Plain Press

  • Tremont’s Day and Night Music Festival

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  • St. John Cantius Polish Festival

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  • PRE4CLE sets goals to expand quality preschool offerings in Cleveland

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2014) The Cleveland Metropolitan School District hopes that in the near future a higher percentage of Cleveland children will be able to enroll in high quality preschool programs. NEWS ANALYSIS On August 22nd, the first day of preschool at Tremont Montessori School, parents shared their thoughts about the value…

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  • Juveniles break into bicycle shop, while owner volunteers at Taste of Tremont

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2014) A dozen new and used bicycles were stolen from Shaker Cycle at W. 5th and Jefferson in the Tremont neighborhood. Shaker Cycle’s owner, Mitch Paul, says the theft occurred on July 20th while he was helping out at Taste of Tremont offering a secure location for guests to…

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  • Standardized tests drive Cleveland Transformation Plan

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Under current local, state and national educational policy, Clevelanders are being asked to measure their public and charter schools and judge their teaching staffs based on the scores on standardized tests. While the standardized tests may help to compare schools, they do little to help individual students to…

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  • July 2014 Issue of the Plain Press

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  • School Board passes draft of facilities plan extension

    (Plain Press, July 2014) After a series of Facilities Plan Open Houses where residents and stakeholders were asked to rank various scenarios in their school’s cluster, the Cleveland School Board met for three hours, on Monday June 23rd, to discuss various options and vote to approve a draft of a facilities plan extension at its…

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  • TWDC celebrates annual meeting – shares goals for upcoming year

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN   Monday, May 19, 2014, Tremont West Development Corporation Annual Meeting, OLA St. Joseph Center, W. 14th and Kenilworth: Bob Shores receives the Keith Sulzer Partner of the Year Award from Tremont West Development Corporation Executive Director Cory Riordan. Shores serves as Co-Chair of the Second District Police Community Relations Committee. The…

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  • Seymour Avenue

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, May 6, 2014; Missing Persons Awareness Day on Seymour Avenue, 1-year anniversary of escape of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight: (L-R), new Second District Commander Thomas Stacho, Captain Keith Sulzer of the Division of Community Policing, and Deputy Chief Wayne Drummond join with area residents to promote efforts…

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  • Jean Brandt Gallery

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, May 9, 2014; Jean Brandt Gallery, 1028 Kenilworth: (L-R) Artist Phoebe Nelson, gallery owner Jean Brandt and artist Bruno Casiano. Jean Brandt hosts the last opening at her art gallery. The gallery will hold a farewell party at the closing reception of the current show, Constant Background — new prints…

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