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  • Episcopal Diocese seeks community input on future of St. John’s Church

    PHOTO BY COREY MEADOR St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue: Renovations are underway inside the sanctuary. by Corey Meador    (Plain Press June 2026) A $400,000 project underway at St. John’s Episcopal Church sparks new life and opportunity into Cuyahoga county’s oldest consecrated building. On Church Avenue in the Hingetown neighborhood of Cleveland, many…

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  • Madison Ave. Community Garden spruces up garden beds with the help of volunteers (photos)

    PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, April 25, 2026; The Madison Avenue Community Garden at Story, 9900 Madison Avenue: Garden Leader and W. 98th Street resident Diab Dar-Issa greets volunteers coming to help create raised garden beds. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, April 25, 2026; The Madison Avenue Community Garden at Story, 9900 Madison Avenue: Tom…

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  • News from Old Brooklyn includes new beginnings and sad departures

    by Lynette Filips    (Plain Press May 2026) Another month of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” — but no demolition— has passed in the heart of downtown Old Brooklyn and to report about it, I am using the method I used last month — subtitles. They make all these different historical topics easier to…

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  • Refugee Resource Center at St. Colman Parish welcomes families seeking new home in Cleveland

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON February 2026; Refugee Resource Center, Saint Colman Church Hall: Sister Rita Mary Harwood, SND (Sisters of Notre Dame), talks to guests about the Refugee Resource Center and how it operates. PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON February 2026; Refugee Resource Center, Saint Colman Church Hall: Sister Rita Mary Harwood, SND, distributes bags of…

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  • St. Paul’s Community Church holds monthly Street Studio event (photos)

    PHOTO BY IAN HEISEY Saturday, February 14, 2026; Street Studio, St. Paul’s Community Church, 4427 Franklin Avenue: Guitar player Matt Rossman plays some tunes for those attending the Street Studio. PHOTO BY IAN HEISEY Saturday, February 14, 2026; Street Studio, St. Paul’s Community Church, 4427 Franklin Avenue: Mike Fiala, a regular attendee at St. Paul’s…

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  • Developments at Pearl and Memphis inch forward as former tenants seek new homes

    by Lynette Filips (Plain Press April 2026) Two months have passed since I last addressed the many issues facing the corner of Memphis Ave. and Pearl Rd. in the heart of Old Brooklyn. Seemingly more and more sidebars have come up while the major issues are still in limbo. To make processing all of them…

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  • Cleveland celebrates St. Patrick’s Day 2026 (photos)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, March 17, 2026; W. 65th Street, just north of Saint Colman Church: This West Side Irish American Club St. Patrick Day drummer says he is multi-tasking – carrying two drums to load onto a bus after attending morning mass at St. Colman Church. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, March 17,…

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  • St. Patrick, St. Malachi celebrate one-year anniversary of coming together

    (Plain Press April 2026) St. Patrick Parish with St. Malachi Oratory is holding a Mass of Thanksgiving at 4:30pm on Saturday April 11th, 2026. The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Edward Malesic in thanksgiving for the coming together of two Catholic parishes almost 1 year ago. A reception will be held afterward in the…

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  • Historic buildings still standing at Pearl and Memphis

    by Lynette Filips    The months (and years) go by quickly and thus another month has passed with seemingly nothing having moved forward with the projected demolition of the doomed buildings in the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation’s (OBCDC’s) revitalization plan for the northwest corner of Memphis Ave. and Pearl Rd.  Sheets of new plywood…

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  • Santa visits Story Church (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 13, 2025; Christmas Party with Santa, Story Church, 9900 Madison Avenue: Jordan Nettles, age 7, visits with Santa.

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