• City of Cleveland and community partners break ground on new senior apartments (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Wednesday, October 29,2025; Groundbreaking ceremony for Walton Apartments, just west of Fulton between Clark Avenue and Walton Avenue: Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and Metro West Community Development Organization Executive Director Emily Lee joined about a dozen partners participating in the groundbreaking ceremony for Walton Apartments. The plans call for 52 apartments…


  • Refurbished basketball courts at Trent Park are now open(photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, August 18, 2025; Trent Park, Trent Avenue (between W. 38th and W. 40th – just south of Clark Avenue): (L-R) Juju Tate and Eddie Majors get ready to play some one-on-one basketball at Trent Park. Majors says they have used the new basketball court nearly every day since the refurbished…


  • Plan for a new park near Clark School suffers setback (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Wednesday, June 19, 2024; Clark School construction site, Clark Avenue between W. 54th and W. 56th: While construction of the new Clark School is well underway, a City of Cleveland park, planned for the space between the school and Clark Recreation Center at 5706 Clark Avenue, has received a setback. City…


  • Clark Recreation Center undergoes rehabilitation (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, May 20, 2024; Clark Recreation Center rehabilitation, 5706 Clark Avenue: The Clark Recreation center is currently undergoing rehabilitation. The City of Cleveland held a series of meetings in May to get resident input for its long-range parks and recreation plan. The plan is available online at www.cleparksrecplan.com but does not…


  • Mayor Justin Bibb visits Clark School to promote education and literacy

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, January 23, 2023; Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Clark School, 5550 Clark Avenue: Mayor Justin Bibb reads from the book Thank You OMU by Oge Mora, while second grade students in teacher Damaris Sanchez’s class listen attentively. At a January 23rd visit to Clark School, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb read a…


  • New Neighborhood Housing Court Kiosk opens at the South Branch Library

    New Neighborhood Housing Court Kiosk opens at the South Branch Library by Bruce Checefsky Plain Press, August 2022        Cleveland Housing Court and Cleveland Public Library have teamed up to bring the court to the community. Starting this month, the new Neighborhood Housing Court Kiosk at the South Branch of the Cleveland Public Library, located at…


  • School Board renames two area schools

    Plain Press, August 2022        At its June 28th meeting, the Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Education voted to change the names of two schools in the Plain Press service area. Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy will be renamed Natividad Pagan International Newcomers Academy. Louis Agassiz School will be renamed Mary Church Terrell School. The…


  • Students say farewell to Clark School with a return date in August of 2025

    Students say farewell to Clark School with a return date in August of 2025 Plain Press, July 20220                             On May 27th Students from Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Clark School were outside enjoying a plastic climbing wall and other activities in the play area in front of the school at 5550 Clark Avenue. The celebration was somewhat of…


  • Max Hayes High School’s Construction Shop

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 19, 2022; Max Hayes High School’s Construction Shop, 2211 W. 65th Street: (L-R) Tenth grade students Lekicha Hicks and Mareona Clemons hold up the artwork they are creating. The students built the frames of the canvases they painted, stretched the canvas, stapled the canvas onto the frames, and built stands…


  • Advocates calling for City of Cleveland to take measures to slow traffic, cite traffic fatality on W. 50th Street

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, May 16, 2022; Cleveland City Council Meeting, Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue: During the Public Comment period, Ward 15 resident Nora Rodriguez testified about a traffic problem on W. 81st Street just north of Madison. Rodriguez said cars don’t stop at the stop sign at W. 81st and Lawn Avenue. She…