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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.
  • Ten Clevelanders address City Council Meeting during its first Public Comments period in over 100 years 

    (Plain Press, November 2021)   Ten Cleveland citizens took part in a historic event, the first Public Comments period at a Cleveland City Council meeting in over 100 years. The occasion was the Monday October 4, 2021 meeting of Cleveland City Council. The ten citizens taking advantage of this public forum to speak to their fellow citizens…

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    November 6, 2021

  • Max Hayes Car Show

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    October 6, 2021

  • Painting Our Neighborhood

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    October 6, 2021

  • Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival

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    October 4, 2021

  • Halloween decorations are up early at this household

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    October 4, 2021

  • Light Up the Park celebration

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    October 3, 2021

  • Artist Alicia Vasquez displays her work during Celebration of Hispanic Heritage at Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center

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    October 3, 2021

  • The Ohio Chapter of the New Era Young Lords pass out school supplies at Hispanic Heritage celebration

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    October 3, 2021

  • Let’s Make Música

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    October 3, 2021

  • Shalom & Tranquility Garden Cultural Carnival

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    October 3, 2021

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