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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.
  • Lake Erie Frozen Waves

     

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    February 8, 2016

  • LaManna’s Barber Shop

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    January 5, 2016

  • RTA proposal to eliminate bus service on W. 65th draws concerned riders to meeting

    (Plain Press, January 2016) On December 10th, at two public meetings held late afternoon and early evening at Max Hayes High School, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) riders had a chance to voice their concerns about a proposal by RTA to replace the current routes #21, #45 and #45A with a revised Route #45.…

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    January 5, 2016

  • Holidays in Gordon Square

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    January 5, 2016

  • Cleveland Craft Bazaar: Button Down Designs

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    January 5, 2016

  • Santa in Detroit Shoreway

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    January 5, 2016

  • Saigon Plaza Holiday Market

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    January 5, 2016

  • West 73rd Street Extension opens new route to Edgewater Park

    West 73rd Street Extension opens new route to Edgewater Park (Plain Press, January 2016) A ribbon cutting ceremony on December 12th marked the opening of the new W. 73rd Extension to Edgewater Park. The $24 million Extension extends West 73rd Street from Father Frascati Drive northward under the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks and along the…

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    January 1, 2016

  • Dia de Muertos celebration by Artistas Latinos Unidos,

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    December 3, 2015

  • Plans underway for construction of new West Side High School, Waverly School and H. Barbara Booker School

    Plain Press, November 2015   Plans are going forward to build three new Cleveland Metropolitan Schools District (CMDS) schools in the Plain Press readership area — the West Side High School, Waverly and H. Barbara Booker. According to an August 3rd report by the Bond Accountability Commission, pending successful completion of price negotiations, the Cleveland Metropolitan…

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    November 7, 2015

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