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  • Detroit Avenue has a rich history

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, January 17, 2020; mural on east side of trd Leather, 6321 Detroit Avenue: This mural, painted in late October of 2019 by artist Shane Pierce of Abstract Dissent, adds scenic beauty to the drive down Detroit Avenue. Chuck Perez, owner of trd Leather, says a photo of his mother was…

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  • Wintertide at Gordon Square

      PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 14th; Wintertide at Gordon Square, W. 67th and Detroit Avenue: Chennelle Bryant-Harris and Jailyn Sherell Harris of Talespinner Children’s Theatre offer a sampling of musical parody as part of the Wintertide festivities. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 14th; Wintertide at Gordon Square, W. 67th and Detroit Avenue:…

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  • Community learns of academic programs planned for two schools at new west side high school building

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, December 5, 2019, meeting about the new west side high school at Garrett Morgan High School, 4016 Woodbine Avenue: Anshawn Ivery, who will serve as principal at one of two high schools located in the new school building at 4600 Detroit Avenue, gives an overview of the liberal arts curriculum…

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  • Boys & Girls Clubs coming to Gallagher and Lincoln West

    PHOTO BY LIAM KYLE Boys and Girls Club at Walton School, 3409 Walton Avenue: Children engage in an art project at the Walton Boys and Girls Club. The club will be relocating to Joseph Gallagher Elementary School at W. 65th and Franklin Boulevard in January of 2020.   Boys & Girls Clubs coming to Gallagher…

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  • Miracle on 47th Street Holiday Event

      PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 7, 2019; W. 47th Street Block Club’s Miracle on 47th Street Holiday Event, W. 47th Street between Bridge and Franklin: Youths try to stay warm by the fire while visiting with Santa and enjoying the holiday cheer.  

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  • Forest City Singers — Good Tidings – St. Stephen’s Church

        PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, November 17, 2019; Good Tidings, St. Stephen’s Church, 1930 W. 54th Street: Members of the Forest City Singers sing the compositions of Franz Schubert, David Dickau, J.S. Bach as well as a variety of arrangements of Christmas music. Forest City Singers is a 15- member choral group which…

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  • St. Stephen Parish celebrates 150th Anniversary

        PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, November 17, 2019; St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church, 1930 W. 54th Street: The main altar at St. Stephen’s church. The altars and statues at St. Stephens were carved from oak and most were imported from Munich, Germany. The parish, which was founded in April of 1869, celebrates its…

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  • Día de Muertos Parade of Skulls & Skeletons

        PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, November 2, 2019; Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Parade of Skulls & Skeletons, W. 65th & Detroit Avenue: The Día de Muertos celebration was presented by Cleveland Public Theatre / Teatro Público de Cleveland in partnership with Héctor Castellanos Lara and Día de Muertos Ohio.PHOTO BY…

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  • Miriam Ortiz-Rush Park Ribbon Cutting

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, October 12, 2019; Miriam Ortiz-Rush Park Ribbon Cutting & Celebration, Madison Avenue & W. 75th Street: The newly renovated park (formerly Lawn-Madison Park) was named in honor of the memory of Miriam Ortiz-Rush, a longtime resident of the neighborhood, founder of El Nueva Dia newspaper, a CMHA employee and bailiff…

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  • Lorraine Surgical closes W. 65th & Lorain storefront

    Lorraine Surgical closes W. 65th  & Lorain storefront (Plain Press, November 2019)        Lorraine Surgical Supply is closing its longtime location at W. 65th and Lorain Avenue (Northwest corner) and move to Middleburg Heights, says spokesperson David Zake. The company has sold medical equipment and supplies in the neighborhood since 1975. Zake says Lorraine Surgical…

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