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Reader seeks answers about purpose of surveillance camera
To the editor: Dear Members of the Cleveland City Council Safety Committee, (Plain Press, February 2021) My name is Paula Miller and I live on the near west side of Cleveland near Fulton and Lorain. I noticed there is a surveillance camera located in the parking lot of McCafferty Health Clinic on Lorain Avenue. The camera…
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Unofficial Public Comments site seeks to bring public comment period to Cleveland City Council meetings
(Plain Press, February 2021) A new online page called “Unofficial Public Comments at Cleveland City Council” started by Cleveland residents with the help of a group called “Our Revolution” hopes to convince Cleveland City Council to create a public comment period at their future City Council Meetings. The page can be found on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/unofficialpubliccomments. The page…
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Lead Safe Resource Center and Home Fund launches
by Rachel Dissell (Plain Press, January 2021) Cleveland residents will have access to a new resource center and hotline dedicated to helping parents and property owners reduce the chances of lead poisoning by making homes in the city lead safe. The Lead Safe Resource Center and Home Fund fulfill, in part, a public pledge that the…
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Board of Zoning Appeals again postpones vote on Lincoln Park Flats
by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, January 2021) When Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) committee member Tim Donovan suggested postponing a vote on the Lincoln Park Flats project in Tremont to allow developers 60 days to conduct a parking study in the middle of the winter, in the middle of the worst pandemic in 100 years,…
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Cleveland City Council issues statement about group attacking Cleveland Public Power
(Plain Press, January 2021) On Christmas Eve 2020, Cleveland City Council released the following statement about Consumers Against Deceptive Fees, a group that did a number of mailings to Cleveland residents this past year: Recent tax filings from the dark money group Partners for Progress clearly establish that dark money interests that funded the HB 6…
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Cleveland City Council removes the city’s requirement to hire off-duty police officers at neighborhood block parties
Cleveland City Council removes the city’s requirement to hire off-duty police officers at neighborhood block parties by Lee Chilcote, The Land (Plain Press, December 2020) Spurred by a grassroots, citizen-led petition that garnered more than 1,000 signatures, Cleveland City Council passed legislation at its November 18th meeting to remove the requirement for hired police at block parties. The…
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Father McNulty retires as Pastor of St. Augustine Church after 43 years
Father McNulty retires as Pastor of St. Augustine Church after 43 years (Plain Press, December 2020) Cleveland City Council – Councilman Kerry McCormack is offering well wishes to the Rev. Joseph D. McNulty, who retired this month as director of Catholic Charities Ministry to Persons with Disabilities for the Diocese of Cleveland and as pastor of St. Augustine Parish, a position he has…
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In Memory — Ted Thelander
In Memory Ted Thelander (Plain Press, November 2020) Ohio City resident Ted Thelander died at age 85 on June 11th of this year. Ted Thelander was instrumental in offering advice, sharing his expertise, and mentoring Near West Side residents in many battles with political corruption and troubling nightclubs. Thelander also became involved in addressing a number of…
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Kolou Marketplace opens to serve the neighborhood
Kolou Marketplace opens to serve the neighborhood by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2020) The Kolou Marketplace at 4700 Bridge Avenue is now open and serving the neighborhood. Siba Beavogul, Kolou Beavogul and their son Laville and daughter Tenin hosted an opening ceremony for Kolou’s Marketplace on August 27th, 2020. The store will serve as a…
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