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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.
  • Franklin Avenue Block Club’s efforts result in the creation of the Franklin Reading Garden

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2016)   Through a planning process that spanned several years, the Franklin Avenue Block Club turned a vacant corner lot into a neighborhood park and gathering place. On August 12th, members of the Franklin Avenue Block Club joined with friends and supporters in a dedication ceremony for the Franklin Reading…

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    September 20, 2016

  • Painting in the Park Family Fun Day Festival

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    August 1, 2016

  • Little Free Library dedicated at Baltic Children’s Park

    (Plain Press, July 2016) Children in the neighborhood by Baltic Children’s Park will now be able to have a nearby source of books to read. A new Little Free Library was dedicated in the park at W. 108th and Baltic at a ceremony on Saturday June 4th. The park is just west of Louisa May…

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    July 6, 2016

  • Stockyard Bike-A-Thon

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    June 6, 2016

  • May Crowning Ceremony, St. Rocco Church & School

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    June 6, 2016

  • Drink Local, Drink Tap’s 4 Miles 4 Water

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    June 6, 2016

  • Gallagher English Language Learners class receives praise for reading prowess

    by Chuck Hoven.   (Plain Press, June 2016) Enthusiastic students in Mr. Robert Perkins’ Second Grade English Language Learners class at Gallagher School continued to read their books, adding to their total of books read, even as members of the West Cleveland Kiwanis Club were bringing in pizzas to celebrate their efforts. At the beginning…

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    June 6, 2016

  • Malachi Center Youth Club

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    June 6, 2016

  • Orchard students to get iPads

    (Plain Press, May 2016)  CMSD NEWS BUREAU Every student at Orchard STEM School – nearly 500 of them from preschool through eighth grade – will soon have an iPad tablet at his or her fingertips. Orchard is one of 114 schools nationwide to receive equipment from Apple. The donation is part of the White House’s…

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    May 6, 2016

  • Easter Egg Hunt

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    April 6, 2016

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