• Plans call for apartment building to replace McCafferty Health Center

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, January 18, 2025; Thomas J. McCafferty Health Center, 4242 Lorain Avenue: A January 18th article in the NEOtrans blog by Ian McDaniel titled “McCafferty site to be senior housing” describes plans to demolish McCafferty Center to make way for a 72-unit apartment building.      (Plain Press February 2025) A January…


  • In Memory: Timothy Barrett, March 9, 1951 – December 4, 2024

         (Plain Press February 2025) Timothy Barrett is known to many Cleveland residents for his Cleveland Sacred Architecture lectures and tours. Barrett, an architectural historian, freely offered his assistance and advice to many individuals working to restore historic homes, especially in his Ohio City neighborhood. Barrett’s work in the City of Cleveland Storefront Renovation Program…


  • City Council set to vote on proposed 15-ward map

    WARD MAP COURTESY OF CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL Cleveland City Council posted this map on its website that includes lines for the current City Council Wards as well as multicolored images of the proposed new City Council Wards. Due to a drop in population, Cleveland City Council must reduce the number of Council Wards from seventeen…


  • City Council must speed up ward redistricting to meet new deadline

    by Chuck Hoven      (Plain Press December 2024) A November 22nd article in The Plain Dealer by Kaitlin Durbin and Courtney Astolfi titled “Surprise state election has council in a holiday rush”, says that City Council will have to reduce the number of Council Wards to 15 and draw new ward boundaries by January 6th.…


  • CLEVELAND LEADERS IGNORE THEIR PEOPLE

    CLEVELAND LEADERS IGNORE THEIR PEOPLE By Roldo Bartimole Where are the political activists? Where are the Citizens? Cleveland needs them badly. The city has sunk into a silent obedience of acquiescence. Voters are in hiding. Leaders hide from them. This is a serious problem. A prognosis for a dead city. The past is always with…


  • Cleveland’s new online 311 service grants easier access to City services, information

       (Plain Press October 2024) On September 4th, 2024, the City of Cleveland announced its new 311 online service. The new website allows residents to submit requests related to public works, sanitation, street maintenance, City parks, and more via online forms. 311 is a centralized, non-emergency hotline and website that provides residents with easy access…


  • New Marion Seltzer School plan will save Cudell Park

         (Plain Press October 2024) New plans for a new Marion C. Seltzer Elementary School were unveiled at a September 19th meeting held by the Cleveland Metropolitan School District at the school at 1468 W. 98th Street. An article about the meeting by Ideastream Public Media reporter Conor Morris. titled “CMSD unveils new greener site…


  • Councilwoman Jasmin Santana informs community of watch party for start of demolition of longtime vacant building

       (Plain Press September 2024) Councilwoman Jasmin Santana (Ward 14) announced the demolition of the longtime vacant building at 7275 Wentworth Avenue that began on Monday (Aug. 19) and invited residents to a “watch party” of the start of the demolition. The building runs between Wentworth and Neville avenues (both off of W. 73rd) and…


  • Cleveland Public Market Corporation offers explanation on how to use new parking procedures at West Side Market lot

       (Plain Press September 2024) The Cleveland Public Market Corporation, which now runs the West Side Market, is implementing new parking procedures. When entering the West Side Market parking lot, there is no longer a gate. A scanner scans license places and notes the time of entry. This prevents traffic bottlenecks at the entrance.   …


  • Torso Murders: Cleveland’s “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run”

         (Plain Press September 2024) It has been decided by the Cuyahoga Chief Medical Examiner, along with a non-profit organization, the “DNA Doe Project,” to exhume the unidentified victims of the “Cleveland Torso Murderer” to identify them through new DNA testing. Their remains have been buried in the City of Cleveland’s Potter’s Field for almost…