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  • Lake Effect Free Alternative Health Clinic opens at Catholic Worker storefront

    (Plain Press, May 2011) Starting March 10, 2011, The Lake Effect Free Alternative Health Clinic opened its doors at the Catholic Worker Storefront at 4211 Lorain Ave.  This clinic will provide herbal consultations and herbal first-aid, Reiki, foot baths/foot care, and in the future hopes to offer massage, community acupuncture, and chiropractic services. The clinic…

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  • Old Brooklyn grassroots group hosts Pedal for Prizes on May 21

    by Jeffrey Sugalski (Plain Press, May 2011) Northeast Ohioans will have the opportunity to win more than $2,000 worth of prizes, simply by exploring Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood by bicycle. Bicyclists can win one of two brand new Trek 7000 hybrid bikes, a one-year membership to the downtown branch of the Greater Cleveland YMCA, a…

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  • ABLE urges advocacy on behalf of Ohio services for the poor

    by Michael Cook (Plain Press, May 2011) Advocates for Budget Legislation Equality, or ABLE, is a community group that has informed community members on the state budget process and proposals that will negatively impact them, and empowered them to add their voice the state budget policy decision making process. This year, facing an $8 billion…

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  • West 83rd Street gas explosion remembered at Detroit Shoreway’s Annual Meeting

    by Joe Narkin (Plain Press, April 2011) When 57 homes on West 83rd Street were damaged or destroyed by a natural gas explosion on January 25, 2010, a neighborhood’s infrastructure was ripped apart, but a community’s spirit came together, said Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone at the Pope John Hall of the Our Lady of…

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  • Ohio Division of Liquor Control denies renewal of liquor permit for Club Argos in Ohio City

    (Plain Press, April 2011) Following up on an objection filed by Cleveland City Council, the Ohio Division of Liquor Control denied renewal of the liquor permit of Club Argos, 2030 – 2032 W. 25h. The Ohio Division of Liquor Control issued a letter to the liquor permit holder, the Gridlock Company, notifying its Chief Executive…

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  • Troop 98 celebrates 100 years of scouting adventure and service

    (Plain Press, April 2011) Boy Scout Troop 98, the oldest Boy Scout of American Troop in Cleveland, celebrated its 100th anniversary on February 6, 2011. Scout Troop 98, family, friends and scout leaders from throughout the region gathered at St. Rocco Church on Fulton Avenue for a noon mass followed by a reception in the…

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  • “Worst medical disaster in U.S. history” is focus of film and discussion at Capitol Theater

    (Plain Press, April 2011) On February 24, the Capitol Theater in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood became a forum for the presentation the film Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale, which describes how 70% of the hemophiliac patients in the United States were infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses as a result of a failure to protect…

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  • Cleveland requires that addresses be visible from the front sidewalk

    (Plain Press, April 2011) City of Cleveland owners of buildings and houses are required by City ordinance Section 305.04 and Section 305.05 to display their address so it can be read from the sidewalk in front of the building. Section 305.04 of the city code specifies “any building in the City upon a street to…

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  • Volunteers rally to help St. Herman’s Monastery following gun scandal

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2011) At their February 24th meeting, residents of the Franklin/Clinton Block Club received an update on efforts to make sure St. Herman’s Monastery and House of Hospitality continues its vital mission in the wake of a recent controversy.  In early February, the Plain Dealer and local television stations reported…

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  • West Side Community House Senior Program faces challenges as new seniors arrive

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2011) As seniors from Merrick House, which is slated to close on March 31st, make the transition to West Side Community House, the senior program at West Side Community House is also making some adjustments to changes in transportation services and new rules for meals. The additional seniors in…

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