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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • Issue 24: What’s next?

    Issue 24: What’s next? by Cleveland Documenters (Plain Press, January 2022)                 As the new year approaches, Cleveland Documenters are wondering what’s next regarding Issue 24, the amendments to the City’s charter that aim to strengthen civilian oversight of police discipline in cases of alleged misconduct.      Here’s what we know.      The charter amendments officially took effect on Nov. 22.…

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    January 4, 2022

  • Future Ink Graphics celebrates grand opening at Pivot Center

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    January 4, 2022

  • RTA’s holiday trolley car visits Open House and Holiday Market at Pivot Center for Art, Dance & Expression

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    January 4, 2022

  • Future Ink Graphics Community Gallery

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    January 4, 2022

  • Making lanterns at the Open House and Holiday Market at the Pivot Center for Art, Dance & Expression

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    January 4, 2022

  • Plain Press Community Board January 2022

    Plain Press Community Board January 2022 ARTS STATION HOPE 2022: Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) requests proposals for Station Hope 2022. Deadline for submissions is on Monday, February 7, 2022. Cleveland Public Theatre is planning the ninth annual STATION HOPE, a one-night event of entertainment and art inspired by the history of St. John’s Church and the Underground Railroad,…

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    January 2, 2022

  • January 2022 Issue of the Plain Press – PDF

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    January 2, 2022

  • Cleveland Police Commission urges protesters to file formal complaints

         (Plain Press January 2025) The Cleveland Police Commission issued the following statement urging those who feel their first amendment rights to peacefully protest have been violated to file a formal complaint:      Earlier this month, at a joint community event with the Cleveland Monitoring Team, the CPC heard from at least two community members who said…

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    January 1, 2022

  • Día de Muertos 2021 

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    December 9, 2021

  • Cuyahoga County Department of Appraisals updates information on 2021 property taxes

    Cuyahoga County Department of Appraisals updates information on 2021 property taxes by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, December 2021)                 Michael Chambers, Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer, admits most people fail to understand how property taxes work. At the November Lincoln Heights Block Club meeting at the Tremont Taphouse, he talked about an update on 2021 property taxes.      Chambers…

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    December 9, 2021

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