Skip to content

Plain Press

    • (no title)
    • About
    • Donate
  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
  • About
  • 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.
  • Cleveland Public Library Carnegie South Branch reopens

    plainpress
    December 10, 2018

  • St. John Cantius Polish Festival

    plainpress
    October 1, 2018

  • Lincoln Heights Block Club residents challenge Cuyahoga County property appraisals

    (Plain Press, October 2018)           Residents of the Lincoln Heights Block Club in the Tremont neighborhood were alarmed at the huge increases in their property tax valuations they received in the mail. In a letter to the editor “Property tax increases alarm Lincoln Heights Block Club residents – an appeal to Cuyahoga County and City representatives for…

    plainpress
    October 1, 2018

  • Bond Accountability Commission shares thoughts on its role in school construction monitoring efforts

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2018)           Bond Accountability Commission Executive Director Elise Hara Auvil explained to those in attendance at the Commission’s September meeting at Tremont Montessori School what she saw as the role of the organization she heads. Director Hara Auvil said the goal of the Bond Accountability Commission is to oversee spending of…

    plainpress
    October 1, 2018

  • Citizens demands for extending deadline met by Cuyahoga County, but neighborhood meetings rejected

    Citizens demands for extending deadline met by Cuyahoga County, but neighborhood meetings rejected (Plain Press, September 2018)     Citizen’s United for Fairness (CUFF) and Former Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar are pleased that the community came forward on August 28, 2018, at Franklin Circle Church in 95 degree weather to express their deep concerns about the County’s…

    plainpress
    September 3, 2018

  • Property tax increases alarm Lincoln Heights Block Club residents- an appeal to Cuyahoga County and City representatives for relief

    Property tax increases alarm Lincoln Heights Block Club residents- an appeal to Cuyahoga County and City representatives for relief To the editor: Letter to Cuyahoga County Council and Cleveland City Council Dear President Brady, Councilwomen Conwell, Councilman McCormack,  Other Distinguished Members of Cuyahoga and Cleveland Councils : (Plain Press, September 2018)     I have spent…

    plainpress
    September 3, 2018

  • Residents at Community Meeting outraged at Cuyahoga County’s appraised values of their homes

        PHOTO BY MICHAEL OAKAR August 28, 2018, Citizens United for Fairness Community Meeting, Franklin Circle Church, 1688 Fulton Road: Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer Dennis Kennedy responds to concerns from residents about the 2018 Proposed Value Notices they received concerning their properties.   by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2018)     Organizers of a group…

    plainpress
    September 3, 2018

  • The Queer Tailor is not just for anybody, she’s for every “body”

    by Silk Allen What do you do when you have the most amazing dress or suit hanging in the back of your closet that just needs a few tweaks to fit you perfectly? You call a tailor who will hook your garment up with a quick nip and a tuck here, replace a button, hem…

    plainpress
    August 30, 2018

  • Tremont Gardener’s and Friends of Lincoln Park’s joint flower, herb, vegetable and garden sale

    Tremont Gardener’s and Friends of Lincoln Park’s joint flower, herb, vegetable and garden sale took place on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Lincoln Park, W. 14th and Kenilworth Photo’s by Victoria Shea

    plainpress
    June 13, 2018

  • Pilgrim Church offers sanctuary to immigrant facing deportation

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2018)    The congregation of Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ on West 14th Street in the Tremont neighborhood decided in a unanimous vote to make their church a sanctuary, allowing the church to protect a guest from being deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Eulogio Hernandez Box, a…

    plainpress
    June 13, 2018

Previous Page Next Page

Blog at WordPress.com. newsletter

Plain Press

Loading Comments...
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    Plain Press
    Join 233 other subscribers

    Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

  • Plain Press
    View site in Reader
    Manage subscriptionsSign upLog in
    Report this content
    Collapse this bar