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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.
  • Horizon Education Centers’ Market Square Horizon Center

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    April 6, 2016

  • Fiesta de Reyes commemorates visit of Three Kings to Bethlehem with gifts for children

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, January 8, 2016; Fiesta de Reyes (Three Kings Day Celebration), Hispanic Youth Center, 3115 Scranton Road: Mother Mary, portrayed by Tatiana Garcia, age 16, cradles the Christ child while the three kings present their gifts. Plain Press, February 2016) On January 8th, children and their families packed into the Hispanic…

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    February 9, 2016

  • Cudell Improvement members celebrate at 41st annual meeting

    (Plain Press, February 2016) A hundred and twenty-five people gathered at the Brennan Party Center on Triskett Road on January 16th to celebrate Cudell Improvement’s 41st Annual Meeting. The meeting featured a retirement celebration as well as a number of award presentations. Those in attendance took the opportunity to offer their best wishes to Jan…

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    February 9, 2016

  • Cleveland native earns Senior Sailor of the Year serving at Naval Air Force Atlantic

    by Mr. Rick Burke, Navy Office of Community Outreach (Plain Press, February 2016) Petty Officer 1st Class Jasmine Fletcher from Cleveland, Ohio, serving with Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic (CNAL), earned Senior Sailor of the Year for 2015. Fletcher is an alumni of Max Hayes High School on the Near West Side of Cleveland. The…

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    February 8, 2016

  • LaManna’s Barber Shop

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    January 5, 2016

  • Holidays in Gordon Square

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    January 5, 2016

  • Cleveland Craft Bazaar: Button Down Designs

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    January 5, 2016

  • Westown Winter Frolic

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    January 5, 2016

  • Santa in Detroit Shoreway

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    January 5, 2016

  • Tombstone Tavern

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    January 5, 2016

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