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  • City of Cleveland is quietly blocking citizen planning efforts for safer, bike-friendly streets

    City of Cleveland is quietly blocking citizen planning efforts for safer, bike-friendly streets by Lee Chilcote (Plain Press, August 2021)     For more than a decade, community developers on Cleveland’s near west side have been working to create a new, improved streetscape on Lorain Avenue between West 25th and West 65th Street. It was always about more than potholes and…

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  • Cleveland needs leaders with a moral compass

    Cleveland needs leaders with a moral compass by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2021)       As Clevelanders prepare to select a new mayor and consider their choices for city council representatives for the next four years, we may be asking ourselves how do we best judge who will make a good mayor or city council representative? What qualities…

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  • City of Cleveland Primary Election is set for September 14, 2021

    City of Cleveland Primary Election is set for September 14, 2021 (Plain Press, August 2021)     The date for the Primary Election in the City of Cleveland is set for September 14, 2021. Citizens of voting age can register by August 16th and still be able to vote for their choice of mayoral and city council candidates or weigh…

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  • Family members who lost loved ones to police action speak at community meeting on Consent Decree

    Family members who lost loved ones to police action speak at community meeting on Consent Decree  by Rich Weiss (Plain Press, August 2021)     Four local community members who lost loved ones to Cleveland Police Department (CPD) use-of-force were the Zoom panelists for the June public input meeting on the Cleveland Consent Decree.  United Way of Greater Cleveland and…

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  • Ohio City developer to rehab historic funeral home on Lorain Avenue into retail, apartments

    Ohio City developer to rehab historic funeral home on Lorain Avenue into retail, apartments by Lee Chilcote (Plain Press, August 2021)     The Nunn Family Funeral Home at 4434 Lorain Avenue in Ohio City dates back to 1865, and the site operated as a funeral home until about 20 years ago, when it was converted into a daycare. Now, a…

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  • New live-work townhomes approved for Lorain Avenue at W. 47th Street

    New live-work townhomes approved for Lorain Avenue at W. 47th Street by Lee Chilcote      A partnership between Knez Homes and Jim Miketo, owner of Forest City Shuffleboard, is planning to build eight new upscale townhomes at Lorain Avenue and West 47th Street. In addition to being the first new homes to be built on Lorain, the units also contain…

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  • Reader responds to the letter concerning noise in the Fulton/Denison area

    Reader responds to the letter concerning noise in the Fulton/Denison area To the Editor:    As a resident of West 25th Street and Chatham Avenue, I can empathize with the fine people of the Fulton Road and Denison Avenue area! I too have endured countless hours of disruption from intentional motorcycle and automobile noise. The altered mufflers,…

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  • Reader asks for police monitoring of noise problem on Denison Avenue at Fulton and Pearl

    Reader asks for police monitoring of noise problem on Denison Avenue at Fulton and Pearl To the Editor:      I would like to comment on your recent letter to the editor about the noise problem on Denison Avenue. It appears peace and quiet are out of reach and people responsible for that continuous disruption most likely…

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  • Cleveland Pride Ride

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  • If elected mayor, State Senator Sandra Williams promises to rebuild Cleveland

    If elected mayor, State Senator Sandra Williams promises to rebuild Cleveland  by Bruce Checefsky    State Senator Sandra Williams was greeted by supporters as she entered the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on June 8 where she filed petitions to run for Mayor of Cleveland. She pledged a campaign focused on a new, better Cleveland. Williams, who has held positions in…

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