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  • A bright streetlight is a thing of beauty for Henry Senyak

    by Joe Narkin (Plain Press, April 2011) If a streetlight malfunctioned on the Near West Side of Cleveland over the past couple of years, chances are that Tremont community activist Henry Senyak discovered it through a regular inspection process and reported it to Cleveland Public Power (CPP). After making a report, Senyak also monitored each…

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  • 11th Congressional District Community Caucus meets in Tremont

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2011) The 11th Congressional District Community Caucus held a February 19th meeting in the Tremont neighborhood at St. Theodosius Church on Starkweather Avenue. The guest speaker, Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, D 11, shared some of her thoughts on the current political climate in Washington D.C. and fielded questions from…

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  • Let’s try getting Grumpy in 2010

    by Jason Beudert (Plain Press, January 2010) Up and down the streets of trendy Tremont, the world-class food and beverage establishments solidify Tremont as one of the culinary leaders in this region. But, for the thousands of Tremont residents who are looking for a family run establishment where you can get a great meal without having…

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  • Reading Room and Family Literacy Center opens at Merrick House

    (Plain Press, January 2010) There is a new place for children to read books in Tremont.  With generous funding from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeastern Ohio, Merrick House and Cleveland Reads entered into a partnership to create a new reading room and family literacy center at Merrick House. The room is designed as a…

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  • Cyclist and pedestrians urge ODOT to provide access to Inner Belt Bridge

    (Plain Press, January 2010, Chuck Hoven) A Sunday, December 6th rally at Lincoln Park in the Tremont neighborhood, calling for a bicycle and pedestrian pathway along the proposed Inner Belt Bridge, drew about eighty cyclists, walkers and even a few babies in strollers. Those gathered at the event wrote letters to the Ohio Department of…

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