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Cleveland Public Theatre hosts annual Day of the Dead celebration (photos)
PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, November 1, 2025; Día De Muertos (Day of the Dead) 2025 celebration presented by Cleveland Public Theatre with Teatro Público de Cleveland and Día de Muertos Ohio; Cleveland Public Theatre Church Parish Hall, 6205 Detroit Avenue and surrounding area. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, November 1, 2025; Día De Muertos…
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Police report on surge of recent car break-ins
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Tuesday, October 14, 2024; Second District Policing Committee Meeting, OneHope NEO, 3202 Fulton Road: Second District Commander Timothy Maffo-Judd. by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press November 2025) Timothy Maffo-Judd, 2nd District Commander, gave an update report to about 40 residents of the Near West Side at the policing committee meeting in…
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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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Cleveland Garden Walk 2025 (photos)
PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Sunday, July 13, 2025, Detroit Shoreway Garden Walk, 6305 West Clinton: Flowers in Hope Edwards’ garden are in full bloom. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Sunday, July 13, 2025, Detroit Shoreway Garden Walk, 6003 West Clinton: This pond is one of the features of Cathy Marquardt’s garden. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Sunday,…
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Library and Northwest Neighborhoods break ground for new Walz Branch, senior housing
(Plain Press July 2025) On Friday, June 6th the Cleveland Public Library and Northwest Neighborhoods Community Development Organization broke ground on the Walz Library-Karam Senior Living project at 7918 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. The new development promises to bring to the neighborhood a new state-of-the-art library branch and affordable senior…
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New Goodwill store set to open at W 65th and Franklin (photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 10, 2025; Northwest corner of W. 65th and Franklin Avenue: Goodwill announces it will open a store this summer at this location. The building has housed a few businesses over the years, most recently a Rite Aid drug store which closed its doors in September of 2024.
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New Gallagher School set to open in time for 2025-’26 school year (photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 10, 2025; Joseph M. Gallagher School, Southwest corner of W. 65th and Franklin Avenue: The newly rebuilt Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Kindergarten through Grade Eight Joseph M. Gallagher School will reopen in August in time for the 2025-26 school year.
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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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Max Hayes Car Show 2024 (photos)
(Plain Press October 2024) PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 14, 2024; Max Hayes Car Show, 2211 W. 65th Street: Cliff Woost restored this 1930 Ford Model A car. He said he put a Chevy 427 cubic engine in it. Woost hopes to sell the car and use the money to help his daughter make…
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Anti-eviction program helps residents in Northwest Neighborhoods
by Bob Sandrick, The Land (Plain Press October 2024) A nonprofit provider of affordable housing in Cleveland has devised an innovative and perhaps groundbreaking eviction-avoidance program that it hopes will serve as a model throughout the city and even the country. Northwest Neighborhoods, which owns and manages more than 350 rental apartment units…