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  • Ward 15 residents receive update on school construction plans

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2016) Seventy people attending a Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Master Plan Update Meeting on May 18th at Waterson-Lake School building learned of plans that involve four school sites: Halle/H. Barbara Booker PreK-8; Waverly Prek-8; West Side High School at the old Max Hayes site; and Joseph M. Gallagher…

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  • West Side Market in danger of losing status as a “real market”

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2016) West Side Market Tenants’ Association President Vince Bertonaschi has one simple question he would like members of local block clubs to ask themselves concerning the West Side Market, “Do you want a real market, or a tourist attraction?” Bertonaschi posed that question while speaking on May 17th at…

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  • Race to the Max runners race through the EcoVillage

    (Plain Press, May 2016) Runners and their supporters filled campus of Max Hayes High School on Saturday, April 16th for the annual Race to the Max.  The Race to the Max, held each year for the past four years by Friends of Max Hayes and the Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network (WIRE-Net), raises funds…

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  • Plans presented for major work on Clark Avenue

    (Plain Press, May 2016) Residents attending an April 20th meeting at Clark Recreation Center learned of plans to rehabilitate Clark Avenue from Lorain Avenue (W. 90th and Clark) eastward to W. 41st. Plans designed by the firm Arcadis Design & Consultancy call for the 8-million-dollar rehabilitation project to be divided into four segments. The work…

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  • Vacant house on the corner of Winimac and W. 54th

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  • Horizon Education Centers’ Market Square Horizon Center

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  • Stockyard, Clark-Fulton and Brooklyn Centre Community Development Office holds annual celebration and seeks a new name

    (Plain Press, March 2016) The Stockyard, Clark-Fulton and Brooklyn Centre (SCFBC) Community Development Office is seeking a new name. SCFBC, which opened to serve the three neighborhoods in the summer of 2010, announced a contest to rename the organization at its annual celebration on January 28th at Walton School. Adam Stalder, recently named as the…

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  • March 2016 Plain Press – PDF

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  • 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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  • RTA proposal to eliminate bus service on W. 65th draws concerned riders to meeting

    (Plain Press, January 2016) On December 10th, at two public meetings held late afternoon and early evening at Max Hayes High School, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) riders had a chance to voice their concerns about a proposal by RTA to replace the current routes #21, #45 and #45A with a revised Route #45.…

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