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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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  • St. Paul’s Community Church throws Harvesting Hope fundraiser (photo)

    PHOTO BY ROB KAZAR Saturday, September 13, 2025; Harvesting Hope, St. Paul’s Community Church, 4427 Franklin Blvd: (L-R): Tom Wolf, Deb Kazar and Tim Walters. Deb Kazar, Coordinator of St. Paul’s Community Outreach, reads off raffle prize winners all in support of the Harvesting Hope event to support the St. Paul’s Community Outreach program that provides…

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  • West Side Creation Care Team goes on a Pilgrimage of Hope in honor of the 10th anniversary of Laudato Sí

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 20, 2025; 2459 Washington Avenue: Members of the West Side Creation Care Team, an ecumenical grassroots organization promoting care for creation, return to St. Malachi Church after a Pilgrimage of Hope walk to Wendy Park on Whiskey Island.   (Plain Press October 2025) The West Side Creation Care Team,…

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  • Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits granted to two buildings in Old Brooklyn Historic District

    IMAGE COURTESY OF STEPHANIE RYBERG-WEBSTER Stephanie Ryberg-Webster, associate professor in the Department of Urban Studies at Cleveland State University’s Levin School of Urban Affairs, is the author of Preserving the Vanishing City:  Historic Preservation Amid Urban Decline In Cleveland, Ohio.  She was one of three persons speaking about the topic of Preservation Advocacy at a…

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