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  • Many Clevelanders share memories of gatherings at Kiefer’s Tavern

    by Dominick Ferlito (Plain Press, January 2017)          An old sign, from a bygone era, still hangs on the pre-WWI red-brick building on the corner of W. 26th Street and Detroit Avenue.  The sign, advertising Kiefer’s Tavern, is a survivor in the Ohio City district that has experienced a brilliant renaissance in the past 10 years.…

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  • Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone elected president of National League of Cities: CARRIES ON ZONE FAMILY LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE

      : by Jack Craciun III (Plain Press, December 2016) On November 19th, 2016, Cleveland Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone was elected president of the National League of Cities (NLC) at the organization’s 2016 City Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Zone, who served as NLC’s first vice president in 2016, will lead the nation’s largest membership…

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  • Workshops demonstrate healthy meal preparation

    (Plain Press, December 2016) Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP) Wellness Coordinator Cheryl Sara, RN, shared tips and recipes at two classes held at the Neighborhood Family Practice Ridge Road Community Health Center on November 17th. Those in attendance, fifteen people in the first class and about eight in the second, watched as Sara prepared a number…

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  • 3116 W. 54 (W. 54 & Winimac) vacant

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  • Free fresh produce from the Greater Cleveland Food Bank

    Free fresh produce from the Greater Cleveland Food Bank Free fresh produce from the Greater Cleveland Food Bank

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  • Emerald Development and Economic Network (EDEN Inc.)

     

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  • Creative Fusion Fall 2016 Edition

      PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, November 19, 2016; 2501 to 2799 Washington Avenue,, a community engagement artist residency, linked international artists with local artists to create a series of public scale visual art pieces in Hinge Town and along the Detroit Avenue corridor from W. 25th to W. 32nd. Brazilian artist Ananda Nahú collaborated…

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  • Menlo Park Academy breaks ground at Joseph & Feiss Clothing Company site

    (Plain Press, December 2016)            On Wednesday, November 16, Menlo Park Academy, a school which specializes in serving gifted children, broke ground on its renovation of the historic Joseph & Feiss Clothing Company property on W. 53rd in the Stockyard neighborhood’s Fenwick area. When the renovation is completed, Menlo Park Academy plans to move the…

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  • Rita Moreno delights crowd at Convención Hispana

    (Plain Press, November 2016)    At the Convención Hispana 2016, hosted by the Hispanic Roundtable at Max Hayes High School on October 8th, Keynote Speaker Rita Moreno shared her life story in a lively interview. Responding to questions from Hispanic Roundtable Chairman José Feliciano, the Puerto Rican born, 84-year-old performer shared her life story with…

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  • Parishioner Cecilia Andrews celebrates 100th birthday with donation to light St. Wendelin Church’s towers

    (Plain Press, November 2016)    On Saturday, October 15th, St. Wendelin Parish celebrated the 100th birthday of long time parishioner Cecilia Andrews with a party in the rectory after the evening mass. Across the parking lot from the celebration, the towers of the church were shining their bright lights.  Andrews, who will be 100 years…

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