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  • Hearing addresses problems with customer service at Cleveland Public Power

    Plain Press, December 2015 United Clevelanders Against Poverty held a public hearing on November 17th at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Church Avenue to address problems Clevelanders are having with Cleveland Public Power (CPP). Legal Aid Attorney Phil Althouse explained the City of Cleveland Ordinance, which governs Cleveland Public Power’s actions in case of a…

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  • CMSD School/Parent Organization speakers offer information on eyeglasses and Special Education

    Plain Press, December 2015 Parents attending the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD) School/Parent Organization meeting on November 12th at Paul Dunbar School learned about a program that provides eye care to children in the school district and received information about services offered by CMSD’s Special Education Department. Parents also formed groups to practice tackling issues…

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  • Greetings from Cleveland Mural

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  • Ohio City and Lakeview Terrace Residents take ODOT, City of Cleveland, and Trucking Industry to Task

    To the Editor: (Plain Press, October 2015) At the Lakefront West Shoreway Public Meeting — held at St. Malachi Parrish on Tuesday, September 8 – residents of Lakeview Terrace and Ohio City took a critical step beyond speaking truth to power.  Turning out in large numbers, the two communities laid the groundwork for working together…

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  • Farmer’s Market Family Early Learning & Literacy Play Space opens at Carnegie West Branch of Cleveland Public Library

    (Plain Press, October 2015) The Cleveland Public Library and the Friends of the Cleveland Public Library held a ribbon cutting on August 14th for “Farmer’s Market: Carnegie West Family Early Learning & Literacy Play Space” at the Carnegie West Library, 1900 Fulton Road. The new exhibit was made possible through a donation from Ohio Savings…

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  • High-quality preschools have openings for 2015-2016 school year

    SPACES AVAILABLE AT PRIVATE AND CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOMS (Plain Press, September 2015) There is good news for families in Cleveland who wish to send their 3- or-4-year-old preschoolers to a high-quality program this school year. According to PRE4CLE, Cleveland’s high-quality preschool expansion plan, private preschools and Cleveland Metropolitan School District classrooms that partner…

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  • St. Wendelin Parish and Prayer Garden

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  • Meeting reveals City of Cleveland’s parking plans for West Side Market District

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2015) Ohio City Incorporated held a Community Meeting on July 16th to address changes to the West Side Market’s and Market District’s parking. The meeting was the third attempt to hold a meeting on the topic; two previously scheduled meetings, widely publicized in the Plain Dealer and other media,…

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  • Reader calls for a campaign to save West Side Market parking

    To the editor: (Plain Press, August 2015) This letter is in response to the article, “West Side Market threatened as customers from other businesses take over its traditional parking area”, written by Chuck Hoven. Per the article: “In August of last year, the city of Cleveland failed to renew the West Side Market Tenant Association…

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  • West Side Market threatened as customers from other businesses take over its traditional parking area

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, July 2015) A visit to the West Side Market on a recent weekday offered a demonstration of the parking problem. While the parking lot was full, the number of shoppers in the market did not come close to reflecting the number of cars in the parking lot. Vince Bertonaschi, a…

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