• Tremont restaurant/bookstore required to add more parking

    (Plain Press, July 2016) At its June 20th meeting, the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) considered a proposal by Dave Ferrante to change the former Komorowski Funeral Home at 2258 Professor Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood into a restaurant and book store. Lack of sufficient parking held up the BZA’s ratifying the proposal. Based on…


  • Councilman McCormack makes first trip to Board of Zoning Appeals

    (Plain Press, May 2016) Kerry McCormack, chosen by outgoing Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman as his successor in Cleveland City Council, attended his first Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) meeting as a City Council Representative on April 11th at Cleveland City Hall. Two cases from Ward 3 were up before the Board of Zoning Appeals…


  • 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…


  • Lincoln Heights Block Club acts in unity to voice concerns about parking on Scranton Road

    Plain Press, December 2015 Over 40 people attended the Lincoln Heights Block Club meeting on November 9th at Pilgrim Church in Tremont, to offer input into what they hope will be a comprehensive, infrastructure master plan for their service area (east from the freeways I-90/I71 to the west at W.25th; and north from Fairfield and…


  • West Side Boys and Girls Club to open two new locations and close facility on Trowbridge

      Plain Press, December 2015 The West Side Boys and Girls Club plans to have two new locations open at area schools when students return to school from their break on January 5th. One new location will be in the basement of Lincoln West High School on W. 30th just South of Clark.  The other…


  • Neighborhood Family Practice to expand services with new funding from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    (Plain Press, October 2015) Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP), a federally qualified non-profit community health center serving patients from five office locations on Cleveland’s near west side, was recently awarded more than $1 million in Affordable Care Act funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HSS). “The HHS funds go hand in hand…


  • Cleveland Shakespeare Festival


  • High-quality preschools have openings for 2015-2016 school year

    SPACES AVAILABLE AT PRIVATE AND CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOMS (Plain Press, September 2015) There is good news for families in Cleveland who wish to send their 3- or-4-year-old preschoolers to a high-quality program this school year. According to PRE4CLE, Cleveland’s high-quality preschool expansion plan, private preschools and Cleveland Metropolitan School District classrooms that partner…


  • National Night Out Against Crime


  • St. Wendelin Parish and Prayer Garden