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  • Race to the MAX, Max Hayes High School

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, April 6, 2014; Race to the MAX, Max Hayes High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue: Curt Bachus, age 48, finishes first in the 5k (3.1 mile race) with a time of 17 minutes and 21 seconds. Runners traversed a route from the current Max Hayes High School to the site the…

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  • The Dyngus Day Parade

    PHOTOS BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, April 21, 2014: Dyngus Day Cleveland celebration, W. 58th and Detroit Avenue: The Dyngus Day Parade returns to W. 58th and Detroit after a march through the neighborhood. Dyngus Day has been celebrated for thousands of years on Easter Monday in Poland and other Easter European cultures. It marks the…

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  • Miss Dyngus Day

    Miss Dyngus Day, Kim Hanko-Dale, poses with Rudy, the Dyngus Dog.

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  • Accordion player

    Accordion player marches in the parade adding music to the festivities

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  • Fire Truck

    An old fire truck participating in the parade, is filled with Dyngus Day celebrants.

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  • Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization celebrates 40th annual meeting

    On February 27th, Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization (DSCDO) celebrated its 40th Annual Meeting. As is custom, the awards ceremony, was the major focus of the meeting. Councilman Matt Zone presented the Sustainability Award to Michael Webster for his involvement in creating a neighborhood garden at W. 63rd and Bridge Avenue. Detroit Shoreway Community Development…

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  • Tend-R-Lean Steak Company closes its doors

    Thirty-seven years after he started working at Tend-R-Lean Steak Company, owner Marty Kreinberg has decided to close down the company and sell the building at 7106 Lorain Avenue. Kreinberg said he had been negotiating with a potential buyer for the business, but the sale did not materialize. Kreinberg will continue to work in the neighborhood…

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  • Near West Theatre throws downtown party to raise operating funds

    (Plain Press, March 2014) Near West Theatre transformed Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland into a carnival themed stage and dance floor for its annual benefit on Saturday February 15th. The benefit titled, “Love Makes the World Go ‘Round” featured dancing, plenty of food and drink, a silent auction and raffle. Sixty Near…

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  • Input sought on proposed changes for Lorain Avenue from W. 25th to W. 85th

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, January 2014) A plan to redesign the streetscape on a 2.3-mile stretch of Lorain Avenue from W. 25th to W. 85th was presented to the public at a December 10th meeting at Franklin Circle Church. The $17.3 million remake of this section of Lorain Avenue includes a proposal for a…

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  • Wreaths on display at Gordon Square

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, December 14, 2013; Wrapped in Tradition, a Gordon Square Holiday Event, Gordon Square Farmers’ Market, Gordon Square Arcade, Detroit Avenue at W. 65th Street: West Clinton resident Millie Davis displays her Sparkle and Swag Holiday wreaths.

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