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  • Cleveland City Council Ward 7 race heats up

    PHOTOS COURTESY OF RONALDO RODRIGUEZ, JR., LA VILLA On July 14th, Ward 7 City Council candidates participated in a Neighborhood & Community Media Association of Greater Cleveland Community Media Panel discussion with reporters from Tremonster, Plain Press, and La Villa. by Bruce Checefsky    (Plain Press August 2025) Cleveland City Council Ward 7 candidates Austin…

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  • Ward 12 Meet the Candidates Forum offers look at candidates’ backgrounds and legislative priorities

    Danny Kelly Andrew DeFratis Tanmay Shah by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press August 2025) On July 10th at Story Church at 99th and Madison, the Clifton-Baltic Neighbors Block Club hosted a Meet the Candidates Forum for City Council candidates seeking to be the City Council representative for the new Ward 12.  Three candidates participated in…

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  • Ward 7 Candidates Community Media Panel Discussion

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  • Do we repeat the mistakes?

    Do we repeat the mistakes? by Roldo Bartimole   How generous are both local politicians and the Cleveland news media going to be on luxury spending for the new domed stadium?   Lessons can be learned from the outrageous spending for Dick Jacobs, then of the Cleveland Indians, and the Gund family, owners of the…

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  • John Marshall students’ efforts lead to City Council resolution creating Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights

       (Plain Press June 2025) Students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District presented a proposal for a Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights to Cleveland City Council’s Workforce, Education, Training, & Youth Development Committee at its April meeting. The CMSD high school students, and Advanced Placement Environmental Science scholars from John Marshall’s School of Civic & Business…

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  • City of Cleveland will relocate west side clinic to Clark Fulton neighborhood

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 10, 2025; Northern Ohio Blanket Mills building, 3466 St. Rocco Drive: The City of Cleveland Department of Public Health plans to move its west side clinic to this recently rehabilitated building.      (Plain Press June 2025) In response to the growing demand for health care services in the Clark-Fulton…

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  • Fir Avenue residents seek removal of concrete patches and restoration of their brick street

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, April 13, 2025; Fir Avenue between W. 65th and W. 69th Street, Fir Avenue: Resident Jason Hauser stands by some of the concrete patches used by the City of Cleveland to repair the brick street. Hauser says residents want the concrete patches removed and replaced with bricks. Fir residents would…

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  • HUD cuts will make it harder for City’s CDCs to stay open

    by Bruce Checefsky      Cleveland City Council introduced measures to overhaul funding for Community Development Corporations (CDCs) in January of this year. Ordinance No. 113-2025 would change how neighborhood development corporations get money by creating a Neighborhood Development Sub-fund. The program will provide grants to expand economic opportunities for low- to moderate-income residents.      In Cleveland,…

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  • City Record offers descriptions of new Cleveland City Council wards

    GRAPHIC COURTESY OF CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL At its January 6, 2025, meeting, Cleveland City Council voted 14-2 to adopt a new Cleveland Ward Plan represented in this map. As required by Cleveland’s City Charter, because of reduced population count in the 2020 census, City Council reduced the number of wards from 17 to 15. The…

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  • Political leaders called upon to fund permanent seasonal shelters for the homeless

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, January 17, 2025; Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless Emergency Press Conference: Yvonka Hall, Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition, lends her support to efforts to secure funding for a permanent seasonal shelter for Clevelanders living outside to have as an option during severe weather. PHOTO BY…

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