who would run in what was nominally considered to be House District 15.…
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December 2022 Plain Press Community Board
December 2022 Plain Press Community Board ACTION GREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONS is sponsoring a Hearing on Youth Bindovers on Tuesday December 6 at 7 p.m. Youth Bindovers are when children are tried in adult court and sent to adult jails. In Cuyahoga County this disproportionately impacts people of color, to a much greater degree than Columbus…
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