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Cudell Park out of peril? Residents to monitor paused Marion Seltzer Elementary rebuild as CMSD considers levy
PHOTO COURTESY OF NIKKI HUDSON AND SAVE CUDELL PARK Cudell Commons Park and the surrounding neighborhood take the name of Frank E. Cudell, a German-American architect whose locally significant designs include the Tiedemann House or “Franklin Castle” and the Perry-Payne building on West Superior Avenue. by Collin Cunningham (Plain Press July 2024) A nearly…
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Sharks in Lake Erie?
(Plain Press July 2024) Is this a joke? How can this be? However, there have been recent reports of shark fins being seen breaking the surface of the waters in the Great Lakes. There have also been reports of dead sharks washed up on the shores of Michigan and Lake Erie. In addition, a biologist from Penn State University…
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Cleveland storyteller Randy Cunningham publishes another must read book for community activists
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, June 18, 2024; Randy Cunningham’s home in the West Boulevard neighborhood: Storyteller and activist Randy Cunningham holds a copy of his new book, Where We Live: Environmental Activists’ Fight to Save Their Communities. by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press July 2024) Community Activist and Storyteller Randy Cunningham has published a…
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Free soil tests for lead at Kentucky Garden on July 27, 2024
(Plain Press July 2024) The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) will offer free soil tests to identify lead hazards on July 27 from 10AM-1PM at the Kentucky Garden at W. 38th and Franklin, adjoining Fairview Park in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. Residents from Ohio City and surrounding neighborhoods are encouraged to bring soil samples…
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Friends of Cudell Park bring their concerns to the Board of Education
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVENSunday, March 3, 2024; Friends of Cudell Commons Park rally and candlelight vigil, Cudell Commons Park just east of Cudell Recreation Center at Detroit Avenue and West Boulevard: Nikki Hudson, a member of Friends of Cudell Commons Park, speaks of plans to continue advocacy to save the park from becoming a school…
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Protesters walk out of Sustainability Summit
(Plain Press February 2024) Fifty people walked out of Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Sustainability Summit on January 24, 2024, to protest the organization’s choice of a keynote speaker from a global investment firm called BlackRock. A company, which the protesters said, invests in firms that harm the environment. Groups involved in organizing the walk-out included Cleveland…
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Open letter urges Mayor Bibb to save Cudell Commons
To the Editor: (Plain Press February 2024) Dear Mayor Bibb and Area Leaders: We are writing to you to voice our concerns about Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s plans to build a new Marion Seltzer Elementary School on what is now parkland at Cudell Commons Park, land that was gifted to the City of Cleveland…
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Davis Aerospace and Maritime students help cleanup floating debris from the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, June 6, 2023; North Coast Harbor: Argonaut Captain Sam Landgraf and 10th grade Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School student Quinn Schumann aboard a barge towed by the Flotsam use their pikes to position a log so it can be hauled aboard by the Flotsam crane. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN…
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Irishtown Bend Park proposal unveiled
by Erik Ault On Tuesday, June 20th, Ohio City Incorporated hosted a meeting to update the community about plans to stabilize and revitalize the hillside around the Cuyahoga River. The area focused on is called Irishtown Bend. This is the area of the river east of W. 25th in between Detroit and Columbus…
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NOACA releases Air Quality Trends Report
On April 11th the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) issued its latest Air Quality Trends Report for the Northeast Ohio region. The report summarizes regional air quality data and analyzes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from vehicles on the region’s roads. The document can be found on NOACA’s website: https://www.noaca.org/regional-planning/air-quality-planning/air-quality-trends-reports NOACA issues yearly reports to present…
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