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  • UpCycle Farm: Building Hope in the City

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  • Panel addresses ways to identify and stop human trafficking

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2016) Thirty people attending a meeting at the Lorain Branch of the Cleveland Public Library at 8216 Lorain Avenue, on May 24th, learned about human trafficking in Cleveland and how to identify signs that human trafficking is taking place.  A three-person panel — Renee Jones of the Renee Jones…

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  • Ward 15 residents receive update on school construction plans

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2016) Seventy people attending a Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Master Plan Update Meeting on May 18th at Waterson-Lake School building learned of plans that involve four school sites: Halle/H. Barbara Booker PreK-8; Waverly Prek-8; West Side High School at the old Max Hayes site; and Joseph M. Gallagher…

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  • Michael J. Zone Recreation Center Beautification Project

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  • Gallagher English Language Learners class receives praise for reading prowess

    by Chuck Hoven.   (Plain Press, June 2016) Enthusiastic students in Mr. Robert Perkins’ Second Grade English Language Learners class at Gallagher School continued to read their books, adding to their total of books read, even as members of the West Cleveland Kiwanis Club were bringing in pizzas to celebrate their efforts. At the beginning…

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  • Film promotes value of public housing in stabilizing lives

    (Plain Press, May 2016) Two hundred people gathered at the Capitol Theatre on April 26th to view a showing of Our Journey Home, a documentary film which tells the stories of three individuals and their families and how moving into public housing made all the difference in improving their lives. ReThink: Why Housing Matters is…

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  • Two developments underway on Breakwater in Gordon Square area

    (Plain Press, April, 2016) The Edison at Gordon Square will feature 306 apartment homes between W. 58th and W. 65th on the north side of Breakwater. The NPR Group of Garfield Heights says the project is scheduled to open in 2017. Just west of the Edison at Gordon Square, the NPR Group plans to build…

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  • City of Cleveland fines Liberty Tax for displaying American flags

    (Plain Press, March 2016) Liberty Tax owner Rachael Ruffing said the City of Cleveland Building and Housing Department has issued three tickets to her business for flying American flags outside the business on the Northeast Corner of W. 65th and Detroit Avenue. She said to wave the fines for the tickets would cost $500 for…

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  • Cleveland native earns Senior Sailor of the Year serving at Naval Air Force Atlantic

    by Mr. Rick Burke, Navy Office of Community Outreach (Plain Press, February 2016) Petty Officer 1st Class Jasmine Fletcher from Cleveland, Ohio, serving with Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic (CNAL), earned Senior Sailor of the Year for 2015. Fletcher is an alumni of Max Hayes High School on the Near West Side of Cleveland. The…

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  • Lake Erie Frozen Waves

     

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