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Plain Press Managing Editor, Chuck Hoven, accepts Walter and Pauline Martens Lifetime Achievement Award
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2018) I’d like to thank Cudell Improvement and the Martens Family for this honor. Growing up in the St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, I’ve known the Martens Family all my life. My brother, Fran, who is here today, went to school with Michael Martens, Wally’s brother. Because of my…
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Cleveland Public Library begins multiyear capital project
LORAIN BRANCH WORK UNDERWAY NOW – JEFFERSON & CARNEGIE WEST TO FOLLOW (Plain Press, March 2018) As Cleveland Public Library approaches its 150th anniversary, the Library is embarking on an ambitious, multiyear capital project to ensure its neighborhood branch libraries can continue to function as safe, inclusive, and sustainable environments. The first phase of…
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Hope for those grieving during the holiday season comes in the most unusual form: A Christmas Tree
by Victoria Shea (Plain Press, December 2017) The sight of a fully decorated Christmas tree is something that many do not expect to see in their local funeral homes. But those in the Lorain-Denison neighborhood would be surprised to not see it, as it has become a symbol of hope during what many describe…
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Cleveland Public Library Lorain Branch Manager accepts new position
(Plain Press, August 2017) Shayna Muckerheide, manager of the Lorain Branch of the Cleveland Public Library at 8216 Lorain Avenue for the past two and a half years, announced that she has accepted a temporary position as Adult Outreach Coordinator in the Cleveland Public Library’s Outreach & Program Services Department.
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Area around West Boulevard/Cudell Rapid Station called ripe for development
(Plain Press, July 2017) A study commissioned by the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) scored the area around the West Boulevard/Cudell Regional Transit Authority station as one of the top three areas in the city of Cleveland in terms of being ready for Transit Oriented Development. Representatives of AECOM, the company which did the…
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In Memory-The End of a Century: The Wife of Local Funeral Home Owner, Pauline Martens, passes away at age 100
by Victoria Shea (Plain Press, February 2017) It was like a scene from a movie: the landlord’s son falls in love with the tenant’s daughter. But for Pauline Martens, that was the start of her marriage to the late Walter Martens, Sr., the founder of the Walter Martens & Sons Funeral Home on…
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At Domestic Violence Forum, children learn how to act when witnessing abuse
(Plain Press, November 2016) Most of those in the audience for a Domestic Violence Forum at the Lorain Branch Library on October 26th were children — after school regulars at the library persuaded by the librarian to attend with offers of food- houmos, wraps, fruit and vegetables. With the third game of the World…
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