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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.
  • A sign of Spring

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday March 22, 2021: Crocuses in bloom – a sign that spring has arrived in Cleveland.

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    April 9, 2021

  • Quan Am Temple of Buddhist Cultural Center celebrates Lunar New Year — the year of the ox

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    March 7, 2021

  • The Repair Company celebrates 50 years on Madison Avenue

    The Repair Company celebrates 50 years on Madison Avenue Plain Press, March 2021         In February, Sandy Bozak, owner of The Repair Company at W. 103rd and Madison, marked the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of her company. At a February 4th ceremony, Ward 15 Cleveland City Council Representative Jenny Spencer presented Sandy Bozak with a Council Resolution of…

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    March 7, 2021

  • Cleveland Women’s March Rally at Market Square Park

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    March 7, 2021

  • Children tackle their schoolwork at Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio ClubSmart Learning Center at Riverview Welcome Center

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    February 6, 2021

  • Industry changes over time, some still survives on Madison Avenue

    by Alana Whelan (Plain Press, February 2021)             Madison Avenue has largely been a hub for industry and residential housing, both dating back to the 1890s, when the National Carbon Co. office was built at W. 117th Street.     Madison Avenue stretches all the way from W. 58th Street in Cleveland, into Lakewood, and ends perpendicular with Rocky…

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    February 6, 2021

  • Theresa’s Bakery

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    February 6, 2021

  • Plain Press Editor purchases a Cleveland Street Chronicle

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    February 6, 2021

  • Free lunch pick up

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    February 6, 2021

  • Is your rental home eligible for incentives, grants or loans to make it lead safe? Find out here.

    by Rachel Dissell (Plain Press, January 2021)    A new fund is offering $500 incentives and other financial support to Cleveland property owners and families to remove lead paint-based hazards from homes.      The Lead Safe Home Fund combines rebates, grants and loans in an effort to aid landlords who must comply with the city’s new lead-safe certification, and…

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    January 11, 2021

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