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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.
  • Duck Island Neighborhood

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    June 12, 2015

  • Pastor Allen Harris to take new position as Regional Minister in Capital area

    (Plain Press, June 2015) Members of the Franklin Circle Christian Church’s congregation joined with neighbors and friends on Sunday May 17th in offering best wishes to Pastor Allen V. Harris as he moves on to a new position as Regional Minister of the Disciples of Christ Christian Church Capital Area (serving 48 congregations in Maryland,…

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    June 12, 2015

  • La Placita, monthly neighborhood open air market,

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    June 12, 2015

  • Solar Panels

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    June 12, 2015

  • June2015 Plain Press/Wolverine Scene PDF

    PLPressWolScene June15

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    June 7, 2015

  • Panel tackles police accountability and the use of body-worn police cameras

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, May 2015) At the April 18th meeting of the Greater Cleveland Civil and Human Rights Coalition, a panel of seven people with a variety of different areas of expertise weighed in on the question of whether or not Body-Worn Cameras will increase police accountability. Shakyra Diaz, a Policy Manager for…

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    May 6, 2015

  • More details shared about plans for Aragon Ballroom building

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, May 2015) At a public meeting on April 8th at Lincoln West High School, Ali Faraj, owner of the Aragon Ballroom building at 3179 W. 25th Street shared more details about his plan to reopen the building as a banquet hall and conference center. Residents in attendance, while expressing appreciation…

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    May 6, 2015

  • Palm Sunday Pony Ride

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    May 6, 2015

  • Hoops for Children’s Miracle Network

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    May 6, 2015

  • Despite setback, EDEN hopes to proceed with housing for homeless

    (Plain Press, May 2015) Emerald Development and Economic Network’s (EDEN) plans to build a sixty-six-unit apartment building for the chronically homeless at 8301 Detroit Avenue will require changes in order to proceed. Some neighbors to the east of the development project on W. 81st Street went to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to…

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    May 6, 2015

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