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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.
  • Bike Giveaway provides incentive to help boost attendance in Cleveland schools

    (Plain Press, January 2016) At two Bike Giveaway ceremonies held on December 17th, two hundred and seven Cleveland Metropolitan School District students received a bicycle as a reward for improving their attendance from last school year to this school year.  Herb Washington, a McDonald’s Owner/Operator, organized the McMiracle with H.L.W. Fast Track Bike Giveaway.  H.W.…

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    January 5, 2016

  • Contra Dance, St. Patrick’s Church Hall

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    December 3, 2015

  • Dia de Muertos celebration by Artistas Latinos Unidos,

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    December 3, 2015

  • Trip to Veron, Dominican Republic

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    December 2, 2015

  • Glass Bubble Project

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    December 2, 2015

  • Graffiti vandals tagged this building

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    December 2, 2015

  • Labor Education and Arts Project honors memory of Max Hayes

    Plain Press, November 2015   In honor of Max Hayes, a 20th Century champion of labor, democracy and social welfare, the Labor Education and Arts Project sponsored a commemoration in his memory on October 17th at the newly opened Max Hayes High School. North Shore Federation of Labor endorsed the event, the 2nd Northeast Ohio LaborFest…

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    November 7, 2015

  • Coat Giveaway, Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy

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    November 7, 2015

  • International Village Neighborhood’s Cookout with the Cops

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    November 7, 2015

  • West Tech Alumni Association Museum

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    November 7, 2015

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