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  • The Cleveland Hostel welcomes guests from around the world to Ohio City neighborhood

    The Cleveland Hostel welcomes guests from around the world to Ohio City neighborhood by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2012) The Cleveland Modern American Hostel, 2090 W. 25th Street held a grand opening ceremony on September 12th. Mark Raymond, the owner and manager of Cleveland Hostel, showed visitors around the hostel which features a number…

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  • Fathers show up around Cleveland Metropolitan School District to walk with their child

    Fathers show up around Cleveland Metropolitan School District to walk with their child (Plain Press, October 2012) Ivan Salcedo had his second-grade son in tow as he walked last Thursday on a day he couldn’t pass up. No, Salcedo didn’t walk his son to Louisa May Alcott School for the doughnuts and drinks that awaited…

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  • Register to vote — options available online or in person

    Register to vote — options available online or in person (Plain Press, October 2012) The deadline to register to vote in the Tuesday, November 6th Election is Tuesday, October 9th. Those wishing to register can download a voter registration form at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Website at: bow.cuyahogacounty.us, call the Board of elections…

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  • Cleveland leaders need to explore other options to secure funds for the schools

    Cleveland leaders need to explore other options to secure funds for the schools by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2012) The City of Cleveland and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District are making an all out effort to pass a 15-mill school levy this November. This represents a 50% increase in the amount of property tax…

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  • Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Puerto Rican Parade: Miss Puerto Rican Image 2012 & Mr. Puerto Rico 2012

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, August 5, 2012; Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center”s Puerto Rican Parade, E. 9th Street, Downtown Cleveland: Miss Puerto Rico Image 2012, Aidelis Rivera, and Mr Puerto Rico 2012, Leonel Acosta, look out at the crowd lining the streets of the parade route.

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  • Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Puerto Rican Parade: Stilt Walker

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, August 5, 2012; Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Puerto Rican Parade, E. 9th Street, Downtown Cleveland: A stilt walker from the group Los Hijos de la Tradición parades down the street. The group, trained by Gil Cody, was composed largely of students from John Marshall High School.

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  • Puerto Rican Parade celebrates culture and serves as vehicle for community outreach

    Puerto Rican Parade celebrates culture and serves as vehicle for community outreach (Plain Press, September 2012) Thousands of people lined the parade route on Superior Avenue from E. 13th to E.9th Street and from E. 9th down to the Cleveland Municipal Parking Lot to watch Cleveland’s annual Puerto Rican Parade on Sunday, August 5th. The…

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  • New Towpath Trail

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, July 30, 2012; Scranton Road Peninsula Groundbreaking Ceremony, 1871 Scranton Road: Tim Donovan, Executive Director of Ohio Canal Corridor greets guests at the groundbreaking ceremony for a 2/3rd mile stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail which will include restoration of 2,800 feet of natural shoreline on the…

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  • Ohio Canal Corridor supporters break ground for new towpath trail section on Scranton Rd Peninsula

    Ohio Canal Corridor supporters break ground for new towpath trail section on Scranton Rd Peninsula (Plain Press, September 2012) About 250 people gathered in a Scranton Peninsula field at 1871 Scranton on July 30th for a groundbreaking ceremony for a 2/3 mile stretch of the Ohio Canal Corridor trail and a Cuyahoga River Habitat Restoration…

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  • Student dress code will remain in place

    Student dress code will remain in place (Plain Press, September 2012) The strict student uniform and dress code the Cleveland Metropolitan School District put in place in August 2007 remains policy for the 2012-13 academic year. The dress code was designed to eliminate what some perceived as a barrier to student learning. Taking a conservative…

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