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  • 38th Annual Cleveland International Kite Festival

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  • ACLU of Ohio and the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections offer registration and voting guidance

    (Plain Press, September 2016)   The upcoming November election promises to have a whole array of local and national issues and candidates for voters to weigh in on. Those wishing to vote who have questions about registration or voting can find answers at both the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the Cuyahoga County Board…

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  • August 2016 Issue of the Plain Press – PDF

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  • CORRECTION

    (Plain Press, August 2016) In an article in the July Plain Press titled Cleveland as an Occupied City as Republican National Convention comes to town it was incorrectly stated that United States District Judge Dan Polster ruled that many of the restrictions placed by the city of Cleveland on demonstrations and parades violated first amendment…

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  • Permanent Supportive Housing proposed for former Brooklyn YMCA building

    by Chuck Hoven   (Plain Press, July 2016) The Cleveland Housing Network in partnership with Eden Inc. hopes to secure financing to build permanent supportive housing for the homeless at the site of the former Brooklyn YMCA at 3881 Pearl Road. The proposal hinges on securing Low Income Tax Credits from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency.…

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  • Sewing proposed as means to help those in recovery

    To the editor: (Plain Press, June 2016) Joe Bialek’s earnest letter in the May issue on the ever-timely problem of drug abuse brings to mind a Ted Talk by Johann Hari, which is quite insightful, (if a bit proud in title.) Hari looks beyond the family to the larger social pressures that families contend with…

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  • Plans call for expansion of mentoring program in fall for CMSD eighth-graders

    (Plain Press, May 2016) CMSD NEWS BUREAU A mentoring program for Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) eighth-graders will double its reach to 46 schools this fall. True2U, a collaborative effort involving the Cleveland Foundation, the District, the Greater Cleveland Partnership and the Neighborhood Leadership Institute, guides the students as they prepare for what can be…

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  • May 2016 Plain Press – PDF

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  • Two developments underway on Breakwater in Gordon Square area

    (Plain Press, April, 2016) The Edison at Gordon Square will feature 306 apartment homes between W. 58th and W. 65th on the north side of Breakwater. The NPR Group of Garfield Heights says the project is scheduled to open in 2017. Just west of the Edison at Gordon Square, the NPR Group plans to build…

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  • Plain Press 2016 Community Guide

    2016 Plain Press Community Guide EMERGENCY NUMBERS Bellefaire JBC Homeless & Missing Youth 24/7 Hotline www.saveCLEkids.org………….. 570-8010 Fire • Police • Medical…………………………………..911 Poison Control Center……………..…….1-800-222-1222 Frontline Services 24/7 Crisis Hotline   ………623-6888 www.frontlineservice.org RTA Police………………………………………. 566-5163 United Way First Call for Help …..436-2000 ……or…..211   ABUSE Adult Abuse Hotline (Cuyahoga Cty DSAS)…..420-6700 Child Abuse Hotline…………………………696-KIDS (5437)…

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