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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • West Tech Alumni Association Museum

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    November 7, 2015

  • Cannon, LoPresti and Catavolos Funeral Home hosts grand opening

    Plain Press, November 2015    On October 7th Cannon, LoPresti and Catavolos Funeral Home and Cremation Center held a grand opening and commemoration of their newly remodeled funeral home at 11210 Detroit Avenue. Owners Lindsey M. Cannon, Don LoPresti and George P. Catavolos greeted guests, offered food, drink and tours of the facility. The owners, Cannon,…

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    November 7, 2015

  • Bridge Beats and Treats Festival

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    October 4, 2015

  • High-quality preschools have openings for 2015-2016 school year

    SPACES AVAILABLE AT PRIVATE AND CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOMS (Plain Press, September 2015) There is good news for families in Cleveland who wish to send their 3- or-4-year-old preschoolers to a high-quality program this school year. According to PRE4CLE, Cleveland’s high-quality preschool expansion plan, private preschools and Cleveland Metropolitan School District classrooms that partner…

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    September 12, 2015

  • Residents receive update on West Shoreway, Edgewater Park and Shoppes on Clifton

    (Plain Press, July 2015) About 300 people gathered at Louisa May Alcott School on June 4th for an update on three different projects:  the West Shoreway Reconstruction, Cleveland Metroparks plans for Edgewater Park and plans for Shoppes on Clifton. West Shoreway Kristen Bowen, of Michael Baker International and Associates, said that the Ohio Department of…

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    July 17, 2015

  • The Lorain Laundromat Building

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    July 17, 2015

  • Palm Sunday Pony Ride

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    May 6, 2015

  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District updates plans for school construction

    (Plain Press, April 2015) The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) held a series of open houses, over the past month, to gather community input on its updated construction plan for Issue 4 funds passed by voters this past November. The school district anticipates the bond issue will raise $200 million and the state of Ohio…

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    April 16, 2015

  • Cudell Improvement celebrates 40th annual meeting – highlights area as waterfront communit

    On January 21st, Cudell Improvement celebrated its 40th annual meeting with a gathering at Brennan’s Party Center on Triskett. In brief remarks at the start of the meeting, Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone noted that a new grocer had committed to the proposed development at W. 117 and Clifton and while he couldn’t yet reveal…

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    February 9, 2015

  • CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL SAFETY COMMITTEE BEGINS HEARINGS ON UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONSENT DECREE

    Cleveland reacts to deaths of citizens as the result of police use of force by Chuck Hoven.  The tragic death of 12-year old Tamir Rice on November 22nd at Cudell Recreation Center has had a profound affect on the citizens of the City of Cleveland. The impact of this event on Cleveland’s children is of…

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    January 15, 2015

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